QLab 4: Projects in Video, Audio, and Lighting Control

Contents

• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• PART I: QLab Basics
• Chapter 1. What's new in Version 4
• Workflow Changes
• Cue Templates
• Record Cue Sequence
• Paste Cue Properties
• Batch Editing
• New Playback Options
• Cue Triggers
• Negative Post-Wait
• New Fade Curve Shape and Audio Domain
• Integrated Lighting Control
• Cue Carts
• Audio Improvements
• 64-channel output
• Mic Cues
• Precision Slice Control
• Video Improvements
• HAP codec cupport
• Copy/Paste Surface Geometry
• Set durations for Still Images and Text Cues
• QLab Remote
• Brand new design
• Adjust video surface control points
• Access to Light Levels in Inspector
• Cart Integration
• Create and reorder cues
• Summary
• Chapter 2. Getting to Know QLab 4
• 2.1 QLab 4 System Recommendations
• RAM
• Processor (CPU)
• GPU
• Hard Drive
• 2.2 Understanding QLab 4 Licensing
• How do licenses work?
• The Free Version
• Professional Licenses
• Rent-to-Own
• Academic Licensing
• Site Licenses
• Using QLab 3
• 2.3 Installing the Software
• 2.4 Adding a License
• Removing Licenses
• Modernizing you QLab 3 Licenses
• 2.5 Organization and Workflow
• 2.6 Templates
• 2.7 Workspace Settings
• A. General
• Cue Triggering
• Go button settings
• Panic duration
• Cue numbering & Auto-load
• Lock playhead
• Cue Row Sizing
• B. Audio
• C. Video
• D. Light
• E. Network
• F. MIDI
• G. Cue Templates
• H. Key Map
• I. MIDI & OSC Controls
• 2.8 QLab Preferences
• At Launch
• Updates
• Send Aggregate Usage Data
• Disabling OS Features
• Audio Device Buffering
• Broadcast Mode
• Logging Level
• 2.9 Preparing your computer for running a show
• Design Tips: Using Terminal
• Internet Related Concerns
• Delete All Extraneous Software
• Disable Notifications
• Disable Screen Saver
• Disable Spotlight
• Disable Time Machine
• Video Concerns
• Design Tips: Backup Systems and Saving Protocol
• Chapter 3. Understanding the QLab Workspace
• 3.1 Understanding Cues and the Cue Structure
• What is a Cue?
• Design Tips: Using Time Display Modes
• How do Cues operate?
• Cue Lists
• Cue Sequences
• Playback Position
• 3.2 The Workspace
• A. Go/ Standby / Notes Field
• B. Toolbar
• C. The Main Cue List
• Design Tips: Toolbox and Load to Time
• D. The Inspector
• The Basics Tab
• The Triggers Tab
• Design Tips: Assigning a MIDI Trigger
• New Trigger Settings
• E. The Workspace Footer
• Edit / Show Mode
• Cue and Cue List Count
• Warnings Panel
• Cue Lists, Carts, and Active Cues Sidebar
• Status Window
• Settings
• 3.3 Adding Cues
• 3.4 Setting Targets for Cues
• 3.5 Navigation and Quick Keys
• Design Tips: Searching the Workspace
• 3.6 Paste Cue Properties
• 3.7 The Tools Menu
• Load to Time
• Renumber Selected Cues
• Delete Number of Selected Cues
• Jump to Cue
• Jump to Selected Cues' Target
• Record Cue Sequence
• Live Fade Preview
• Highlight Related Cues
• Black out and Restore Desktop Backgrounds
• A. Fade Tools
• Set Parameters from target
• Set audio levels from target
• Set video geometry from target
• Revert fade action
• 3.8 The Window Menu
• Audition Window
• Override Controls
• Lighting Controls (Light Dashboard, Light Patch, Light Library, DMX Status)
• Timecode Window
• 3.9 Cue Carts
• PART II: QLab Audio Control
• Chapter 4. QLab and Audio Basics
• 4.1 Audio Systems
• 4.2 Basic Audio Equipment & Terminology
• Microphone
• Input Source
• Mixing Console
• Signal Processors
• Amplifier
• Speaker
• 4.3 Understanding Basic Signal Flow: Input / Output
• 4.3 Understanding Software Signal Flow
• Audio File
• Audio Cue
• Inputs
• Crosspoints
• Levels Faders (Cue Outputs)
• Audio Patch
• Audio Device Output Routing
• 4.4 A Word About Audio Devices
• 4.5 Audio System Configurations
• Basic Stereo Playback with Multiple Speakers
• Multichannel Playback System with External Signal Processing
• Multichannel Playback System with QLab Signal Processing
• Design Tips: Redundant Systems
• Chapter 5. Setting up QLab with your Audio System
• 5.1 The Multichannel Sound System
• 5.2 Audio Settings
• Volume Limits
• Mic Settings
• 5.3 Cue Templates
• Audio Output Patch
• The Matrix Mixer
• Inputs
• Crosspoints
• Cue Outputs
• Setting Level Faders
• Master Fader
• Design Tips: Balancing Audio Output
• Default, Silent, & Gangs
• 5.4 Editing Audio Patches
• Audio Patch Editor: Cue Outputs
• Audio Patch Editor: Device Routing
• Crosspoints
• Audio Patch Editor: Device Outputs
• 5.4 Setting up QLab with an Audio Device
• 5.5 Customizing Your Audio Patches
• Project 5.1 - Setting up your System
• 5.6 Audio Device Volume Levels
• 5.7 Audio Effects and How to Use Them
• Audio Effects and Cue Outputs
• Project 5.2 - Creating a Reverb Send in QLab
• 5.8 Using Multichannel Audio Files
• Chapter 6. Audio Cues
• 6.1 Inserting an Audio Cue
• 6.2 Inspector: Basics
• 6.3 Inspector: Triggers
• Affecting Other Cues
• 6.4 Inspector: Time & Loops
• The Waveform Display
• Waveform Zoom
• Design Tips: Multi-Touch Gestures
• Preview Cue
• Times, Loops, and Slices
• Design Tips: Looping Sliced Tracks
• Integrated Volume Levels and Playback Rate
• Controlling Playback Rate
• Project 6.1 - Manipulating Start / End Times
• Project 6.2 - Adding Slices
• Project 6.3 - Manipulating Playback Rate
• 6.5 Inspector: Audio Levels
• Audio Output Patch & Device Edit
• Set Default Levels
• Set All Levels Silent
• Assign Gangs
• Visible Channels
• Audio Levels & Crosspoint Matrix
• 6.6 Inspector: Audio Trim
• 6.7 Inspector: Audio Effects
• Project 6.4 - Editing with Audio Effects
• Chapter 7. Mic Cues
• 7.1 Understanding the Mic Cue
• Signal Flow
• Buffering
• 7.2 Setting up Your Audio Device
• Design Tips: Getting to Know Your Equipment
• Mic Settings
• Mic Patch
• Device Routing
• 7.3 Inserting and Editing the Mic Cue
• Inspector: Basics
• Inspector: Triggers
• Inspector: Audio Levels
• Audio Input & Output Patch
• Visible Channels
• Default Levels
• Set All to Silent
• Assign Gangs
• Levels & Crosspoint Matrix
• Inspector: Audio Trim
• Inspector: Audio Effects
• 7.4 Audio Effects and Mic Cues
• Cue Output
• Project 7.1 - Creating a Global EQ Send with Cue Outputs
• Device Output
• Project 7.2 - Assigning an Audio Effect to a Device Output
• Chapter 8. Fade Cues
• 8.1 Inserting and Editing Audio Fade Cues
• Design Tips: Cue Naming
• 8.2 Inspector: Basics
• 8.3 Inspector: Triggers
• 8.4 Inspector: Curve Shape
• Audio Domains
• Fade Cue Duration
• Reset to Default Shape
• 8.5 Inspector: Audio Levels
• Fade Type: Absolute vs. Relative
• Stop Target When Done
• Design Tips: Fading Group Cues
• Levels and Crosspoint Matrix
• Set From Target / Set All Silent
• Assign Gangs
• Live Preview
• 8.6 Inspector: Audio Effects
• Fade Rate
• Stop Target When Done
• Set Audio Effects from Target
• Audio Fade Cue Summary
• Project 8.1 - Pitch Bend to Replicate a Reel-to-Reel Malfunction
• 8.7 Mic Fade Cues
• Inserting a Mic Fade Cue
• Basics, Triggers, & Curve Shape
• Audio Levels
• Audio Effects
• 8.8 Manual Fades
• Project 8.2 - Creating a Zero-Count Fade Cue
• 8.9 Automatic Fades
• Project 8.3 - Automated Fade-In and Fade-Out of an Audio Cue
• 8.10 Panning
• Project 8.4 - Panning via Fade Cue
• 8.11 Ducking Audio
• Project 8.5 - Ducking Audio
• 8.12 Copy/Paste Fade Parameters
• 8.13 Exploring Trim
• Chapter 9. Control Cues
• 9.1 Start, Stop, and Pause Cues
• Start Cue
• Stop Cue
• Pause Cue
• 9.2 Load Cue
• Design Tips: Load Cues and Playback Position
• 9.3 Reset Cue
• 9.4 Devamp Cue
• Project 9.1 - Vamping an Audio Cue with Loops
• Project 9.2 - Vamping an Audio Cue with Slices
• 9.5 GoTo and Target Cues
• GoTo Cue
• Target Cue
• 9.6 Arm and Disarm Cues
• 9.7 Wait Cue
• 9.8 Memo Cue
• 9.9 Script Cue
• Design Tips: Hotkey Safety
• Project 9.3 - Creating a Hotkey Activated Script Cue
• Chapter 10. Group Cues
• 10.1 Understanding Group Cues
• 10.2 Inserting and Editing Group Cues
• 10.3 Inspector: Basics
• 10.4 Inspector: Triggers
• 10.5 Inspector: Mode
• 10.6 Workspace Function
• Cue Name
• Notes
• Hiding Group Cue Contents
• 10.7 Group Cue Projects
• Project 10.1 - Using a Group Cue to Create a Playlist
• Project 10.2 - Simultaneous Playback of Children
• Chapter 11. Cue Carts
• 11.1 Understanding Cue Carts
• 11.2 Creating a Cue Cart
• 11.2 Inserting Cues into Carts
• 11.3 Cue Cart Setup: Inspector
• Basics
• Triggers
• Grid Size
• 11.4 How to Use Cue Carts
• 11.6 Integrating the QLab Remote
• PROJECT 11.1 - Using a Cue Cart for Flexible Playback
• Part III: QLab Video Control
• Chapter 12. QLab Video System Basics
• 12.1 Understanding Video Systems
• Video Playback Systems
• Video Reinforcement Systems
• 12.2 Video System Components
• 1. The Digital Video Camera
• 2. Computer
• 3. Interface Connections
• 4. Output Devices
• 12.3 Understanding Video Signal Flow
• Video / Image File / Video Feed
• Video Cue / Camera Cue
• Video Surface Patch
• Design Tips: Surface Control
• Output Device
• Audio
• 12.4 Hardware Considerations
• The Bottleneck Dilemma
• Data Path
• Hard Drive / Data Storage
• External Storage
• The Need for Multiple Drives
• RAM
• CPU
• QLab Video CPU Usage
• Regarding Codecs and Compression
• Video Card
• vRAM