[SML] Sound board recommendations for theatuh

[PJ Veltri]

I'm a huge fan of just about everything Allen and Heath right now. I've got
an RFP ready to go for a DLive and I've got an SQ5 and SQ7.  They're great
and pretty simple to use even for me - the lighting guy who is stuck in the
analog audio ages.

The SQs are all 48 channel consoles with varying numbers of faders and come
in wicked cheap but will require a stage box to get up to the 48 ins. They
also have a built in usb interface which has been great for QLAB.

PJ

On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 6:14 PM Jon Ares via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Howdy folks....
>
> Long story short, our digital board went up in a considerable plume of
> smoke 5 minutes before curtain on our 2nd of 3 dress rehearsals of
> "Matilda" the other night.... thanks to some good Samaritans, we got
> our 20 wireless mics and 7-8 orch pit feeds run through a Midas M32
> and stage box, so we're running just fine now..... but as we weigh our
> options for the future, I thought I'd ask what boards people love,
> understanding we're a high school, doing live theatre (with musicals
> of 16-20 mics, plus orch and QLab), as well as other events, and a
> handful of mics for Jazz Bands' solos (and presenters with or without
> AV needs).  We don't do gigantic rock and roll shows, but we like lots
> of sliders/surface to work with, rather than flipping through numerous
> small layers.  We also have non-student engineers in sometimes, so we
> don't want to listen to TOO much crappe about what a piece of junk
> this thing is, and you really should have got a blah blah blah....
>
> We have a matrix of needs and wants, but in short, the new board (if
> we get one) will need to be easy to teach on, and hopefully something
> where that knowledge can transfer to other boards they're likely to
> encounter in the wild. Nothing that seems designed for studio
> engineers with PhDs (I'm looking at you, Yamaha), but also something
> that's not too old.  (One of the concerns I have with the Midas M32...
> getting long in the tooth, and no touch screen... feels like 1998.)
> What are your favorites, and why?  Bring on the flames....
>
>  - Jon
>
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