Icon Pro Audio launches the QCon Pro G2, QCon EX G2

The next generation of DAW controllers has arrived. Icon Pro Audio has launched the QCon Pro G2 and QCon EX G2 DAW Controllers. The two devices sport newly designed encoders, faders and jog wheels for better accuracy, and they now come in a sleek anodised matte black finish. Additionally, they feature even more DAW compatibility […]

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The QCon Pro G2 DAW Controller

The next generation of DAW controllers has arrived.

The QCon Pro G2 DAW Controller
The QCon Pro G2 DAW Controller

Icon Pro Audio has launched the QCon Pro G2 and QCon EX G2 DAW Controllers.

The two devices sport newly designed encoders, faders and jog wheels for better accuracy, and they now come in a sleek anodised matte black finish. Additionally, they feature even more DAW compatibility and updated overlays for your favourite software.

Compatible with the most popular DAWs on PC and Mac, the controllers can be used as standalone tools or as part of a larger Icon setup.

Read the full press release here…

Icon QCon Pro G2 DAW Controller

The Icon QCon Pro G2 is the update to the popular Icon QCon Pro, Icon’s cost-effective, cross-platform control surface. With the majority of modern studios depending on a mouse and keyboard for software control, Icon’s range of DAW controllers brings hands-on control to ‘in-the’box’ recording and mixing, combining the enhanced workflow of physical knobs and faders with the flexibility of modern recording software.

Housed in a slick all-black finish, the new Icon QCon Pro G2 features updated faders and encoders, along with an improved jog wheel. Each of the eight touch-sensitive, motorised channel faders (plus one master fader) is 100mm in length and features ten-bit resolution, allowing for small and accurate adjustments during recording and mixing.

As a result, many of the most common tasks become simpler and more intuitive, allowing the user to set multiple gains and levels, quickly mute and solo instruments or fader groups, change plug-in parameters such as EQ boosts and cuts, or automate effects sends on the fly.

Additional DAW Support

The QCon Pro G2 continues to support a long list of software including Cubase/Nuendo, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Studio One, Reaper, Ableton Live and Reason. But with the addition of overlays and support for FL Studio, Digital Performer, Studio One, Adobe Audition and a User Defined Mode, the Icon Qcon Pro G2 has become the most versatile and price-conscious DAW controller on the market.

Setup has also been simplified, with four different modes to choose from upon startup. Depending on the DAW, pre-sets operate via the Mackie Control Protocol, Mackie HUI (for Pro Tools) or the dedicated Logic mode (for Logic Pro). What’s more, the QCon Pro G2 also features a User-Define Mode, which allows users to create and save their own customised MIDI-maps.

Icon QCon EX G2 Fader Expander

QCon EX G2

If you need more than 8+1 faders, then there is no need to wait, because Icon Pro Audio has also released the QCon EX G2 fader expander. The QCon EX G2 can be used standalone or to provide an additional bank of eight motorised faders for your QCon Pro G2. Up to three QCon EX G2’s can be added to the QCon Pro G2, giving you the ability to run up to 32 channels of touch-sensitive, motorised faders for comprehensive and creative control of your DAW.

Other features of the QCon EX G2 are illuminated buttons for mute, solo, record arm and channel select, a dual-function rotary encoder on every channel, and a 12-segment LED level-metering bridge.

Both the Icon QCon Pro G2 and Icon QCon EX G2 are available and are shipping now.

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