Qlab tutorials are coming!

Good morning! Starting next week, we are going to host a series here on Rocktzar.com, all about using Qlab in your show (with a couple of other production tips and topics thrown in along the way).

Over the course of the next year or so, there will be weekly posts on how you can better program your shows and get the best integration possible with your other departments. We’ll cover some basics, but we’ll spend a lot of time under the hood, as it were, working on more advanced concepts than just playing back audio and video.

Part of my goal is to create a resource for my students to use, in conjunction with partnering with my older/more advanced students. Here are some topics that we will be covering, in no particular order:

1. Qlab introduction and how to start for free.
2. Creating a template for your shows; my personal qlab library
3. DVD player (OS X) controller
4. Pjlink projector scripts
   • Shutters
   • Power
   • Ip addresses
   • Browser open/commands
5. Ip addresses intro
6. Highlight cues and example color codes
7. Timing cues and using folder types
8. Countdown timer
9. Count up timer
10. Clocks
11. Text (confidence monitor) and rear masking
12. Audio codecs
13. Video codecs
14. Hardware lessons I have learned
15. Hardware and software prep
16. Show report script
17. Clear show log file/show cleanup
18. Audio outputs – more than two
19. Effects routing
20. Master output effects. EQ room example
21. Multiple audio busses to the same output (using laugh tracks for example)
22. Galileo programming and Qlab
23. Basic Syphon magic
24. Syphon2network
25. MIDI primer
26. MIDI vs msc
27. MIDI mapping in vdmx and qlab
28. Vdmx and dance show walk thru
29. Digital scripts, part 1 – markup
30. Digital scripts, part 2 – scripting and controlling Preview
31. File saving and organization
32. Using multiple playlists
33. Hotkeys
34. Yamaha sound desk scene change/triggers
35. Automated soundchecks with multiple matrixes, using DAW hardware
36. Mapping video
37. Band backing tracks in stereo
38. OS X volume control
39. iTunes playback control
40. iTunes playlist vs playlist in qlab
41. Spotify playback control
42. Black mask.png tool
43. White mask.png uses (alternative lighting options)
44. Qlab video masking
45. Photoshop batching
46. Automator file rename
47. Text files and what they are good for. OS X script to create new like Windows
48. What else is out there besides qlab and compare
49. Audio/video effect fades
50. OSC controller on iPad
51. iOS apps I use
52. Spreadsheets to keep it all straight – functions list
53. Color files in use in finder via AppleScript
54. Add up times – total length of cues/audio tracks
55. Clear Cache script
56. Wifi Toggle
57. Change multiple Audio master levels
58. Automator – Create powerpoint from photos
59. OSX Stacks in Dock
60. configure ETC Express lighting board for MIDI control

So, as you can see, we are going to be here for a while!  If you think of a topic you would like to see covered, please tell us in the comments.

Cheers!

-brian