
Overview
COURSE DESCRIPTION
QLab is a powerful show control software. In this course we’ll get you up and running with QLab, get you building a sound design from scratch, and show you the ins and outs of QLab’s audio capabilities.
Just need to know how to operate QLab? Check out this course instead.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Create a new QLab Workspace
- Identify the different components of the QLab environment
- Utilize, create, and edit the following cue types
- Group Cues
- Audio Cues
- Microphone Cues
- Fade Cues
- Devamp Cues
- Start Cues
- Load Cues
- Audio Effects
- Connecting QLab to a sound system
- Designer workflows
- … and much more!
YOUTUBE
If you don’t want to create an account with us, you can watch everything on our YouTube channel; but you’ll have to track your own progress, there are no assignments, quizzes, or challenges, and you won’t have access to the workspaces.
Oh, and you don’t get a certificate at the end!
DISCLAIMER
Figure 53® and QLab® are registered trademarks of Figure 53, LLC. The Nerdy Professor is not affiliated with with Figure 53, LLC and this course has not been reviewed nor is it approved by Figure 53, LLC
Course Features
- Lectures 84
- Quizzes 2
- Duration 3 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 118
- Assessments Yes
Curriculum
Curriculum
- 10 Sections
- 84 Lessons
- Lifetime
- Up and Running with QLab6
- Working with Workspaces14
- 2.1Intro1 Minute
- 2.2Saving and Opening Workspaces1 Minute
- 2.3Bundling a Workspace2 Minutes
- 2.4Opening a file from somewhere else
- 2.5Broken Cues
- 2.6Simple playback in Show Mode3 Minutes
- 2.7Rehearsal playback in Edit Mode4 Minutes
- 2.8Multiple Cue Lists2 Minutes
- 2.9Cue Carts2 Minutes
- 2.10Cue Numbers, Names, and Notes3 Minutes
- 2.11Cue Colors1 Minute
- 2.12Cue Flags1 Minute
- 2.13Licenses3 Minutes
- 2.14Quiz – Working with Workspaces10 Questions
- Simple Sound Effects5
- Fading Sound Effects13
- 4.1Introduction1 Minute
- 4.2Fading In an Audio Cue3 Minutes
- 4.3Fading Out an Audio Cue1 Minute
- 4.4Stop Target When Done2 Minutes
- 4.5Fading Up or Down an Audio Cue2 Minutes
- 4.6Relative Fades vs Absolute Fades2 Minutes
- 4.7Adjusting Fade Duration1 Minute
- 4.8Fade Curves2 Minutes
- 4.9Fade Envelopes2 Minutes
- 4.10Autofollows and Autocontinues2 Minutes
- 4.11Prewaits and Postwaits2 Minutes
- 4.12Cue Actions2 Minutes
- 4.13Challenge – Create a Dance Playlist
- Creating a Soundscape10
- 5.1Introduction1 Minute
- 5.2Group Cues2 Minutes
- 5.3Creating Cue Sequences with “Enter Into” Groups1 Minute
- 5.4Creating Cue Sequences with “Go To Next” Groups1 Minute
- 5.5Creating Cue Sequences with “Start All” Groups2 Minutes
- 5.6Playing a Random Sound Effect with Group Cues2 Minutes
- 5.7Adjusting Start Times and End Times2 Minutes
- 5.8Looping Cues3 Minutes
- 5.9Building Complex Soundscapes with Group Cues5 Minutes
- 5.10Challenge – Create a Storm30 Minutes
- Intermediate Sound Effects12
- 6.1Introduction1 Minute
- 6.2Audio Output Patch2 Minutes
- 6.3Audio Matrix (Outputs)2 Minutes
- 6.4Audio Matrix (Inputs)2 Minutes
- 6.5Audio Matrix (Crosspoints)3 Minutes
- 6.6Fading Channels1 Minute
- 6.7Ganging Faders2 Minutes
- 6.8Audio Level Extras2 Minutes
- 6.9Audio Effects2 Minutes
- 6.10Rate and Pitch2 Minutes
- 6.11Fading Effects2 Minutes
- 6.12Challenge – Motorcycle Drive-by
- Advanced Sound Effects9
- Audio Devices10
- Microphone Cues5
- What Next?2