# SQ Drive with full 32 channel support

**URL:** <https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/sq-drive-with-full-32-channel-support/8918>\
**Category:** SQ Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [13 September 2019 12:10 UTC](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/sq-drive-with-full-32-channel-support/8918 "2019-09-13T12:10:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![tonschale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.allen-heath.com/tonschale/32/756_2.png) [@tonschale](https://forums.allen-heath.com/u/tonschale)\
**Post date:** [13 September 2019 12:10 UTC](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/sq-drive-with-full-32-channel-support/8918/1 "2019-09-13T12:10:03Z")

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Hey,

I would love to have full support of all 32 channels via the SQ Drive.

Isn’t a external SSD fast enough to do it?

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**Author:** ![Keith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.allen-heath.com/keith/32/2852_2.png) [@Keith](https://forums.allen-heath.com/u/Keith)\
**Post date:** [13 September 2019 13:30 UTC](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/sq-drive-with-full-32-channel-support/8918/2 "2019-09-13T13:30:22Z")

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Hi @tonschale,

This is a hardware limitation on the bandwidth of the USB-A connection used by SQ-Drive rather than which device you’re using, so it won’t be possible to increase the channel count @96kHz through an update to the firmware.

Thanks,  
Keith.

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**Author:** ![flo84](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.allen-heath.com/flo84/32/1954_2.png) [@flo84](https://forums.allen-heath.com/u/flo84)\
**Post date:** [13 September 2019 20:53 UTC](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/sq-drive-with-full-32-channel-support/8918/3 "2019-09-13T20:53:40Z")

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Hi Keith,  
Maybe if it’s possible you can consider an option to record @48 to improve the channels count for Sq Drive ? ?

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**Author:** ![maxdrums](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.allen-heath.com/maxdrums/32/1982_2.png) [@maxdrums](https://forums.allen-heath.com/u/maxdrums)\
**Post date:** [13 September 2019 23:07 UTC](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/sq-drive-with-full-32-channel-support/8918/4 "2019-09-13T23:07:57Z")

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Or an option to switch from 96k to 48k globaly so you can record 32 channels on Sq Drive and maybe all 48 channels or 64 channels on Usb B.

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**Author:** ![tonschale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.allen-heath.com/tonschale/32/756_2.png) [@tonschale](https://forums.allen-heath.com/u/tonschale)\
**Post date:** [15 September 2019 20:18 UTC](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/sq-drive-with-full-32-channel-support/8918/5 "2019-09-15T20:18:33Z")

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Yeah, that would be smart!