I am trying to livestream out using the usb to my iPad but when i play back the video the output volume is low. I’m using Mono LR off the main. Someone said to set up a dedicated Aux bus and record with master fade at Unity. I don’t understand how to set up an Aux Bus”. Can someone explain the path and do you think this will work?
This has been discussed here many times, but it’s difficult to find using this search function.
I don’t have an CQ, so I can only “simulate” it with the MixPad app:
If you only need mono, select the desired output under “Config - Outputs” and set it to Post Comp and Post Fader.
Then, under “Fader” and “Sends To,” select this output and set all send faders (Inputs, but also FX returns if necessary) to the same position.
If you set all Send-faders and the AUX master only to Unity you still won’t achieve a higher level.
But you can add 10dB by setting the Aux master to +10, and then achieve a total of 20dB more level by setting all Aux send faders to +10.
If you want to use the whole thing in stereo, you’ll need to link two stereo outputs and also adjust the send fader pans accordingly.
Unlike SQuser I run audio, with a CQ20b, for both the sanctuary SR and our live church service stream every subday morning. It absolutely requires a PRE/FADER setting in the CONFIG/OUTPUT screen. That is the only way to establish isolated, separated mixes to the main LR and an ancillary mix in any of the available outputs from 1 thru 6. Please remember all gain, PEQ and mutes will still be global: however fader db levels and reverbs will need to be individually assigned for each separate mix.
Hugh
Unfortunately, I couldn’t see that the topic starter wanted to stream (a church service) and simultaneously create a separate SR mix.
He simply asked how he could increase the level of the LR mix for USB output using an Aux bus.
I would like to add that the also HPF, Gate and Compressor (and possibly AMM) are also only present once on each input channel.
The type of performance or it’s location is irrelevant: The info I provided is exactly what the OP needs to get where he wants to go.
The HPF is always global when the PEQ is selected on the config/output page and the compressor will need to be selected on the same page to be global when in PRE/FADER mode.
Prehaps it would be a good idea for SQ user to own or at least to have spent some time mixing on a CQ20b before he offers miss leading advice!
I would welcome Keith correcting any or all of my posts however I do not appreciat pot shots from the uninformed!
Hugh
The only person who could claim that is the topic starter.
I reread his post and can only see that he asked how to send his LR mix to USB at a higher volume using an Aux mix.
I described this and he can achieve a level increase of up to +20 dB in his mix.
In that respect, it was absolutely not misleading advice.
I’m sorry, but I don’t understand this sentence.
And what do you always mean by “global”?
The OP will be confused because the term doesn’t appear even once in the user guide.
And obviously, you’re mixing the processing of input and output channels, since there’s no HPF in the latter.
I’m not uninformed - I read the user guide and the block diagram and can even study the MixPad.
That’s more than enough to understand the little console’s functionality.
I will try one last time to correct SQusers in-correct statements.
- The OP described his problem and asked for an explanation of the Aux Bus protocol. Your advice while establishing a rudamantary control with the master fader: it is a long way from highest and best practice to create an isolated separate mix in an ancillary mono output (Aux Bus ,in this case)
- For most of the English speaking world GLOBAL is an interchangable term for UNIVERSAL. Obviously SQuser skipped over the precise instructions to select PEQ in the input section that makes it available along with the HPF and comps , If elected, on the Config/Output page for the subject AUX bus.
- Reading the manual does not qualify you or any one else to challenge a professional that is working with the CQ20b daily un less you also have hands on time with the gear.
- Any digital console offers a multitude of options that are very diffacult to summerize in text. For this reason Keith has provided a wonderful series of tutorials that are very helpful. Unfortunately he has not got around to doing one that covers the advantages of Pre/Fader vs Post/fader protocols!
The claim that I’m spreading incorrect informations here is another insinuation, which I don’t want to let stand.
I can’t see where the OP mentions wanting to create a separate mix.
This explanation explains nothing, but it’s strange that your two English technical terms don’t even appear in the English manual.
I don’t understand the rest of point 2.
I still remember well how, not so long ago, you repeatedly tried to explain to me the disadvantages of my SQ-6 compared to an SQ-5.
At some point, it became clear that you only understood and could operate your console to the extent that someone had set it up for you.
Keith doesn’t need to make a video for this – especially since there are no general advantages to pre-fader.
If you, as a professional, really need it: The internet is full of explanations of the use cases of pre- and post-fader situations, which have always existed.