Ah - so I could sell my current stage box…
I suppose another way of doing much the same thing would be to allow one of the other QUs to be a remote surface for this one.
…sort of IDR-16 with local user interface… …with some Qu Desk controlling the Qu-Pac this would get a lightweight iLive system… somehow I doubt this is intended, and you’d be limited to 16Ch since the Qu-Pac does not have an expansion port…
Yes - those are nearly functionally equivalent proposals.
I wonder how the QU16 could be used as a remote, controlling more than the 16 channels it would normally have access to.
You can pick up an iDR fairly cheap these days if you’re happy to work from an iPad and laptop…
ANDROID APPS?
Any chances we will se this one working with something like the PL-6 remote or a new similar device?? really the product we are after.
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Hey @AudioplusAB
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thanks man, I know but we need physical faders. when will someone release a rackmount installation product with a configurable cat-5 faderpanel, same as I-live but in a price point and scale one size down. An ipad is a fantastic tool but faders are faders. Physical wired stuff, always work, no startup time, no gui to understand in order to adjust volumes, then off course all the settings might be set up and adressed on a computer or ipad. But volumes mutes and tap delays please 
I hope this will lead in to better FX processing on iPad. The iPad apps are nice but A&H apps are missing a lot of functionality when it comes to remote control of FX. Fingers crossed.
@AudioPlusAB I agree, a QU16 shaped device with no local audio (maybe ST3/PAFL/Talckback) which acted as a remote control to the QuPac would be great.
Be nice it was properly Ethernet, allowing WiFi connection as well as than cabling (quick setup/strike at venues with doors every which way)
Would need more layers of course, but otherwise the Qu16 makes a good platform, I suppose there might be a market for a Qu32 sized remote as well, but I’d rather see a 16 fader version with an extra layer or two…
Expected in my hands 31st March or shortly after - excited!!
Just thinking, I wonder why A&H didn’t use the knob section (gate, hpf, comp, gain, eq etc) off the qu series rather than the 15 buttons that have replaced them?
I wonder what level of assign ability these new 15 buttons will have?
Was working a gig last night with very tight access to the desk and was mostly using QU-Pad when that thought hit me. Using the knobs rather than the touchscreen or iPad was obviously a quicker experience.
I’ve ordered a Qu Pac regardless.
I know the guys at A&H are the best but did they miss a great option there???
I have kind if felt the same. When I initially saw it I thought the soft keys were taking up a lot of real estate that could have been put to better use. Like EQ knobs and 1-2 faders. Selectable with the green SEL keys. For someone who might not need a bunch of soft keys that area could have been a lot more useful. I understand the concept was to build a more ‘soft’ controllable machine though. While I see many useful situations the idea of tucking a mixer in a rack somewhere and running it on an iPad in a good but maybe sometimes hostile wifi environment is a bit scary.
Agreed George,
Even one fader on there somewhere would have been very useful.
I’m a little embarrassed criticising the product before even getting to work with it:/
Like anything, time on product will hopefully yield an efficient way of working it.
Qu-pad is growing on me and improvements there will only enhance the qu-pac experience I’m sure.
I’m hoping the QU series is still new enough (and Qu-Pac is a catalyst) to see the Qu-pad software continue developing over the next few years.
I agree. I am also a QSC dealer. Just sold my first Touchmix 16. A few things about it I would have liked on the QU-PAC. One thing is they include a WiFi dongle. Much like the kind of dongle you see with wireless mouse. Very small. I question the range. My iPad lost contact with it a few times when we tested it. We then put it on a USB extension cable up in the air a little which helped. That and they offer on screen faders and a large knob for data or pretty much anything selected. Of course it is not as full featured as QU. No remote stage box(yet). There is an unused RJ45 connector. But it sounds great and does everything you need. I hope the QU-PAC is successful. It would still be my first choice on installs in that price range and mission for iPad controlled mixing.
I was looking at the Touchmix, the multitrack recording was the killer feature for me. I saw it as the small gig successor to my (now sold) DL1608.
Luckily for me, unflattering reviews of the launch version software and price/availability here in the UK stopped me pulling the trigger. When the Qu-Pac was announce a little light pinged in my head;)
A wifi dongle would be a great feature as you say, but range is probably never going to be as good as a full size router.
Having said that, I’ve had to gaffa tape my QU24 router to the top of a stand to get the coverage I need on a few occasions. Maybe need an upgrade in that dept before the Qu-Pac arrives…
Maybe get an airport express, shame they don’t come in black!
New firmware feature on Touchmix allows the dongle to talk to and through a regular router for better range since connection is usb not network.
I adore my Apple Airport Express routers!!!
and is there some sort of patch bay select system?
Don’t understand the question dhak.