Decksaver DS-PC-CQ12T Cover for Allen & Heath CQ-12T Mixer

Decksaver DS-PC-CQ12T: Bespoke Protection for Your Compact Digital Mixer

The Decksaver DS-PC-CQ12T is a custom-molded polycarbonate protective cover crafted to the exact contours of the Allen & Heath CQ-12T compact digital mixer. Trimmed from smoked-clear polycarbonate, it seats over the mixer's 7-inch capacitive touchscreen and combo XLR inputs, shielding the console from the dust, drink spills, and knocks that come with life on a stage lip or in a mobile rack. For the engineer running a tight setup where the CQ-12T is the whole show, it is the small insurance that keeps a critical mixer ready for the next call.

Why a Touchscreen Mixer Needs a Rigid Lid

The CQ-12T drives its entire mix engine, gain assistant, feedback assistant, and 96 kHz processing through a single 7-inch capacitive touchscreen, so a scratched or grimy screen is not cosmetic, it is a control failure waiting to happen. A rigid polycarbonate shell keeps its shape above that glass and the surrounding encoders rather than pressing on them, and it shrugs off the weight of a coiled snake or a road case dropped on top, forces a soft slipcover would transmit straight to the panel. Polycarbonate's high impact resistance is why the same material is trusted for machine guarding and protective glazing.

Molded for the 12-Input CQ-12T

This cover follows the CQ-12T's compact footprint of roughly 10.8 inches wide by 9.3 inches deep and about 1.6 inches tall, hugging the specific layout of its 10 mic/line combo inputs and stereo jacks so it never rocks or slides. The precise trim also seals the seams where dust would otherwise work into the fader and encoder gaps, protecting the exact contact points that determine a digital mixer's working life. Because it is shaped only for the 12-channel CQ-12T, the fit is snug where a universal cover would gap and shift.

Leave the Patch, Cap the Mixer

Cutouts let you keep XLR, jack, SD, and USB connections in place while the cover is seated, so a rack-mounted or stage-side CQ-12T can be protected at the end of a show without tearing down the whole patch. The low-profile shape drops into a slotted case or gig bag alongside the mixer, adding a hard shield without the bulk of a separate flight case. For a mobile engineer breaking down at 1 a.m., leaving the cabling connected and just dropping the lid on is the difference between a five-minute pack and a re-patch nightmare.

Who the DS-PC-CQ12T Is For

Mobile sound engineers and musicians use it to guard a CQ-12T between gigs and in the back of a van; houses of worship and schools cap the mixer between services and classes to keep dust and curious hands off the touchscreen; AV rental stock and small venues use it to preserve a mixer that earns its keep week after week. Anywhere the CQ-12T sits out on a table or in an open rack, one spilled water bottle is all it takes, and this cover turns that near-miss into a non-event.