http://figure53.com/blog The inside scoop. Thu, 22 May 2008 15:44:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last weekend I had the great pleasure of traveling to New York as a sponsor for the 2008 Broadway Sound Master Classes. I had the honor of meeting so many amazing folks, from Scott Lehrer (a QLab user whose work on South Pacific was recently nominated for the first-ever ... http://figure53.com/blog/2008/05/22/live-design-sound-awards-presented-at-bsmc/ Anthony Lynch writes: The show hasn't opened yet (it opens officially on 22nd May) but I will be using QLab for the sound playback of Lifecoach starring UK comedian Phil Juptitus at the Trafalgar Studios in the West End. Having been introduced to QLab at Theatre South Carolina, where I've been for ... http://figure53.com/blog/2008/05/20/sighting-lifecoach-in-the-west-end/ Chris Moore writes: Theatre in the Square located in Marietta, Georgia recently opened the last show of Main Stage season with Poetry of Pizza. I used QLab from start to scratch. It work flawlessly!! AS ALWAYS!! I used Digital Performer 5 to record and edit sound effects on one Mac Book ... http://figure53.com/blog/2008/05/12/sighting/ I've released a small update to the Video Cue. It fixes: at least one scenario in which an initial white frame could be displayed instead of the first video frame a bug that could lead to a crash when a Video Cue is first run It is a small change and I ... http://figure53.com/blog/2008/04/24/video-cue-updated/ I'm thrilled and honored to announce that QLab has been chosen as one of the Live Design 2008 Sound Products of the Year! http://livedesignonline.com/news/2008_ld_products_of_the_year_announced_0407/ Expect to see a writeup in the May issue of Live Design. In addition, Live Design will be recognizing all the product winners at a reception during ... http://figure53.com/blog/2008/04/16/live-design-2008-product-of-the-year/ Last Thursday evening the first revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein's masterpiece South Pacific opened at Lincoln Center with sound powered by QLab.  There hasn't been a single Broadway revival of this landmark work since its original run ended in 1954.  Figure 53 is extremely proud to be part of this highly ... http://figure53.com/blog/2008/04/07/sighting-south-pacific/ Wunderkind Bobby Andersen gave an impromptu talk about creating the QLab icon at Jonathan "Wolf" Rentzsch's C4. Check it: http://www.viddler.com/explore/rentzsch/videos/9 http://figure53.com/blog/2008/03/19/bobby-andersen-describes-creating-the-qlab-icon/ It's getting hard to track all the places QLab is used these days. The McCarter Theatre in New Jersey just wrote up a blog post about their new QLab system that will run four projectors in an upcoming production of The Mad 7. On Broadway we've seen David Mamet's new ... http://figure53.com/blog/2008/02/29/sightings-broadway-west-end-regionalpretty-much-everywhere/ 1.3.5 was released this morning. Among the changes are: Added a "Send MIDI Message" button to each kind of MIDI cue. Handy for previewing the message you're building. Better error reporting if a bundle operation fails. Also gives the option to proceed with the bundle and skip the file(s) ... http://figure53.com/blog/2008/02/11/version-135-available/ This release adds a single feature: "Bundling". You can find it under "File" → "Bundle Workspace..." To bundle you first choose a location and provide a name. QLab will then create a new directory of that name and copy all your media files in to it. That directory becomes the new ... http://figure53.com/blog/2008/01/06/version-134-available/