To start playing the sound files for a group, just click on it so that it’s highlighted – and then press the Spacebar or click GO and it will start playing the first cue in that group. In this example below each location is in it’s own group. I like to leave helpful notes in my show files and clearly label and colour-code my show files.
#QLAB GO BUTTON PATCH#
Under the Audio tab you can change the default audio patch (under audio patch 1) and tell the program to play the sounds from your desired speaker output.
#QLAB GO BUTTON PLUS#
If you’re not hearing any sound coming out of your speakers, simply press the Mac Command key plus the, key simultaneously to bring up the settings. This window shows you all of the cues that are currently playing, which helps you keep visual track of more complicated show. If not, simple press the Mac Command key and the L key simultaneously to show/hide this window. There should be window on the right of the screen showing the active cues. If you mash the Spacebar, the GO button will flash red and won’t play the next cue until you wait a moment. Note that in my QLab shows I’ll usually have adjusted the settings so that you can’t accidentally ‘double tap’ a button and play two cues back-to-back. Doing this will play the next highlighted cue as shown in the image below.
Playing a sound effect is as simple as either clicking the giant GO button in the top left – or by pressing the Spacebar on your keyboard. In Show Mode it adjusts the interface slightly and it means you can’t accidentally edit the show. You can actually play all the sound effects just fine in Edit Mode, but I recommend clicking the button in on the bottom left of the screen to enter Show Mode. When you first launch QLab, it’ll open in Edit Mode. Let’s look at each of the features in this window.
As you can see, it’s not a super complicated bit of software. So here’s a simple QLab project with a handful of sound effects in it.
#QLAB GO BUTTON HOW TO#
On this page I’ll teach you the basics of using QLab to play sound effects.ĭownload the QLab software (Mac only) How to use QLab It’s fairly simple to run QLab and most of the time, it’s as simple as pressing the Spacebar to play cues. But some have heaps of sound effects packaged together in show files that you can run using a free software called QLab. Some have only a handful of sound effects you can just play straight off the webpage. Dread Tower games come with sound effects packages to take the immersion to the next level.
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