Allen & Heath SQ-5 48 Channel / 36 Bus / 17 Fader Digital Mixer

A New Standard in Compact Digital Mixing

48 channel, 96 kHz 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 motorised faders, 16+1 onboard preamps and 8 assignable SoftKeys, providing comprehensive control in a compact 19″ rack-mountable design.

User Interface

Mixing Has Never Been Easier

Drag-and-Drop Layout
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.

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

Intuitive Control
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.

Speed Up Your Workflow
All SQ mixers feature SoftKeys which can be assigned to commonly used functions.

Processing & FX

All the Tools for the Perfect Mix
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. 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.

SQ’s built-in 32 × 32 96 kHz 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.

Recording and Streaming

Add-Ons
Take Your Mix to the Next Level

The integrated SQ-Drive makes it quick and easy to capture and playback 16 channels (96 kHz), 32 channels (48 kHz), 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.

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 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.

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 MADI, SQ Dante, SQ Waves, SQ SLink.

Monitor World
The Ultimate IEM Mixer
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.

Give Performers Control
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.

Accessories

SQ-5 Rack Kit, SQ Bracket, SQ-5 Dust Cover – explore our range of accessories for SQ mixers.