Description
A New Standard in Compact Digital Mixing
48 channel, 96kHz digital mixer for live sound, AV and installation.
Compact, powerful, and versatile, the Allen & Heath SQ-5 is a premium 48-channel digital mixer designed for professionals who need exceptional performance in a portable format. It features 16+1 motorized faders, 16+1 onboard preamps and 8 assignable SoftKeys, providing comprehensive control in a compact 19” rack-mountable design.
User Interface
Mixing Has Never Been Easier
Processing & FX
All the Tools for the Perfect Mix
Processing
Powerful Processing
Every input has HPF, a super-fast gate with sidechain and filter, a musical 4-band parametric equaliser with RTA, and Peak/RMS compressor for control and shaping of levels and transients.
Mixes have both a parametric and 28 band graphic EQ along with compressor as standard, all ready to switch in when required.
FX
World-Class FX
SQ is armed with 8 stereo FX engines and comes complete with the acclaimed RackExtra library, featuring emulations of legendary classic reverbs, gated reverbs, delays, modulators and more.
Every engine has its own dedicated stereo return too, so you don’t need to use up any of your 48 input channels.
Integrated USB Interface
Record. Stream. Mix.
SQ’s built-in 32×32 96kHz audio interface enables easy multitrack recording, backing-track playback, livestreaming and virtual soundcheck.
The interface is class-compliant on Mac OS X making it truly plug ‘n play, with ASIO and WDM compatible drivers available for Windows computers.
You can even map the SQ’s faders, rotaries, channel keys and softkeys to control your favourite DAW using the Allen & Heath MIDI Control app.
SQ-Drive
Record to USB
The integrated SQ-Drive makes it quick and easy to capture and playback 16 channels (96kHz), 32 channels (48kHz), or a stereo recording of the performance direct to a USB key or drive.
No software setup, no soundcard driver issues and no extra laptop to bring to the performance.
AMM
Automatic Mic Mixer
SQ’s advanced automatic mic mixers (AMM’s) make it a natural choice for mixing conferences, panel talks and TV shows. They’re fully integrated in the mixer too, with no extra latency, so you don’t need to route the audio to an internal DSP rack or an external plugin system.
Two fully independent 24 channel AMM’s can be utilised for two zones or combined into a single 48 channel AMM for larger events.
Built to Last – Designed for the Pro
We know that the live environment can be tough on gear – so for SQ we devised our most punishing regime of testing and retesting yet.
From its 3-tier, all metal chassis to its extruded aluminium light bar, SQ has tremendous strength and rigidity underlying its good looks.
Specifications
| Inputs | 48 Input Channels and 2 Stereo (Line inputs) |
| Outputs | 12 XLR (Line outputs) and 2 TRS (Line outputs) |
| USB Audio Interface | 32 x 32 USB-B (96kHz) |
Audio and Processing
- 96kHz XCVI FPGA processing
- 48 input channels
- 12 stereo mixes + LR
- 3 stereo matrix
- 8 stereo FX engines + dedicated stereo returns
DEEP Processing Ready
Onboard I/O:
- 16+1 built-in mic preamps
- 2 stereo line inputs
- 12 XLR line outputs
- 2 TRS line outputs
- AES output
Control:
- 16+1 Faders / 6 Layers
- 7” capacitive touchscreen
- 8 assignable Soft Keys
- SQ-MixPad app
- SQ4You app
Expandability and Integration:
- SLink port for remote audio / expansion
- 64×64 I/O port for audio networking cards (Dante, Waves, MADI, SLink)
Recording and Streaming:
- SQ-Drive direct recording to USB
- 32×32 96kHz USB interface
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