Welcome to QLab! This online documentation gives a comprehensive overview of the features and capabilities of QLab 3. Along the way you’ll find embedded videos which help to illustrate specific concepts or explore discreet areas of QLab in detail. You can also find these videos at qlab.tv.

You can download a PDF version of this documentation by clicking here.

General

• What’s New. What’s new in QLab 3?
• System Recommendations. What you need to run QLab.
• Preparing Your Mac for QLab. How to get optimal performance from your QLab machine.
• Getting Started. A tour of QLab’s interface and an introduction to QLab’s basic principles. Also: the inspector, the Basics tab, cue triggers, making cues, and targeting cues.
• Keyboard Shortcuts.
• Workflow Tools in QLab. Broken cues and warnings, Cue Lists & Active Cues, Load to Time, Find, and the Audition Window.
• Group Cues.
• Cue Sequences.
• Licenses.
• Features by License Type.
• Templates.
• QLab Remote. A brief introduction and troubleshooting guide.
• Settings.

Audio

• Audio Cues.
• Mic Cues.
• Fading Audio and Audio Effects.
• The Patch Editor.

Video

• Video Cues.
• Camera Cues.
• Titles Cues.
• Fading Video and Video Effects.
• Surfaces.

Control

• OSC Cues.
• MIDI Cues.
• MIDI File Cues.
• Timecode Cues.
• Script Cues.
• Other Cues.

Scripting

• OSC Dictionary. QLab’s OSC API for fancy OSC communication.
• AppleScript Dictionary.
• Other Scripting Resources.

How To…

• Crossfade two sounds.
• Use reverb with Mic cues.
• Fade in a Group of Audio cues.
• Fade Preshow Music.
• Fade in a Group of Video cues.
• Replace a Projector.
• Move your workspace to a new Mac.
• Move your QLab license to a new Mac.
• Trigger QLab with timecode.

More Resources

• The QLab Discussion List - a Google Group discussion list full of smart folks with lots of experience.
• The QLab Cook Book by Mic Pool - a site full of clever QLab techniques.
• qlab.tv - one-stop shopping for all of our tutorial videos.