Build a world of sound and light.

QLab is the award-winning software that makes it simple to create rich multimedia timelines for live performances and installations. From Broadway to Britain's West End, from Denver to Denmark, QLab is the tool of choice for many of the world's most prominent designers.

Simply powerful show control.

QLab allows you to control audio, video, and MIDI from a single workspace. And while QLab can control racks of state-of-the-art equipment, you don't need high-end hardware for professional results. Make it the centerpiece of your tech booth or turn your MacBook into a portable cueing powerhouse.

The basic version of QLab is absolutely free, and comes fully loaded with dozens of sophisticated features. In fact, you'd have to spend hundreds of dollars on other software just to get what QLab gives you for free. For advanced users, additional plugins and enhanced features are available.

Designed to enable you, not get in your way.

QLab provides an intuitive environment for crafting your design. Organize your cues simply by dragging and dropping them. Want to add a new sound? Just drag it onto your workspace. Cut and paste cues to new locations, new workspaces, or even external spreadsheets. Decide you didn't like that adjustment? No problem, you can undo anything.

Rigorously engineered for first-class performance.

Designed for precision, QLab provides playback control accurate to thousandths of a second. It uses pre-buffered sounds and Apple's low latency CoreAudio framework to ensure your audio plays instantly. If you have more than one CPU, QLab will automatically balance the load across processors. And QLab doesn't place any artificial limits on your creativity, like some show control software. Your Mac is capable of running dozens of cues at once. Who are we to get in its way?

Feeling curious? Learn more about QLab or skip straight to the good stuff and try it yourself.

Take a tour of QLab's features...

   
Feature Highlights
  • Unlimited cues playing concurrently
  • Unlimited undo for any change
  • Windowed and full-screen video
  • 8 input and 16 output channels per sound
  • Independent matrix mixer for every sound
  • Adjustable fade curves
  • Easily send all MIDI Voice, MIDI Show Control messages
  • Control QLab remotely via MIDI
  • Built on CoreAudio and CoreVideo for low latency
  • Organize cue lists in groups
  • And much, much more...
 
User Response

"I'm feeling like this could be as important to what we do and our careers as the invention of the sampler, and no I'm not kidding."
—Darron West, Sound Designer, The SITI Company, New York, NY

"Many congratulations—I really do think this is one of the best new pieces of theatre sound software I've seen in many years."
—John Leonard, Designer and author of "Theatre Sound", London, UK

"...fast and easy. I can give our director many options and quickly shift between them."
—Stuart Brindle, Chief Technician, New Wolsey Theatre, UK

"This is the program I've been dreaming of..."
—Bill Moriarty, Recording Engineer & Sound Designer, Philadelphia, PA

"This is an amazing application, exactly what I've been desperately looking for so I could run my shows from my Mac."
—Rory Dale, Resident Sound Designer, Playhouse on the Square, Memphis, TN

"QLab has changed everything."
—Matt Bishop, Audio Engineer, Alford Media Services, Texas

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