48 Channel / 36 Bus / 17 Fader Digital Mixer

Allen & Heath SQ-5 48-Channel 96kHz Digital Mixer — Compact, powerful, and versatile, the Allen & Heath SQ-5 is a 48-channel digital mixer designed for professionals who need exceptional performance in a portable format.

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.

Mixing Has Never Been Easier

Channels and mixes can be dragged and dropped to any strip, with custom naming and colour coding on the displays, allowing you to build a mixing environment that works for you.

Each strip features our patented Chromatic channel metering system, giving you at-a-glance level indication thanks to LEDs with variable brightness and colour.

SQ’s dashboard is centred around a high-res 7” touchscreen, framed by an array of high-grip, illuminating encoders to create an intuitive, integrated blend of clear visual feedback and immediate, hands-on control.

All SQ mixers feature SoftKeys which can be assigned to commonly used functions. The SQ-6 and SQ-7 also provide assignable Soft Rotaries for even more custom control.

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

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

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.

Add-Ons

Proven on countless world-tours with international artists, DEEP Processing and RackExtra FX from our award-winning dLive digital mixing system is now available within your SQ.

SQ-Drive

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

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

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.

Networking and I/O

Thanks to its SLink port, SQ can also be expanded up to a total of 48 mic inputs via the Everything I/O family of rack and stage box expanders making it a flexible, mix ‘n’ match solution for owners of other Allen & Heath digital systems.

SQ is the perfect mixer for in-ear monitoring setups, featuring 12 stereo mixes, super-low latency, and both parametric and graphic EQ on every mix. Throw in airline-friendly compactness and rugged build quality and there’s no reason to gamble on house monitor consoles again.

SQ is fully compatible with the ME Personal Mixing System, from the mixer’s SLink port or from a connected remote expander, allowing the performers to take control of their own monitor mixes.

Features

• 96kHz XCVI FPGA processing
• 8 stereo FX engines + dedicated stereo returns
• 16+1 built-in mic preamps
• 16+1 Faders / 6 Layers
• 7” capacitive touchscreen
• 8 assignable SoftKeys
• SLink port for remote audio / expansion
• 64×64 I/O port for audio networking cards (Dante, Waves, MADI, SLink)
• SQ-Drive direct recording to USB
• 32×32 96kHz USB interface

Specifications

Genuine Allen & Heath product. Authorized dealer. Full manufacturer warranty.