Allen & Heath has added an SLink option card to its SQ digital mixer series, expanding the application of digital FOH/monitor splits, broadcast feeds and recording.

With the same functionality as the built-in SLink port, the new option card provides a further 128 inputs and 128 outputs of digital audio, and runs independently. With two SLink ports it’s now possible to combine various other Allen & Heath products with SQ, including any ME personal monitoring system, DX or dSnake expander. The SLink card also spuuorts direct connections from any SQ console to another Qu, SQ or dLive system and/or to 48kHz or 96kHz expanders, further extending the system’s expansion and integration possibilities.

‘After seeing how excited engineers were with the SLink port in SQ, we knew we had to build the technology into an option card,’ says SQ Product Manager, Keith Johnson. ‘With the amount of possibilities an additional SLink port offers, and a retail price of US$189.00, we can see the card being incredibly popular. In conjunction with the forthcoming SQ v1.3 firmware release, this card further extends SQ’s scope for expansion and provides a great solution for any system that requires instant access to 256 remote sockets.’

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