Allen & Heath QU-16C Datasheet

Allen & Heath Limited
Kernick Industrial Estate
Penryn, Cornwall,
TR10 9LU, UK

www.allen-heath.com

Overview

Technical Datasheet

 Rack-mountable Digital Mixer for Live, Studio and

Installation

 5" colour touchscreen
 16 Mono Inputs (TRS + XLR)
 3 Stereo Inputs (TRS)
 4 Stereo FX with dedicated FX Returns
 16 Busses
 12 Mix Outputs (XLR) (LR, Mono Mix 1-4, Stereo Mix 1-

3)

 4 SoftKeys
 Extra stereo outputs – AES digital, Alt Out, 2TRK out
 Talkback mic input
 dSNAKE Cat5 snake for remote audio using AR2412,

AR84 or AB168

 4 Mute Groups
 4 DCA Groups
 AnaLOGIQ™ total recall analogue preamps
 Effects ported from the flagship iLive console
 Dedicated stereo FX return channels
 Master strip for quick access to mix levels and processing
 Input channel linking for stereo sources
 Input processing – Preamp, HPF, Gate, PEQ,

Compressor, Delay

 Automatic Mic Mixing

 Output processing – PEQ, Graphic EQ, Compressor,

Delay

 31 Band Real Time Analysis and Spectrogram
 5” (800x480 pixel) colour touch screen for quick control
 Motorised faders for sends on faders, GEQ fader flip and

mix recall

 Quick copy and reset of processing, mixes and scenes
 100 Scene memories
 Channel Safes, Global and per Scene Recall Filters
 FX, processing and channel User Libraries
 Qu-Drive for stereo and 18-track recording/playback to

USB hard drive

 USB streaming to/from an Apple® Mac or Windows™ PC

computer

 MIDI DAW Control driver for Mac (converts to HUI or

Mackie Control)

 USB transfer of Scenes, Libraries, Shows
 User assignable Custom Layer
 Qu-Pad engineer’s mixing wireless remote app for iPad
 Qu-You personal monitoring app for iPhone, iPad, iPod

Touch

 Compatible with the Allen & Heath ME personal mixing

system

 User Permissions to restrict operator access
 Optimised fan-less airflow design for silent operation

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Dimensions

A&E Specifications

The mixer shall be a compact, rack-mountable mixer with 16
mono and 3 stereo line input channels mixing to 12 mix
outputs.
The surface shall include 17 moving faders with 3 layers,
each layer having dedicated keys and indicators, giving
access to input channels, output channel mixes, FX sends,
FX returns, Main mix, and a customisable layer giving
access to DCA masters and MIDI control as well as user­defined overview of channels.
Each fader strip shall have a dedicated PAFL, Mix, Select,
and Mute button with indicators, a 3-LED multi-point meter,
and coloured LED indicating fader assignment.
The mixer shall have a physical control per function following
the select button for the input and output channels allowing
for fast access to all key processing parameters.
The fader and rotary controls shall be of a high contrast
colour to the mixer surface for excellent visibility during
operation in low light conditions
The ability to assign channel on/off status to the current mix
using the channel ‘Mix’ keys shall also be provided.
All processing, Pre/Post fade routing and assignments of
signals to mix send, FX send and Audio, DCA and Mute
Groups shall be accessed and adjusted via a 5-inch colour
touchscreen provided on the mixing surface.
A Channel Ducker shall be provided to reduce the level of
selected channels when a prioritised input channel is in use.
This channel priority shall be available across all mono and
stereo input channels and also channel groups.
An Automatic Mic Mixer shall be provided for automatic level
control of up to 16 microphones using a constant gain
sharing algorithm to dynamically adjust the gain for each mic
in spoken word applications

4 user-assignable soft keys shall be provided for quick
access to Mute Groups, DCA Mutes, Tap Tempo and Scene
Recall. There shall also be dedicated keys for quick
Copy/Paste/Reset of mixes and processing parameters.
The name and number of the current selected channel or mix
shall be identified on screen when in the processing or
routing pages.
Send levels to mixes shall be displayed and adjusted using
the faders.
All output mix channels shall contain the following
processing: External input, Trim, Polarity, Insert, Parametric
EQ, and Graphic EQ with RTA and fader-flip mode,
Compressor, Delay.
All signal delays in the system shall be adjustable in
Milliseconds.
There shall be 4 stereo rack FX engines, 4 DCA groups and
4 Mute groups.
4 user-assignable effect racks shall be provided with a library
of factory preset FX emulations. The FX racks shall be
individually configurable as send/return from a channel or
FX/Mix, or inserted into input or output channels.
A global source option for the direct out of each input
channel shall be provided in the routing screen. The tap-off
point shall be adjusted to the following positions in the
processing path: post Preamp, post HPF, post Gate, post
Insert return, post PEQ, post Compressor, and post Delay.
There shall be further global options for Follow Fader, and
Follow Mute.
Direct outputs shall be assignable via the mixer soft patch
bay to any physical output socket interface channel or ME
channel.

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