my bands just got our QU-SB rig up and running. We are using it solely for In Ear Monitering. Pretty simple set up, our rack just has the QU, an EWI Mic Splitter and 2 Sennheiser G3’s. Controlled by an iPad with Qu-Control and a handful of iPhones running Qu-You.
My question is what is the best way to run a click track with minimal extra gear. We have never really used one besides the drummer using his phone and a Click app through headphones. So preferably with the tools had hand how can we get a click through the mixer?
If the drummer (or whoever ends up operating the click) is not too far from the mixer, a simple 3.5mm Stereo Jack → 2x 1/4 Mono" Jack lead could feed his existing click app into ST1 or ST2 (though I assume the click’s mono so one side could go to any line input). Then just mix it in as required - it’s just another source.
Over longer distances, you would be better going through a DI box and into a mic input.
Fine for a steady click that runs all the way trough, but a problem if there’s live tempo changes or they switch to 3:4 or something. Depends on the material.
Thanks for the replies gang! The next purchase was going to be the Airport so that sounds like a simple enough solution. My idea was that we would make the click tracks about 30 seconds long to lock in and then just silence until the end, lag shouldn’t be a problem in that set up. It will work in practices anyway.