[QU 16] Separate control for AUX? Live Stream with QU 16 questions

Qu Qu Troubleshooting
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Hello guys,

I have a QU 16 in my church system and I need some help.

I use QU 16 to do my worship sound for the house as well as the live stream.

For the live stream I use following setting:
Aux 5-6 to Interface by 1 XLR connection
Interface to Laptop by USB connection
Stream software OBS

This is not the best set up but small local church with limited budget, this is the best I could do. Hence, live stream is mono whereas in-house-sound is stereo.

What I am having a hard time is that all the sound is adjusted to that of the main house sound, not the live stream. House sound will totally be awkward if I adjust it to the stream and vice versa.

#Question 1
Hence, what i need to achieve is:
To be able to separately control the house and live stream, mainly for the PEQ, desirably compressor.

I have looked into the manual so many times, but i don’t see such an option. can anyone tell me if this is achievable?

#Question 2
I was messing around with lots of stuff, and found out that Cakewalk by Bandlab is a free DAW for PC users. I am totally newbie in a DAW area, but I think I could import channels from the mixer to the cakewalk.

Having cakewalk and OBS on same laptop, do you think “a live stream by OBS using a cakewalk controlled sound” is possible? like i mentioned above, having a separate sound control, desirably a multitrack recording system, is a primary issue for me.

If QU16 offers a suitable option #1, i will take it. if QU does not have any sort of option that could help me, i might have to look into the possibility for #2.

I really would appreciate any help
Thanks in advance guys.

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#1: do you mean relative levels or processing ? Using another pick-off point for your aux may help.
#2: I would not use one and the same computer to execute more than one critical job at the same time.

Giga

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thank you for your kind help
as for #1 I am reffering to processing. I need to have different EQ as well as compression for the live than main house.
as for #2, i have thought so as well, just was looking for some professional opinions other than my colleagues. thanks very much.

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Aux 5-6 is a stereo mix, and you’d actually need two XLRs.

But why are you sending analog signals to an external interface instead of using your QU as an interface and connecting it directly to your laptop via USB?

Are you really sure you need to do that, or wouldn’t it be sufficient to just have different mixes for SR and the stream?

Another tip: There are several videos on YouTube about QU and streaming, or even OBS.

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First of all, thanks so much for your input, and apologize for getting back to you so late. life is just plainly too busy.

interface to laptop by usb connection / analog signal

for two reasons:

  1. main reason is our church system layout. distance between mixing table and streaming table is not that close. if USB cable can be extended like 15 meters or so, then i could try, but otherwise it is not achievable.
  2. online insturctions that i have learned was to use interface to get the sound from mixer and use usb cable to connect interface to laptop. if it is possible to get all the tracks separately from the mixer to obs directly, i would definitely try that option, but i just don’t know how, and i just don’t have enough time to search and test on this matter on my own, and i am the most techy guy where i am.

separate control between live stream and main mix

i thought just the separate mix for live stream using aux 5-6 will do, but turns out you need more controls because tone is not just not write because everything is set to the main mix. i get complaints from many sources, i try to explain but they just don’t listen. this is what i was able to achieve from the given budget, but it is not easy to explain why it cannot be done the way they want. so i am here i explore for the possibility for separate mix.

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There are various ways to send USB over such distances, but you can of course leave it as is if it works reliably.

This is something that unfortunately can’t be clarified in writing in a forum, but only by hearing it on site.
I know also from this forum that many people implement such a parallel mix, and it probably works perfectly to sufficiently well.
However, it may be completely different for you, of course, because so many factors play a role, such as the room itself and the type, quality, installation, and settings of the sound system.

Therefore, I would actually advise you to get a professional or a specialist company in your area on board and get to the bottom of the problems together.

But back to your initial question:
Yes, Cakewalk + OBS seems to be possible, as I can see on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cakewalk+obs