Allen & Heath QU-5

Allen & Heath The QU-5 is a professional 32-channel digital mixer designed for live sound, theaters, installations and studio applications. The mixer offers high-quality preamplification, a built-in effects processor and flexible channel management capabilities, providing crystal clear sound with low latency. The QU-5 is suitable for professional speakers, musicians and installation systems.

Technical characteristics:

General
• Type: Digital mixer
• Channels: 32 input channels
• Main mix: Main LR with level control
• Built-in effects processor: 16 FX programs
• Audio processing: 96 kHz XCVI FPGA
• Latency: under 0.7ms

Mixes and effects
• 16 stereo mixes
• Main LR plus 4 stereo matrices
• 16 FX processors with separate returns
• Parametric EQ on each channel

Control
• 32 motorized faders with a length of 100 mm
• 7-inch capacitive touchscreen display
• 8 programmable SoftKeys buttons
• 6 channel management layers

Inputs
• 16 XLR mic/line inputs
• 4 line TRS inputs
• 2 stereo RCA inputs
• 1 Talkback input

Exits
• 12 XLR balanced outputs
• 2 TRS outputs
• 1 digital XLR AES3 output

Connectivity and extensions
• USB-B audio interface 32 × 32
• USB-A port for SQ-Drive direct recording and playback
• SLink port for remote I/O devices
• Dante, Waves SoundGrid, MADI or SLink expansion card slot

Signal processing
• Compressor and gate on each input channel
• 4-band parametric equalizer
• 28-band graphic equalizer for mixes
• High pass filter HPF from 20 Hz to 2 kHz
• Master compressor and limiter
• Automatic microphone mixing

Audio parameters
• Sampling frequency: 96 kHz
• Bit depth: 24-bit
• Frequency range: 20 Hz – 20 kHz (±0.5 dB)
• THD+N: approximately 0.006%
• Dynamic range: approximately 112 dB
• Phantom Power: +48 V

Physical characteristics
• Format: 19-inch rack
• Dimensions (W × D × H): approximately 440 × 515 × 198 mm
• Weight: approximately 15 kg
• Power supply: 100–240 V AC