News Summary:
Most recently, indie pop duo Ray Bull completed their North American "Please Stop Laughing" tour, utilizing an Allen & Heath SQ-Rack for consistent monitoring, with front of house engineer John Michael Young overseeing the setup. Concurrently, on July 7, 2026, Allen & Heath expanded its digital mixing portfolio by launching the SQ+ series, an upgraded iteration of its established SQ console line. This new range, comprising the SQ-5+, SQ-6+, and SQ-7+ models, delivers enhanced processing and user-interface capabilities, along with RackUltra FX processing and expanded DEEP processing power within the original compact frames. Earlier on the same day at Infocomm 2026, the company’s senior marketing manager, Richard Starr, detailed the Avantis 2.0 update, which expands the Avantis mixer’s maximum channel and bus count while introducing onboard RackUltra FX for vocal tuning, harmonising, distortion, and saturation. This follows the initial announcement of the SQ+ expansion on June 18, 2026, which previewed the integration of RackUltra FX processing and expanded DEEP processing power across the new SQ+ models.
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