I mix FOH at a House Of Worship in Los Angeles and I am a long time Allen & Heath user. I'v mixed with the Allen & Heath GL 2200 Dual Function Console, the ZED 436, GLD 112 Chrome, the SQ7 and we are now looking to evolve to the Avantis. Allen & Heath consoles not only have a great sound, but are really user friendly for volunteers.
Stunning consoles. A few odd limitations in the fixed number of busses (12 stereo aux OR groups, or a combination of...) but by far the best tool which is unique to AH is the parallel path compressor. Drum group compression without wasting a buss, and turn it on on your recording output to really fatten the sound up and reduce the dynamic range
Ayo here from MKCC in the UK. We just upgraded from the QU32 to the SQ7. Loving it so far! We're now planning to redeploy the QU32 as the broadcast mixer.
We own the SQ5 & 7 and purchasing the same for our other campus. We love it! Using Dante for the communication and also for our recording sessions for online. Easy to use and very affordable.
Using the SQ7 and M32 at church in different halls. just get the SQ series, super clean preamps, user customisable layout, routing flexibility, the colours and the lights are a huge bonus! For anyone changing from an analogue system, this is a prefect board with the amount of physical inputs and outputs.
We have the SQ6 it is fantastic, changed our lives forever. We also have a school so they have a separate log in so they cannot change Sunday settings, scenes for each music combination is brilliant.
Hey we're using this console, we've only had it for a couple of months so we're still really learning and getting used to it. We're coming from an A&H analog board so it's been a learning curve to go to digital. So far though the board is working great!
Hi Marty, would love to know about your conversion from analog to digital using the new Allen & Heath, we currently are looking for a new mixer the one we have is A&H 1998. Please email Truth4LasVegas@mail.com We would love your input and did you purchase at Sweetwater? My understanding is the Behringer brand does not support the Dante Card and it is made in China.
Put an order for SQ-5 and rack mount tabs less than 6 months after it came out on the market. With Dante available on all A&H digital products above the QU product line, the "future proofing" for expansion is almost limitless. Can't say that for Behringer products. The SQ series is simply a great long-term value investment.
We have SQ6 and could not be more pleased. Recently with Covid restrictions we put the SQ on a cart and now use for outside services and it worked great. I also use the Allen and Heath ME-1 personal mixers which integrate flawlessly with the SQ. For a church that uses volunteers I recommend the largest SQ you can afford to limit the number of fader layers they need to deal with to simplify mixing. Multiple layers can be confusing when learning any mixer - not a rap on the SQ as switching layers is very simple.
Our church here in Detroit, MI just switched over to the Allen Heath SQ5 from an Allen Heath analog board. Can't wait to install and start working with it.
We’ve been on an SQ6 for about 2 years now. It’s a monster. Goofy flexible with routing. Anything can go anywhere and do anything. Adding in a broadcast mix was extremely easy. Sure- a second console would be nice. But we get great results pulling a broadcast mix from FoH.
Christian...very interesting comment...was actually looking for this. Is your broadcast mix the same as your FOH? Or, are you adding anything to your broadcast mix? Thanks, Rob
Jake, your channel has helped me a lot, very informative, thank you so much.. I wanted to purchase the SQ5, I realized it was outta my budget at the time, I ended up with a Yamaha TF5 because it was more affordable, lesser than the QU32 even, I’m happy but I still love the SQ5, portable and good quality
Wish you made this video 5 months ago, I became a TD at a church that bought the M32 because of your recommendations, I’m having to replace it with an A&H console because the M32 is underpowered for our needs. I could have made an SQ work.
Can you make a different mix in the matrix by putting eq comp effects without affecting the main mix? I want to use the matrix mix to send to the livestream
We are using a SQ6 atm ... and would like to get a SQ5 for broadcast.... You mention that someone uses a SQ7 for their FOH and SQ5 for broadcast... How do they connect them to eachother ? via Dante ? Thanks for your time.
I am buying this console in the next 60 Days. Not only am I moving from analog to digital, I am moving from an antiquated TOA mixer to a true soundboard. I don't know all of the terminology and options as none of those are available with a TOA. You turn the inputs up or down. That's it. I know this new board is going to sound better but a huge learning curve. Any tips on where to go to learn more about things like, pre and post fade, what mixing groups are for, etc.
Bro how reliable are these consoles? I’m thinking about the sq7 as my first full console. But I’ve recently seen comments in google about problems with them. How reliable are they? Are they solid or I should expect demo type of problem?
Amazing feature-set for the price. Hoping to upgrade to this one day at my church. Love that you can rack-mount this, but would be real interesting in a surfaceless SQ of some kind.
Pls, next video about the Wing. The Wing has more features than SQ and is more flexible regarding routing. But Wing doesn`t run 96khz and has no phase coherency.
Yeah I’m definitely curious about the Wing. I’m curious about how the effects sound and how drastically it’s phase coherency/latency shortcomings are heard
I’ll be honest that I have no idea or proof and was kind of swayed by the above comment and the focus that this video made about it. I actually did some digging and found nothing that made it look like the Behringer Wing has any issues with phase or latency compensation. I’m a Allen & Heath GLD80 user since 2012 and it has been great for us but now I’m looking at what the next board will be for us whenever that needs to happen. I’m extremely excited by the Wing but want to make sure I’m covering my bases.
@@msy003 That’s definitely a good way to go about it. :) Don’t know how far the Wing’s firmware has progressed up until this point but it might still take a few months till all the promised features are actually implemented. It’s a real bummer.
I think it is important to look at the total system cost, including digital stage boxes and 6-8 on-stage personal monitors, not just the mixer on its own. If you're already invested in a competitor's ecosystem, you pretty much have to change everything in one fell swoop, which makes it a harder pill to swallow financially. Don't get me wrong, knowing what's out there is always a good thing, and I have high respect for A&H gear - will strongly consider if I ever have to start a new system from scratch.
Could you explain the "6-8 on-stage personal monitors"? If you already have monitoring speakers in an analog setup do you have to buy a separate monitoring system for a digital mixer?
@@Robin-sf3gk I was primarily thinking of personal monitor mixers used to drive each musician's in-ear monitors (IEMs). If you have analog stage wedges, that is a different matter. I think it is safe to say that most churches have moved away from stage wedges to keep stage noise from leaking into the house and to allow each musician to control the exact mix they want to hear in their ears. However, wedges with analog inputs can be used with any system that provides aux send mixes to the stage area.
Mixer is so beautiful it made that table look very ugly. Thank you for this vid! Gonna tell our pastor to upgrade to digital, I love A&H zed series analog. Maybe we should try this.
Hi, Iam coming from the qu series and was using a qu32… Now want an upgrade… considering the price point, i can afford only an SQ5, but i love to have an SQ7…. Will it make any change in using a bigger console SQ7 with a smaller brother SQ5… I mean, will i miss any of the functionalities or anything in SQ5 which SQ7 has… Thanks in advance
Looking to buy a new home studio desk, options are: Behringer Wing, Allen & Heath SQ7, Presonus StudioLive 64sIII and Midas M32 Live All desks have a 3-year warranty except for the Midas that one has a 10-year warranty Pricing for Behringer and Midas are around 3k Allen & Heath, Presonus StudioLive around 4k If have heard that Presonus crashes a lot is this true for this model? Thank you
@@officialWWM Yeah i think your right about that. I really like the look of the Behringer and the PreSonus and they are easy to use the other desks are a bit more difficult if i'm honest have you tried the other desks yourself?
B-Wild no, I haven't. I'm in Australia and the A&H is about $2000 more than the Presonus here, so I didn't even bother. I don't like Behringer, cause their quality control has not been the best in the past and the Midas is basically a more expensive version of the same thing. The Presonus was perfect for me cause I do a lot of live recordings and it integrates well in the studio as a daw controller.
I've heard this before. Here's what I don't understand - sound travels about 5.56ft in 5ms. If I set up another drum kit 5.64ft away from another drummer, I can guarantee you that I'd be able to play in time with him. If I recorded those 2 drums and had someone else listen to it, they would also say the 2 drums are in time. I can tell you that I used to make a living from editing drums and audio in studios around the world - I could tell if something was out of time by 10ms but it was more of a gut feeling. You couldn't really hear it. So basically, that's a long winded way of saying, "I don't think 5ms matters much at all. Especially if you're mixing 32 channels with effects and multiple busses. There's no one on earth that can hear or even perceive that difference."
1. This video is an ad. Nothing more, nothing less. 2. Worship ministries’ needs are not so special that you need to find a "console for worship". A console for live production will do. Scale it do size for your needs and you’re good to go. If you’re unsure what the best option might be for you, ask a pro and not a worship youtuber, because professionals are more knowledgable and don’t need to know much about the kind of thing you do on Sundays. 3. All the info about latency is great, but it still doesn’t say anything about why the SQ5 could be better than other mixing consoles because there are other (even more) affordable consoles with extremely low latency. With the X32, we’re talking 0.8 ms latency. No one should care about the 0.1 ms difference, or at least not so much that it would influence their buying decision. 4. Again, none of this information is worship-specific: the fpga stuff is interesting and something to consider, but ESPECIALLY with churches which don’t have different demands on their consoles from week to week, I’m not sure this is totally relevant for worship ministry. 5. The A&H guy is wearing a really nice shirt.
What??? So what does it do again?? Too many terminology it’s hard for beginners to understand. You should of talk about what can I do with the features that it has in terms of having it in small churches or livestream . Saying all those terminology without explaining in details in lament terms does not convince me to purchase this console or why I should purchase this console and not get the Xair.
Who's using this console at their church?! Let us know what it's like! 👇
I mix FOH at a House Of Worship in Los Angeles and I am a long time Allen & Heath user. I'v mixed with the Allen & Heath GL 2200 Dual Function Console, the ZED 436, GLD 112 Chrome, the SQ7 and we are now looking to evolve to the Avantis. Allen & Heath consoles not only have a great sound, but are really user friendly for volunteers.
Stunning consoles. A few odd limitations in the fixed number of busses (12 stereo aux OR groups, or a combination of...) but by far the best tool which is unique to AH is the parallel path compressor. Drum group compression without wasting a buss, and turn it on on your recording output to really fatten the sound up and reduce the dynamic range
Ayo here from MKCC in the UK. We just upgraded from the QU32 to the SQ7.
Loving it so far!
We're now planning to redeploy the QU32 as the broadcast mixer.
Using SQ7 in my home studio
We are and its super. View Church Sunningdale
we have been using it in our church for two years and we are very happy with sq5. Greetings from Poland
We own the SQ5 & 7 and purchasing the same for our other campus. We love it! Using Dante for the communication and also for our recording sessions for online. Easy to use and very affordable.
Using the SQ7 and M32 at church in different halls.
just get the SQ series, super clean preamps, user customisable layout, routing flexibility, the colours and the lights are a huge bonus!
For anyone changing from an analogue system, this is a prefect board with the amount of physical inputs and outputs.
My going is going for Allen & Heath SQ 5 in a month's time
Hi Tim. We have the M32 in one of our church halls. We're considering getting the SQ7. Now that you've used both, do you have a preference?
Adam Spence I’ve used both SQ no question. At the pricepoint of the SQ5 it’s silly to settle for an M32
We have the SQ6 it is fantastic, changed our lives forever. We also have a school so they have a separate log in so they cannot change Sunday settings, scenes for each music combination is brilliant.
Hey we're using this console, we've only had it for a couple of months so we're still really learning and getting used to it. We're coming from an A&H analog board so it's been a learning curve to go to digital. So far though the board is working great!
Hi Marty, would love to know about your conversion from analog to digital using the new Allen & Heath, we currently are looking for a new mixer the one we have is A&H 1998. Please email Truth4LasVegas@mail.com We would love your input and did you purchase at Sweetwater? My understanding is the Behringer brand does not support the Dante Card and it is made in China.
@@truth4usa82 Allen and Heath also produces in China.
Just bought SQ7 for FOH.. it feels amazing. Every frequency is detailed and clear for exactly how a particular frequency should sound.
got it too!
Put an order for SQ-5 and rack mount tabs less than 6 months after it came out on the market. With Dante available on all A&H digital products above the QU product line, the "future proofing" for expansion is almost limitless. Can't say that for Behringer products. The SQ series is simply a great long-term value investment.
We have SQ6 and could not be more pleased. Recently with Covid restrictions we put the SQ on a cart and now use for outside services and it worked great. I also use the Allen and Heath ME-1 personal mixers which integrate flawlessly with the SQ. For a church that uses volunteers I recommend the largest SQ you can afford to limit the number of fader layers they need to deal with to simplify mixing. Multiple layers can be confusing when learning any mixer - not a rap on the SQ as switching layers is very simple.
Our church here in Detroit, MI just switched over to the Allen Heath SQ5 from an Allen Heath analog board. Can't wait to install and start working with it.
We got a sq5, dx168, a extra slink card and the dynamic trio plugin pack. Works great! Love the small size as we use it as a portable mixer.
We've got the sq6. What's included in the plugin pack and how are you using them?
Multiband comp, dynamic eq and deesser. Use mostly the dynamic eq on vocal group and deesser on vocal or dpa/talking
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We’ve been on an SQ6 for about 2 years now. It’s a monster. Goofy flexible with routing. Anything can go anywhere and do anything.
Adding in a broadcast mix was extremely easy. Sure- a second console would be nice. But we get great results pulling a broadcast mix from FoH.
Christian...very interesting comment...was actually looking for this. Is your broadcast mix the same as your FOH? Or, are you adding anything to your broadcast mix? Thanks, Rob
Thanks sir for the info. I love allen heath mixers
Jake, your channel has helped me a lot, very informative, thank you so much..
I wanted to purchase the SQ5, I realized it was outta my budget at the time, I ended up with a Yamaha TF5 because it was more affordable, lesser than the QU32 even, I’m happy but I still love the SQ5, portable and good quality
Wish you made this video 5 months ago, I became a TD at a church that bought the M32 because of your recommendations, I’m having to replace it with an A&H console because the M32 is underpowered for our needs. I could have made an SQ work.
Yep sq7 cost the same as the m32 and you get way more with a sq7
Very cool video and full of useful knowledge. Thank you!
We are getting the SQ7 to replace the QU32. Can't wait. My only issue has been no tech support for AH in my country.
Can you make a different mix in the matrix by putting eq comp effects without affecting the main mix? I want to use the matrix mix to send to the livestream
We are using a SQ6 atm ... and would like to get a SQ5 for broadcast.... You mention that someone uses a SQ7 for their FOH and SQ5 for broadcast... How do they connect them to eachother ? via Dante ?
Thanks for your time.
Hey Jake, how come there is no comparison or review on the Yamaha TF series. Would really appreciate your thoughts on it. Thanks
It’s excellent. Yamaha is king.
What are the real differences between the sq and he avantis beside iOS?
I am buying this console in the next 60 Days. Not only am I moving from analog to digital, I am moving from an antiquated TOA mixer to a true soundboard. I don't know all of the terminology and options as none of those are available with a TOA. You turn the inputs up or down. That's it. I know this new board is going to sound better but a huge learning curve. Any tips on where to go to learn more about things like, pre and post fade, what mixing groups are for, etc.
Bro how reliable are these consoles? I’m thinking about the sq7 as my first full console. But I’ve recently seen comments in google about problems with them. How reliable are they? Are they solid or I should expect demo type of problem?
Amazing feature-set for the price. Hoping to upgrade to this one day at my church. Love that you can rack-mount this, but would be real interesting in a surfaceless SQ of some kind.
Good job God bless you guys, nice demo.
What is you favourite fx to use in the SQ6?
Pls, next video about the Wing. The Wing has more features than SQ and is more flexible regarding routing. But Wing doesn`t run 96khz and has no phase coherency.
Yeah I’m definitely curious about the Wing. I’m curious about how the effects sound and how drastically it’s phase coherency/latency shortcomings are heard
What makes you think that the Wing does not output all its sources phase coherently?
I’ll be honest that I have no idea or proof and was kind of swayed by the above comment and the focus that this video made about it. I actually did some digging and found nothing that made it look like the Behringer Wing has any issues with phase or latency compensation. I’m a Allen & Heath GLD80 user since 2012 and it has been great for us but now I’m looking at what the next board will be for us whenever that needs to happen. I’m extremely excited by the Wing but want to make sure I’m covering my bases.
@@msy003 That’s definitely a good way to go about it. :) Don’t know how far the Wing’s firmware has progressed up until this point but it might still take a few months till all the promised features are actually implemented. It’s a real bummer.
I think it is important to look at the total system cost, including digital stage boxes and 6-8 on-stage personal monitors, not just the mixer on its own. If you're already invested in a competitor's ecosystem, you pretty much have to change everything in one fell swoop, which makes it a harder pill to swallow financially. Don't get me wrong, knowing what's out there is always a good thing, and I have high respect for A&H gear - will strongly consider if I ever have to start a new system from scratch.
Could you explain the "6-8 on-stage personal monitors"? If you already have monitoring speakers in an analog setup do you have to buy a separate monitoring system for a digital mixer?
@@Robin-sf3gk I was primarily thinking of personal monitor mixers used to drive each musician's in-ear monitors (IEMs). If you have analog stage wedges, that is a different matter. I think it is safe to say that most churches have moved away from stage wedges to keep stage noise from leaking into the house and to allow each musician to control the exact mix they want to hear in their ears. However, wedges with analog inputs can be used with any system that provides aux send mixes to the stage area.
@@gracenotes5379 Thank you so much for the explanation. I think this will help us improve our research and setup! :)
The Qu series has line input jacks and no foot switch. The SQ series has a foot switch, but no line or combo input jacks. What a pity!
Mixer is so beautiful it made that table look very ugly.
Thank you for this vid! Gonna tell our pastor to upgrade to digital, I love A&H zed series analog. Maybe we should try this.
Hi, Iam coming from the qu series and was using a qu32… Now want an upgrade… considering the price point, i can afford only an SQ5, but i love to have an SQ7…. Will it make any change in using a bigger console SQ7 with a smaller brother SQ5… I mean, will i miss any of the functionalities or anything in SQ5 which SQ7 has…
Thanks in advance
How many in ears can you get out of it
Man oh Man A&H-SQ or SL64 having a hard time deciding for the church!!! 😩😅🤦🏽♂️
Is the SQ series any better than the QU for audio quality? I have not been impressed with audio quality on the QU series...
it will be tons better
Looking to buy a new home studio desk, options are: Behringer Wing, Allen & Heath SQ7, Presonus StudioLive 64sIII
and Midas M32 Live
All desks have a 3-year warranty except for the Midas that one has a 10-year warranty
Pricing for Behringer and Midas are around 3k
Allen & Heath, Presonus StudioLive around 4k
If have heard that Presonus crashes a lot is this true for this model?
Thank you
B-Wild I have had the Presonus for over a year, it hasn't crashed once!
@@officialWWM Thanks I will test the desk myself next week or so.
B-Wild I love it, it's a great mixer but seriously, I don't think you could go wrong with any of these choices.
@@officialWWM Yeah i think your right about that. I really like the look of the Behringer and the PreSonus and they are easy to use the other desks are a bit more difficult if i'm honest have you tried the other desks yourself?
B-Wild no, I haven't. I'm in Australia and the A&H is about $2000 more than the Presonus here, so I didn't even bother. I don't like Behringer, cause their quality control has not been the best in the past and the Midas is basically a more expensive version of the same thing. The Presonus was perfect for me cause I do a lot of live recordings and it integrates well in the studio as a daw controller.
I want one
Great console. I do prefer the DLive modes though
Skipped 7 mins in and he was saying “more sensitive performers can be more sensitive to stuff”. Yup.
I scrolled through the whole video and didn't see any zoom on the product itself. Not interesting at all.
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@@Churchfront now you got me! Ahead of the curve. Tks a lot!
That's a nice mixer but it's pretty expensive.
First comment, Let’s go!!!
I'm thoroughly confused.....thanks.
Is this mixing console as good for the church of satan?
Mmmmh.... anything above 5ms is useless for a drummer
MIDI is 5ms
Your system should be 3 to 4 ms of latency.
I've heard this before. Here's what I don't understand - sound travels about 5.56ft in 5ms. If I set up another drum kit 5.64ft away from another drummer, I can guarantee you that I'd be able to play in time with him. If I recorded those 2 drums and had someone else listen to it, they would also say the 2 drums are in time.
I can tell you that I used to make a living from editing drums and audio in studios around the world - I could tell if something was out of time by 10ms but it was more of a gut feeling. You couldn't really hear it.
So basically, that's a long winded way of saying, "I don't think 5ms matters much at all. Especially if you're mixing 32 channels with effects and multiple busses. There's no one on earth that can hear or even perceive that difference."
This video sounds like marketecture
1. This video is an ad. Nothing more, nothing less.
2. Worship ministries’ needs are not so special that you need to find a "console for worship". A console for live production will do. Scale it do size for your needs and you’re good to go. If you’re unsure what the best option might be for you, ask a pro and not a worship youtuber, because professionals are more knowledgable and don’t need to know much about the kind of thing you do on Sundays.
3. All the info about latency is great, but it still doesn’t say anything about why the SQ5 could be better than other mixing consoles because there are other (even more) affordable consoles with extremely low latency. With the X32, we’re talking 0.8 ms latency. No one should care about the 0.1 ms difference, or at least not so much that it would influence their buying decision.
4. Again, none of this information is worship-specific: the fpga stuff is interesting and something to consider, but ESPECIALLY with churches which don’t have different demands on their consoles from week to week, I’m not sure this is totally relevant for worship ministry.
5. The A&H guy is wearing a really nice shirt.
What??? So what does it do again?? Too many terminology it’s hard for beginners to understand. You should of talk about what can I do with the features that it has in terms of having it in small churches or livestream . Saying all those terminology without explaining in details in lament terms does not convince me to purchase this console or why I should purchase this console and not get the Xair.