Allen & Heath Announces New CQ Series Digital Mixers Without Faders

Allen & Heath is one of the manufacturers with the largest number of digital mixer series and models, for all sizes and possibilities. Now, the British company announced its new CQ Series mixers, targeting simpler applications, where control is totally done on built-in touch screens or through a remote app for iPad. The CQ series includes the compact CQ-12T 12 inputs to 8 outputs digital mixer, the CQ-18T with 18/18 channels and built-in dual band Wi-Fi, and the CQ-20B 20in/8out digital mixer with Wi-Fi but no touch-screen, depending completely of the CQ MixPad remote app.

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