QSC TouchMix Series, TouchMix-30 Pro Quick Start Manual

TouchMix Series

Quick Start Guide

Setting up TouchMix-30 Pro with a computer: Windows driver installation, iOS Core Audio configuration, iTunes playback, and DAW setup

This quick start guide is to help you set up a computer with the QSC TouchMix-30 Pro digital mixer—for example, to use it as a digital audio workstation (DAW).

If your computer runs on the Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10 operating systems, you must first install the Windows driver before using the mixer
and computer together, including setting up the DAW. If your computer is a Mac, you may proceed and set up the DAW.

Non-DAW audio playback from computer

Stereo audio from Windows comes into the mixer on the stereo channel

2-Trk PB

(audio channels 31 and 32).

TouchMix-30 Pro settings

To receive audio from the computer, press the mixer's
and from the

2-Trk Record

output (channels 31 and 32) is always sent to the computer regardless of the mixer's Record Mode setting.

Rec/Play

button, touch

Record Mode

, and select

Multitrack DAW

. Audio from input channels 1 through 30

Installing the Windows Driver

The TouchMix-30Pro Windows Driver creates an interface between a TouchMix-30 Pro mixer and a computer running the Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, or
Windows 10 operating system (recommended). The program supports up to 32 × 32 channels of digital audio between the mixer and the computer.

Installation

1. Extract the compressed folder to a new location.

2. Open the new uncompressed folder and run

3. The Windows operating system will ask if you want to allow the program to
make changes to your device. Click

4. The

Setup Welcome

continue.

window (Figure 1) will appear. Click

Yes

Setup

.

.

Next >

to

— Figure 1 —–

— Figure 2 —–

5. Accept the default location for the driver folder or browse to another location
(Figure 2). Click

Install

.

1

— Figure 3 —–

6. The installer will copy the files to the selected location. When it is done it
will present a message that the driver has been installed on your computer
(Figure 3). Click

Finish

.

Connection

— Figure 4 —–

Configuring iOS Core Audio

— Figure 5 —–

1. Use a Type B USB cable (Figure 4) to connect the mixer's
USB port on your computer.

1. To connect a TouchMix-30 Pro to a Mac DAW, start by connecting a Type B
USB cable (Figure 4) to the
other end to your computer’s USB jack.

2. On the TouchMix, push

Multitrack DAW

3. Open the Audio MIDI Setup utility on the Mac (

Utilities > Audio MIDI Setup

to the Window tab and select

4.

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the mixer and make sure the sample rate on the computer matches that of the
mixer. The TouchMix sample rate may be set from its

.

will appear in the Audio Devices window (Figure 5). Select

USB DAW

Rec/Play > Recording Mode >

port on the mixer. Then connect the

Finder > Applications >

). If the audio window isn’t already visible, go

Show Audio Devices

USB DAW

and select

.

Rec/Play

port to a

screen.

Configuring Apple iTunes Playback

— Figure 6 —–

— Figure 7 —–

1. In the list of audio output devices, select
MIDI Setup list. Then right click on it and select

output

. See Figure 6.

2. Click

Output

; then click

3. Verify that

Front
2-Trk PB

mixer would need to be in DAW mode, with Track selected as their input
source.

4. Click

Stereo

and select

channel. Any other pair of channels may be used instead, but the

Done

.

Configure Speakers…

is selected. Click

Q 32

(Figure 7). This will route iTunes music to the mixer’s

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Left Front

device in the Audio

Use this device for sound

at the lower right.

and select

Q 31

2

. Click

Right

Setting up the TouchMix-30 Pro with a DAW

DAW software settings

With the Windows driver installed and the computer connected to the mixer, your DAW program remains to be configured. Each DAW program will have its own unique
procedure, typically of three or four steps, which will set these configurations:

• Designate the TouchMix-30 Pro as the audio source for the DAW.

• Set the number of mixer inputs and outputs to be used by the DAW program.

• For recording, assign mixer inputs to DAW tracks.

• For mixing down, assign DAW tracks to mixer inputs.

This following pages of this Quick Start Guide have procedures for four popular DAW programs: Apple Logic Pro X, Steinberg Cubase, Pro Tools 12.5, and Apple
GarageBand 10. See your DAW software's user documentation for any specific details. If your DAW does not recognize the mixer, it may be necessary to turn the mixer
off and on again or to restart your computer.

Apple Logic Pro X macOS

1. Open Logic Pro X.

— Figure 8 —–

2. To select the TouchMix-30 Pro as the audio device, go to

Audio

. Click

Devices

. At

Output Devices

Do the same at

3. Close

4. To assign TouchMix-30 Pro inputs to Logic Pro X, go to

5. For

6. For

7. With these default settings, the mixer inputs will map one-to-one with the

8. Click

Preferences

Track type

Number of tracks

DAW buses. For more advanced settings, click
offered include shifting mapping to different input and output channels;
ascending channel numbering for inputs and outputs; opening the library for
inputs; adjusting monitoring configurations.

Create

Input Devices

.

, select

Audio

, enter 32.

.

(Figure 4).

.

, select

Details

Preferences >

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File > New

(Figure 5). The options

(Figure 4).

.

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Steinberg Cubase macOS, Windows

1. Open Cubase.

2. To select TouchMix-30 Pro as the audio device, go to

Setup… > VST Audio System

(Figure 10).

3. Click OK.

4. To assign TouchMix-30 Pro inputs to the Cubase buses, go to

Connections > Inputs

5. Select and delete any existing connections.

6. Click

Add Bus

7. In

Count

example, select 30 if you wish to add all of them. NOTE: Some entry-level
versions of Cubase support only 16 buses.

8. In Configuration, select

9. Click

Add Bus

(Figure 12).

10. To assign Cubase outputs to TouchMix-30 Pro inputs, go to

Connections > Outputs

11. As in assigning the Cubase inputs, select and delete any existing connections.
Click

Add Bus

finished, click

12. To connect mixer inputs to DAW tracks, first select a track. Look in the
Inspector window or at Track Controls and find the e (edit channel settings)
symbol.

13. Click e. The

14. On the DAW track you wish to assign, click the box to the left of the track
number and name.

15. Select the bus that you want to feed this track. For example, see Figure 13.
Track 2 is portrayed. Selecting

2. Therefore, the signal flow is TouchMix-30 Pro input channel 2 to Cubase
Mono In 2 to Cubase Track 2.
Repeat for other tracks.

16. To connect DAW buses to TouchMix-30 Pro input channels, first select a track.
As in the earlier steps, look in the Inspector window or at Track Controls and
find the e (edit channel settings) symbol.

17. Click e. The

18. On the DAW track you wish to assign, click the box to the right of the track
number and name.

19. Select the bus you wish to have this track feed. For example, see Figure 14.
Track 2 is portrayed. Selecting

2. The resulting signal flow is Cubase Track 2 to Cubase Mono Out 2 to
TouchMix-30 Pro input channel 2.
Repeat for other tracks.

. The

Add Input Bus

, select the number of mixer channels to assign to buses. For

. The mixer inputs will map one-to-one to the DAW buses

to set the channel count and configurations. When you have

Add Bus

Channel Settings

Channel Settings

. At ASIO Driver, select

.

Mono

.

.

.

window will open.

Mono In 2

window will open.

Mono Out 2

window will open (Figure 11).

assigns mixer channel 2 to Track

Devices > Device

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Devices > VST

Devices > VST

assigns mixer channel 2 to Track

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— Figure 15 —–

Pro Tools 12.5 macOS, Windows

NOTE: Pro Tools will need to create a Pro Tools Aggregate I/O Device in the

Audio MIDI Setup

1. Open Pro Tools 12.5. You will be prompted to either create a new project or
open an existing one (Figure 15). Choose your approach.

2. To set up the Pro Tools Aggregate I/O, go to

Hardware Setup

3. The

Setup MIDI Audio Devices

Tools Aggregate I/O

match the mixer’s sample rate (the TouchMix sample rate is configured in its

Rec/Play

4. To set up I/O routing for the TouchMix-30 Pro, go in Pro Tools to

Setup

.

5. The

I/O Setup

(Figure 18). Assign them as needed. Click OK.

6. To assign TouchMix-30 Pro inputs to tracks, go to

Create

.

7. The

New Tracks

of tracks to add (for example, 32). Click
been added to Pro Tools.

window of a setup app. This procedure will be covered later.

Setup > Hardware

window (Figure 16), click

window will open (Figure 17).

and select the

screen).

window includes input and output assignment matrices

window will open (Figure 19). In

Launch Setup App

QSC TM30 Pro

Track > New…

Create

Create

; 32 mono audio tracks have

. Set the sample rate to

, enter the number

. In the

.

Select Pro

Setup > I/O

and click

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— Figure 22 —–

Apple GarageBand 10 macOS

1. Open GarageBand and create a new project. You will be prompted to select
the kind of project (Figure 20). Select

2. To add your first track, select an input (Figure 21) and at

is connected with:

select

QSC TM30 Pro

, select

. Click

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3. Repeat this for all the remaining inputs and tracks.

4. So you can record on all tracks at the same time, you will need to expose
the

Record

and

Input Monitoring

to

Track > Track Header

Button

. Then go to

Monitoring Button

(Figure 22) and select

Track > Track Header

.

Note that when you monitor the mix on GarageBand, it sends the mix only to
inputs 1 and 2 on the TouchMix-30 Pro. This cannot be rerouted.

Also, when you monitor an input, GarageBand sends the audio only to Inputs 1
and 2. To listen to Inputs 1 and 2 on the TouchMix, touch the
and select the

Track

buttons for Inputs 1 and 2. The

turns green when it is selected.

Empty Project

and click

My instrument

. At

I hear sound from:

Create

.

buttons on each track. To do this, go

Show Record Enable

and select

Show Input

Track

button background

Choose

Rec/Play

.

, also

button

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