£219.£349.£ Since being acquired by Headstock Group in 1989, HH Audio has been the company ’s profe ssional audio brand focused on producing speakers and amplifiers, mainly aimed at the live and install markets. In recent years, however, there have been some significant changes in the speaker range with models perfect for the mobile DJ market. One of the first popular models was the TNP 1501. 86 But the turning point came in 2021 when the Tensor TRE and TRS range was launched, squarely aimed at the more affordable end of the DJ market, with attractive pricing yet retaining great sound and reliability.

Since then, they have added the Tessen TNA medium size line array that has just been launched at ISE in Barcelona. Also launched recently are the Q Series, HH Audio’s range of mixers. This new series consists of four analogue mixing consoles (6 channels, 8 channels, 12 channels and 16 channels). The Q Series’ comprehensive channel strip allows you to take complete control over the tonal shape, dynamics and depth of your output with low-noise micpreamps, 3-band EQ, single knob compression and high-quality DSP effects.

The case for adding a mixer to your kit Having a mixer in your armoury allows for more flexibility. And the more modern and the more features the better. Pretty much all DJ controllers have microphone inputs, which offer an ability to quickly and easily use a microphone at events. The downside is that you have very little control over the sound you’re producing.

Adding a mixer just sounds better. For a start, simply being able to add a ‘high-shelf’ to the microphone channel improves the output. A ‘high-shelf’ on a mixer refers to a type of equaliser setting that allows you to boost or cut all frequencies above a chosen point on the frequency spectrum, essentially adjusting the ‘brightness’ or high-end of a sound without significantly impacting the low frequencies. This is especially useful if you work on daytime sound at weddings.

Apart from anything else, you’ll take up less space for a daytime ceremony or for a wedding breakfast. Being able to quickly and easily add a microphone for a singer, for example, or even a guitar or keyboard, is a great way of selling additional services. Plus, in the case of live vocalists, having effect such as reverb is essential. HH Audio’s expertise goes back a long way.

All the way to 1968, in fact. Plus, the company’s products are designed and engineered in the UK. As mentioned, there is a choice of four, and all feature 2in/2out USB making these mixers a great tool for music production and also recording live performance or even podcasts.All the mixers in the range have a feeling of quality. Featuring an all-metal construction, everything is laid out in an intuitive way.

HH AUDIO Q SERIES The mixers The baby of the range is the Q6FX. This features two mono mic/line inputs with XLR for mic, balanced ¼” jack socket for line, whilst channels 3-4, 5-6 are stereo line input channels with a balanced ¼” jack socket per channel. There is also an additional input via stereo RCA which has no dedicated EQ or volume control but can be switched between monitor or main output. Another useful feature is a built-in sound control card with two inputs at 16bit, two indicator, outputs at 24bit and a sample have XLR mic rate of 48kHz giving you another control plus all pair of stereo channels in and out a low cut button, via USB, ideal for streaming or the eight channels recording. stereo channel, added with Controls for each channel are all apart from not rotary with a three-band EQ, FX/ control or low AUX gain, pan, output level gain been added plus and peak level indicator.

Channels the RCA/USB 1 & 2 have an additional input gain control and phantom power. Q12FX and more features FX are available from a built-in mono line/mic DSP effects generator featuring compressors 16 reverb, delay and echo effects for the Q12FX which can be quickly turned on Q16FX with and off using a push button with mono/stereo indicator, and level is controlled and an additional by a rotary gain. If the internal line channel. effects are not enough, switching controls are the internal FX off routes the channel with effect controls to the effects with a separate send and return ¼” stereo jacks. each.

Headphone monitoring has its EQ is expanded own gain control and outputs of a 9-band using a ¼” stereo jack. an interesting detection’ Main stereo is two balanced XLR on, increases outputs plus monitor output via EQ slider led two balanced ¼” jacks and master frequence, volume control is on a slider with your feedback peak level, power and phantom power indicators above. The DSP FX parameter The Q8FX builds on the Q6FX which enables platform with the addition to decrease channels 1 and 2 of a rotary echo, or delay.

HH AUDIO Q SERIES HH AUDIO Q SERIES compressor with LED The big difference with the Channels 3-4, 5-6, now larger two models is the output input and input gain gain controls of each channel six channels have with all now controlled by and to complete sliders including FX return and another mono/ AUX send which have their own 7-8, has been dedicated controls. In addition, the same features there are three switches to having input gain route individual channels, solo cut.

An RCA out has for pre-fader monitoring, sub to a gain control for patch to the subgroup, main for input. patching to the main output and an additional button with LED Q16FX add many indicator to mute the channel. starting with more channels with ro l s a re making four in total increased with two extra sub and eight for the groups with individual slider an additional two controls which, in addition to line/mic channels their own outputs via ¼” jacks, mono/stereo are patchable to either left or The EQ FX/AUX right main outputs.

The last increased on each addition is output connections, the split of FX/AUX a foot switch connector which gain control for controls whether the FX send signal goes through the DSP FX with the addition or not. graphic equaliser with feature – ‘feedback Power to all the mixers is IEC on which, when turned the back panel which is also where the intensity of the you will find the on/off switch of the predominant and where the Q12FX and Q16FX helping detect where switch are located. frequency is.

I hope this has given you an insight unit has had a into the extensive functionality of rotary control added the Q series range of mixers. It is increase and great to see a UK manufacturer duration of reverb or producing such quality products for our market. 87