I’ve just unboxed our new SQ5 for our church. We have about 16 inputs and an LR output and have been using an old A&H analog desk which was failing. We went for the SQ5 so we could have different setups for church and for guests as well as wanting more flexibility and a smaller footprint. We also have pc and livestream inputs and outputs.
We want to start simply and just setup the desk to provide straight forward fader control of the inputs.
can anyone recommend a video or guide as to how to do this.
From my perspective, it might be even more helpful in your case if you look for someone who is already very familiar with SQ.
In particular, setting up different configurations could then be done practically together and precisely according to your wishes, and you could ask any questions that arise directly.
Regarding videos, you could start with the playlist that A&H has provided.
Although it begins seven years ago, the fundamental understanding and basics are still the same for beginners.
Are you in the UK by any chance? If so, happy for you to turn up at our Church in Worcester for a free tutorial!
The first thing to work out is what you WANT to accomplish (in English - or whatever your native language is).
What inputs you have, what outputs you require, and how you plan to mix things (use of Aux, Groups or Matrix mixes).
If you can write down what you want to achieve, it makes it much easier to configure the SQ accordingly.
When we moved over to the SQ7 from a Yamaha LS9-32, I just configured the SQ7 initially in the same way as our LS9 and went from there. It makes migration easier for non-technical volunteers.
Of course, we were migrating from a digital desk to a digital desk. I did a similar thing when we migrated from our older analogue desk to the digital LS9 as well…
You then ‘grow’ into the SQ as you learn more about it…
Hi Dave thats a very kind offer but we are all the way up in Cockermouth in North Cumbria. Having watched the A&H videos and like you I think we will keep it simple and just take our anolgue channels into digital and out to the generic L&R outputs. As we get comfortable with this we can explore the desk more. If you are ever up in the lakes do give us a shout Many thnaks Gareth Christ Church Cockermouth – Cockermouth Area Churches
If you had posted a couple of weeks ago, I was up in Kendal with half a day spare..
I drive up the M5/M6 quite regularly to Lancaster, so you are not too far away.
The biggest difference we found (going analogue to digital) is the input and output soft patching. We have wired our inputs and outputs up following the ‘physical’ layout on the platform area.
We have then allocated groups of faders to various functions (e.g. instruments, drums, vocals, speech etc.) and colour-coded the function groups (so they are easy to see at a glance).
We have allocated spare instruments, vocal, and speech fader slots for future expansion.
You can then ‘soft patch’ the physical inputs to the faders. This is great if you need to move the ‘platform’ area around - as you don’t need to move the fixed cabling. Just move the instruments or vocals to the nearest socket and soft patch to the same fader they were on before.
Input patches can be stored in libraries and recalled when you need them. This is great if you have different configurations of groups on the platform.
The thing that you need to decide early on is the split between GROUPS and AUX. You have a fixed number of mix busses and you have to decide how to split them up into the two categories.
Perhaps you could post how you use your current system?