Welcome to The QLab Cookbook

Adventures in QLab programming.

The cookbook is a collection of projects, examples, and experiments using a broad range of QLab programming techniques including AppleScript, OSC, external control using QLab Remote, third-party MIDI and OSC controllers, and other software.

Calendar Events

Scheduling QLab Playback from a Calendar

Way Off Grid

Spreadsheets and QLab, part three

Off Grid

Spreadsheets and QLab, part two

Grid

Spreadsheets and QLab, part one

A VLAN with a Plan

Using touchscreens with QLab

A Creative Touch

Using touchscreens with QLab

More Advanced Companion

Advanced Bitfocus Companion variables

Companion for Musical Directors

Advanced Bitfocus Companion programming

Flicker, Glitch, and Ballyhoo

A curve is not always curved

Main Volume Control

From near or far.

ASCII Antics

Use 21st century technology to simulate 20th century technology.

Tape Transport

Forward, Backward, Rewind, Fast-Forward

Top and Tail

One-click start and end trimming

Bars and Beats

Triggering cues musically

Waveform Focus

or, A Journey Through UI Scripting

MIDI Mixer Manipulation

External mixer control

Blend Mode Playground

Blending à la mode

Wider Still And Wider

Shall Thy Bounds Be Set

Wipes & Transitions Metal Edition

Replicating classic vision mixer effects in QLab 5 and beyond

Fader Bank

Advanced hand-on control with TouchOSC

Real Time Quad Panner

With manual or automated paths

Ambient Lighting From Video

QLab and Vuo.

Epic Random Balls

Order from Chaos.

Rehearsal Room Location

Locate to named markers.

Regional Stages

From pre-visuaization to performance.

Mute/Solo

Need for Speed.

Button Button, Who's Got The Button

Further explorations in hardware control of QLab

Multifiler

Building multitrack audio files with QLab

Q Many Knobs

Controlling Modular Synthesizers With QLab

Time Flies Like An Arrow, Fruit Flies Like A Banana

Tempo and metronome tools in QLab

QL A/B X

QLab for Science!

Mind-bending MIDI Binding

Crew to Listening Stations

Level Playing Field

Main or Backup

Quick and easy show control muting

QLab Recital

Dance like QLab is watching

Sound Design for Plays with QLab

An introduction to the process

How To Become a Fade Ninja

Only a ninja can fade out another ninja

Cross Platform Remote Control

When all you have is a Chromebook, everything looks like an Android-shaped nail...

Lemur 2 Is Also Dead!

Ceci n'est pas une chapitre.

DiscOSC

Animate to the beat using OSC queries

Teleprompters and Panoramas

or, Scrolling Quite A Lot

Controlling Procedural and Physical Modeling Plug-Ins

Sound design in the 21st century...

Automatic Ambient Audio Adjustment

Mapping Complexity

Making better masks

Video Composition

Mattes and Masks and Blends, oh my!

Lemur Is Dead!

Long Live Lemur!

Fingers On Buzzers

Is that your final answer?

Master Marker Manipulation

Importing, exporting, and understanding slice markers

Countdown

For presenters, comedians, and spacecraft launches.

Workspace Correspondence

Run QLab from anywhere in the world.

AU Instruments in QLab

AudioUnits within AudioUnits

Space Hijack

Take control of your space(bar)

Syphon to MadMapper

Advanced surface mapping.

Mixing Stems

Mix multitrack recording live in QLab

Show Control Cues Generator

Save yourself quite a lot of typing

Encoder Envy

Putting the "hands on" in... hands on...

Malfunctioning On Cue

It's hard work getting it wrong the right way...

Screen Wipe

Replicating classic vision mixer effects in QLab

QLab Manual Typewriter

Use 21st century technology to simulate 19th century technology.

Too Fab Q-Lab Beams Are Gonna Find Me

Don't have a followspot? Use your projector!

Selective MIDI Override

Override output to specific MIDI devices.

Do The Doppler

Doppler means so much more than just weather radar...

Captain Slog

A good captain logs everything.

A Cue List A Day

Give us this day our daily cues.

A Plug In Primer

Using AudioUnit effects on Audio cues, Mic cues, and outputs.

Slide-o-matic

Instant slideshows, just add images.

Better By Default

A better starting place for audio programming.

Devamps Demystified

Exit loops with style and panache.

QDrip

Q drops keep falling on my head

Touch OSC Wizardry

Build a custom touch interface for QLab.

Skip A Cue

On purpose, that is...

Hotkeys and OSC

Programming cues to help you program cues.

Masks For Sail

Perfect projections on weird shapes.

Video Scrubber

Visually locate cue points in videos.

Hollywood Titles

Flashy text graphics on a (time) budget.

Non-linear Performances

Not every show moves in a straight line.

Real-time Clock

Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.

Understudies

Handle voiceovers, character introductions, and understudies with ease.

Subtitles

This is a subtitle about an article about subtitles...

Telephone Ring

How to perfectly replicate 19th century technology using 21st century technology.

Thank you QLab! But our princess is in another castle!

Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A.

SUPEREMOJIMATION

Animation fun with emoji.