Allen & Heath QU-16C - Digital Mixer - Silver - 16 Channels

Introducing the QU 16 Chrome Edition - Chrome, a revolutionary digital mixer that redefines the audio mixing experience. With its release, this feature-packed console combines cutting-edge design with exceptional functionality, ensuring that every sound is rendered to perfection. The QU 16 is not just a mixer; it's a comprehensive audio solution designed for professional environments.

Engineered with the latest advancements seen in the acclaimed GLD and iLive digital mixing systems, the QU 16 boasts class-leading audio performance. Every detail has been meticulously crafted to provide an unparalleled mixing experience, making it the go-to choice for musicians, sound engineers, and audio professionals alike. With the QU 16 Chrome Edition, you experience a digital mixing revolution.

This innovative mixer comes with an impressive array of features that cater to all your audio needs:

• Multitrack Recording: Effortlessly record directly to USB, enabling quick and easy playback and editing.
• Automatic Mic Mixing: Streamline your workflow with automatic adjustments that ensure optimal audio clarity.
• ProFactory Mic Presets: Speed up setup times with presets tailored to various microphone types for the best possible sound.
• Expansive Ecosystem: Benefit from a growing range of apps, accessories, and remote I/O solutions for increased versatility.

Whether you're transitioning from an analogue system or upgrading your digital setup, the QU 16 provides a seamless experience that outshines traditional mixers. Its ecosystem includes Remote AudioRacks that allow for flexible I/O placement where it’s needed the most, as well as ME Personal Mixers that expand monitor mixes and facilitate straightforward local control. Furthermore, the QU Apps give you full remote setup and wireless mixing capabilities, allowing you to take command of your sound from anywhere in the venue.

The QU 16 features sixteen AnalogiQTM digitally controlled preamps that utilize advanced zero-crossing detection and a padless 1dB-step gain stage. This technology, paired with an efficient DSP, guarantees optimal gain accuracy and audio transparency. The high-quality, low-latency 24-bit analogue to digital converters are matched with 24-bit digital to analogue converters to ensure the highest fidelity output.

With its refined AnalogiQTM preamp design, you’ll enjoy superb transparency, minimal distortion, and an ultra-low noise floor, delivering a warm, musical sound that many digital consoles lack. The QU 16’s impressive processing power and advanced features are complemented by its intuitive interface, ensuring you can access controls swiftly and efficiently.

The heart of the QU 16 is its 800×480 True Colour Touchscreen, paired with a dedicated rotary encoder, providing you with rapid access to all settings and parameters. Dedicated keys and screen tabs allow for quick navigation to meters, RTA views, FX racks, channel processing, and much more. The SuperStrip enhances usability with single-function physical controls for instant adjustments to gain, HPF, 4-band PEQ, gate, compressor, GEQ, and pan. With the QU 16, every adjustment is intuitive, allowing for seamless transitions between tasks.