Allen & Heath Qu-24 Chrome

Qu- 24 is a digital mixer, with an innovative design and exceptional functionality: the result of a lot of experience. QU-24 and Qu-16 are the direct descendants of the iLive digital system and GLD, so they incorporate all the power of high-end mixers. Qu mixers are the solution for live and studio recording and playback, with wireless control from the iPad, options for personal monitoring, and the choice of local or remote I/O on Cat5

Main Features

Strengths

Sub-Groups
The Qu-24 has 2 stereo groups with a full dedicated DSP

Matrix Stereo
2 Stereo matrices with dedicated DSP and XLR outputs.

Qu-24 motorized faders have 24 ALPS motorized faders arranged on 3 layers, which allow immediate access to all channels and mixes, as well as a master fader dedicated to instantly selecting mixes.

Total Recall
Qu-24 is a set of technology for digital mixing, with the total recall of settings (including the position of the faders and gains), up to 100 scenes, with a Library Preset and the Safe option in the scenes.

Qu-Drive
QU-24 records and reads up to 18 channels at 48 kHz/24 bit from/to a USB hard drive, and it can read and record only one stereo track on USB. The patch is managed for each channel

Touch Control
The heart of the user interface on the Qu-24 is a practical 800x480 touch screen with 16 million colors for quick access to all settings. The interface is user-friendly with dedicated buttons and screens for quick access to the various metering views, RTA, FX, channel processing, scenes, USB, configuration menus and

AnalogiQ preamplifiers
The analog signal received by the 24 digitally controlled AnalogiQ ^TM preamplifiers with a gain adjustable in steps of 1 dB is converted (AD) to 24 bits (low latency). These preamps guarantee maximum transparency and minimum background noise, maintaining the musicality typical of analog consoles

iLive FX
Qu-24 inherits the FX and dynamic emulations from the iLive series, with 4 stereo FX engines and 4 dedicated bus/returns, without compromising input channels.

DSnake
The DSnake expansion port allows connection to a remote stagebox such as AR2412 or AR84. The connection is made on a single Cat5 cable, DSnake is a proprietary A&H protocol

ME Personal Mixing System
Qu-24 is compatible with the ME Personal Mixing System. Any ME-1 number can be cascaded to the DSnake port or to the AR2412 Monitor port

Qu-Pad
The free Qu-Pad app for iPad can be connected to the mixer via Wi-Fi, controlling all of the mixer's functions.

ARM
Qu-24 processing has five powerful ARM processors dedicated to the touchscreen, the surface, USB streaming, Qu-Drive technology, the DSnake port, fader automation and to give an instant response to operator commands.

Future-proof DSP power
Qu-24 has the DSP that exploits dual core generation, with 8 processors dedicated to channels and mixes. With so much power, Qu-24 is future-proof, with plenty of

SuperStrip
All the key parameters are always in the foreground, within the operator's reach: each Superstrip encoder always has only one function; from the touchscreen you have a more complete picture of channel processing and immediate access to EQ control, preamplification, gate, etc.

USB audio interface
The Qu-24 allows the multitrack communication of 32 channels in streaming to the Mac. The first 18 channels are in common with the Qu-Drive port, the next 14 channels are assignable, including FX returns. 30 channels from the computer can be patched to the Mono and 3 Stereo channels. The interface is Core Audio compatible with Mac OS X.

DAW
control Standard MIDI control takes place via the USB connection following the assignments of the faders and buttons