#Qlab manual#
#Qlab Patch#

Audio output patches can be reordered, copied and pasted within a workspace and between workspaces, drag-and-dropped into the Finder to create a settings document, and drag-and-dropped to copy them into the audio settings of other workspaces. QLab now supports an unlimited number of audio output patches in a workspace.

#Qlab Patch#

Audio Patch UpgradesĪudio patches are now called audio output patches, and they have been overhauled in QLab 5 with the following improvements: Load cues as well as OSC and AppleScript commands that involve loading, can now use negative numbers to load backwards from the end time of their targets, just like the Load to Time tool. Relatively Absolute fading confidenceįade cues in “absolute” mode will now override and clear out any previously applied changes made by Fade cues in “relative” mode. The “linear” fade curve type can now be edited, allowing sharp-cornered multi-step fade curves. Workspace Settings can now be exported to a settings file, imported from a settings file, imported from other open workspaces, and drag-and-dropped between workspaces. The Warnings tab of the Workspace Status window has been comprehensively updated to give you much more and much better information about broken cues as well as non-breaking warnings such as workspace settings which are in need of attention.

#Qlab manual#

Right-clicking (or clicking with the control key held down) on cues in the cue list or on controls in the inspector now brings up a contextual menu which gives you quick access to relevant actions and extensive in-line help text with links to the relevant section of the QLab manual online. Related but separate, dragging cues onto Group cues now sets the Group cue as the target of the dragged cues, instead of potentially re-targeting all the child cues of that Group cue. If both cues could potentially be targets of each other, the dragged cue is set as the target of the cue it’s dropped onto. Setting cues’ targets by drag and drop now works bi-directionally: you can drag the acting cue onto its target cue, or drag the target cue onto the acting cue. Assorted improvements to aesthetics and legibility.Ĭue colors can be set to appear all the time, only before the cue has played, or only after the cue has played, making it easier for you to use color to mark cues as “unplayed” or “played.” Reconnect With Old FriendsĪ new file search tool makes it easier to reconnect broken cues to their missing file targets, for example after moving a workspace to a new computer or reorganizing media while QLab is not running.Carts now have three display sizes, just like lists, which can be configured in the General → Display Size section of Workspace Settings.Cart cues display their duration and pre-wait, if applicable, when they are not playing.You can now manually set the grid size of a cart anywhere from 1 × 1 cells up to 10 × 10 cells.Cues A La CartĬue carts have received a variety of updates: QLab 5 uses macOS Dark Mode so that dialogue boxes, title bars, and other window “chrome” look more consistent with the rest of QLab’s interface. Cues in the midst of auditioning can be interrupted and restarted normally with a single or Preview command no need to stop first, then restart.Workspaces can be set to Always audition which turns every into an Audition and every Preview into an Audition Preview, in the style of QLab 4.Audition and Audition Preview actions let you audition individual cues and cue sequences without affecting the rest of the workspace.Light cues audition to an “Audition” tab in the Light Dashboard.Video stages (formerly called video surfaces) each get their own audition window. Video output can also be set to audition to an audition window.Each category of cue output (Audio, Video, MIDI, MTC Timecode, LTC Timecode, Network, and Light) can be individually set to audition to a specific output, the same output as usual, or no output.The Audition Window has been replaced by a set of audition-related tools: Group cues have a new Playlist mode that allows you to create sequential playlists which advance automatically or manually with optional crossfading, shuffling, and looping. I Am Not Throwing Away My SnapshotĪs part of Autosave, QLab 5 optionally saves a snapshot of your workspace every time you save, allowing you to easily access earlier versions of your work.

No guarantees are made against data loss due to user error, acts of God, or most hauntings. AutosaveĪutosave prevents accidental loss of work in the event of a crash or power outage.

QLab 5 allows multiple people on separate Macs to collaborate on a workspace, live and in realtime, on a local network. For changes made after the initial release of 5.0, check out the change log. This is a more or less fully inclusive list of the differences between QLab 5 and QLab 4.