Allen & Heath Qu-5D Digital Mixer with Dante

Description

The new Qu-5D is a walk-up-and-mix console with a 96kHz core, a redesigned touchscreen interface and built-in Dante. It keeps the classic Qu layout volunteers find easy to learn, and adds customisable layers, per-channel displays and meters, and multitrack recording.

Why Churchfront specifies it

We recommend the Qu-5D for smaller churches and portable setups where 16 inputs and 16 Dante channels cover the need for the foreseeable future. It is an approachable desk for volunteers. If a church expects to grow into a full band with many in-ear mixes, we usually point them to the SQ-5 instead, because the SQ has more mix capacity for monitors.

Key features

• 38 input and 24 output mixing at 96kHz with DEEP Processing capabilities
• 17 motorised 100mm faders across 4 customisable layers
• 16 XLR/jack combi mic/line inputs and 12 XLR outputs
• 16×16 Dante interface at 48 or 96kHz on a locking etherCON port
• 32×32 USB-C audio interface, 32-track SD card recording and USB-A stereo playback
• SLink port for Allen & Heath expanders and other Allen & Heath consoles
• 19-inch rack mountable with the optional kit

Works with

DX168, DX164-W, DX012, GX4816 and DX Hub expanders over SLink, the ME personal monitoring system, Dante networks, and the Qu MixPad and Qu4You apps.

Learn more from Churchfront

• Building a Worship Mix on the Allen & Heath QU-5D · Watch on YouTube
• Allen & Heath Qu: Is it the WING Killer?!? · Watch on YouTube
• Inside a Mobile Plug-and-Play AV System for a Church Plant · Watch on YouTube

Planning a full system?

This listing is the component. Most churches get the best result when the console, stage boxes, monitoring and network are designed together around the room and the team that runs it. If you would like help putting that system together, our consulting team can walk through it with you, or send us a note.