The Allen & Heath QU series has a gain assist which can automate initial preamp gain setup along with monitoring preamp gain during an event. Has anyone used such a feature?

54:30preamp gain setup along with monitoring preamp gain during an event has anyone used such a feature? A lot of consoles now products of this type digital mixers are getting this function I think it's fine for someone that just wants to get up and running quick but an experienced engineer is never gonna use this I'm never gonna use this have I tested it yes it works as advertised

54:53it'll listen for about 10 seconds and set your preamp so that there's enough I've had room, but I can do this so quickly without an auto gain function. It really doesn't speed anything up for me. I think for someone that doesn't know how to set up levels, yes, it probably would make it faster for them, but I would never, ever, ever use this at an event.

55:13Yeah. Tim McCullough in the chat says, gain assist for people who don't know how to read a meter. Jeff Cohen? Exactly. Now, I'll take your word for it that it is just the initial setup because a lot of audio interfaces. I'm sure consoles also are doing real-time gain setting, basically. So in other words, they're constantly monitoring. This is, so I'll take your word for it, that's just the

55:39initial. My audio interface does this. Again, it's, I don't know, good marketing thing. It's okay, but I mean, to Alexander's point and probably everyone else, I mean, at best, it's going to give you an analysis of what it was like at that moment but that doesn't mean that you know when you really need it everything is going to be the same so i mean you really have to again it's great for

56:02setting up but you really have to know how to monitor levels and gain stage and all that good stuff that's you chris mickey yeah like someone who who joined the high school av team doesn't need this. Especially like for something that adjusts throughout the show and event like auto gain. That's horrific. No. Sergio Leal Alright, high school AV team. A couple of little

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58:18That will wake them up. Yeah. That's a frustrating thing that Andrew was saying, you know. Yeah, how do you fix a rude audience? I've used that teacher trick a couple of times. It actually works. The clap once if you can hear me, then clap twice if you can hear me. You know what's really disappointing, Alexander? Clap once if you can see him or his video is flat.