Toolbox: Flip camera, Final Cut Express, ScreenFlow, Soundflower, WireTap Studio, and QLab. Music: Hey Pocky A-Way, The Meters. (Amazon, iTunes)

Justino Zoppe just wrote in to share his experience using QLab for Extreme Vegas. I gotta say, this is pretty hott. Check it: I just wanted to tell you how incredibly happy I am with your outstanding software! I am the producer of “Extreme Vegas” currently performing here on board the Norwegian Star. We opened [...]

Andreas Grill writes to say: I am using QLab at the Royal Museum here in Stockholm. The show is fully automatic, meaning that any person could start it by just pressing a button. It will run for over 1350 times when it’s finished in October and so far we did not have a single crash. [...]

Memo Akten wrote to tell how he is using QLab to coordinate this awesome streetdance show. Check it out: Blaze from Memo Akten on Vimeo. The show consisted of 18 sections (group cues), each with its own MTC. Some of these cues would roll onto the next automatically, others were triggered manually after audience applause [...]

Lighting designer Matt Mills recently told us about a creative way he is using QLab in his lighting work: Hello, I was looking at your site and thought I’d tell you how I am using your product. I am the Lighting Director for the band Daughtry and I use QLab to call all my spotlight [...]

Yes! The Olympics! It’s now officially public that QLab is running both the live audience and broadcast audio for the 2010 Olympic medal ceremonies! We’ve known for a while, and wanted to share the great news, but our source didn’t have the authority to give us permission to do so. But, oh happy day, Live [...]

Søren Knud sent us this short video showing an awesome combination of QLab with custom video projection software from Ole Kristensen and Jonas Jongejan. Very cool stuff guys! (This is all for a show with Recoil Performance Group.) (Please note: If the F-word is not welcome in your workspace, then this video is Not Safe [...]

On Wednesday the business section of the Baltimore Sun ran a great article about QLab and Figure 53. The reporter, Gus Sentementes, also posted extra notes from the interview on his blog. This includes a video of me attempting to summarize QLab in 60 seconds. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Thanks Gus! (And thanks [...]

Big ups to Gregory Clarke and Paul Arditti who won the 2009 Tony awards for sound design! Gregory bagged “Best Sound Design of a Play”, and Paul took home “Best Sound Design of a Musical”. I am, of course, contractually obligated to mention that both of these designs were powered by QLab. I’m also just [...]

I’m extremely excited to announce the arrival of Sean Dougall as a full-time member of the Figure 53 team. If you have used QLab 2, you have already benefitted from Sean’s skill. He designed and built QLab’s SMPTE timecode synchronization mechanism and the entire license and authorization system. I feel extremely lucky to welcome Sean [...]