Don’t have a ME, but can’t you choose Mixes directly on the ME? At least Groups and Mixes are assignable through the Monitor Output Patch.
I expected it to be able to use the mixes (and any other output that’s being sent via D-Snake), but if it can, I can’t find, anywhere in the manual that tells you how…
Feature request! 
Well, it’s on page 66, chapter “10.15 I/O Patch Setup - Monitor” in The Manual.
Just realised why I’m confused:
Searching for answers to my question, I came across this thread
Yup, topic changed slightly during thread re-use…
difficult to help with that little information…
Well, it’s on page 66, chapter “10.15 I/O Patch Setup – Monitor” in The Manual. ?
Ha. Now I remember reading that. However, for some reason, I was looking at the ME manual.
So as long as there’s a mix free, that’s sorted it!
Hey guys, thanks for all the input. Being new and poorly orientated here, I just realized I’m in the QU forum. Didn’t catch where I was routed to in my initial search. I’ll check if anyone has asked about this specifically over in the GLD forum where I belong, or pose the question there. Still useful ideas for getting tricky with an extra DCA, so you helped me, but I apologize to those I sidetracked…
Tom
we just put the LR on a soft key so it can be muted without muting mixes. just like Mixes are on a soft key as a Mutegroup and all vocals are on one and all instruments are on one.
Hi Guys,
Sorry to re-open this lengthy thread, but I’m trying to achieve the same thing. Here’s my use case:
Functions band with recorded music being provided between live sets. We use the stereo ins to play the music. Mute group 1 mutes all the band channels, but not the background music. The band are all on in ears.
Before set 1, back ground music is playing, the band tune up, and everyone check their channels are working by playing a little bit and hearing it back in their ears… except with the QU-Pac, the ears are muted by the mute group.
Yes, there are might be hacks to get around this, but an option to have the FOH mute not affect the aux mutes seems pretty basic to me (we had it on our old Mackie DL-1608).
Does anyone have a good way to do this yet? I’m on a gig tonight, so will try the direct out settings, but it doesn’t seem like that’s the one we need.
Cheers,
Mike
Mike,
Are your IEM aux sends pre-fader? If so, put all your band channels on a DCA and pull the fader down.
DC
Or route the band through a group, the classic approach.
Mute on the Qu always mutes the complete channel with all its feeds.
QuPAC - groups are Ar the obvious solution. Mutes are usually complete IME, and for them not to be would offer all sorts of interesting failure modes…