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	<title>Notes from Figure 53</title>
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		<title>QLab controls Blaze</title>
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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 or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://figure53.com/blog/2010/07/12/qlab-controls-blaze/</link>
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		<title>QLab feeding Clear Com</title>
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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&#8217;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 cues. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://figure53.com/blog/2010/06/21/qlab-feeding-clear-com/</link>
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		<title>Why I Do This</title>
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The following email just arrived in our support mailbox.



From: Chris Miller
To: support@figure53.com
Subject: Wheeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!


OK, so, holy fucking shit.


Let me give that some context:  my background is in fine art/sculpture/performance, now I find myself the technical director/jack-of-all-trades of a high school drama program.  Our lighting system is somewhat limited and there&#8217;s no fly space, so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://figure53.com/blog/2010/06/17/why-i-do-this/</link>
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		<title>Report from the Broadway Sound Master Classes</title>
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Cyrus Taylor writes to say:



Hi Chris,


I want to thank you and everyone else at Figure 53 for sending me to the BSMC this year. I can honestly say without exaggeration that it was a life-changing experience. Before I went to New York, I was the resident sound expert at my school. I didn&#8217;t really know [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://figure53.com/blog/2010/06/04/report-from-the-broadway-sound-master-classes/</link>
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		<title>Announcing our BSMC Sponsorships!</title>
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Ta da!








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		<link>http://figure53.com/blog/2010/05/03/announcing-our-bsmc-sponsorships/</link>
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		<title>Students at the Broadway Sound Master Classes: put it on our tab</title>
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Hey students!  Are you yearning to go to the Broadway Sound Master Classes, but ain&#8217;t got the coin?


Well maybe now you do.  Figure 53 will be sponsoring two (count &#8216;em: two!) full student passes to this year&#8217;s BSMC.

Here&#8217;s what you&#8217;ll get


1 ticket to a Broadway show (American Idiot) on Friday May 21
2 days [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://figure53.com/blog/2010/04/17/students-at-the-broadway-sound-master-classes-put-it-on-our-tab/</link>
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		<title>Sighting: QLab at the Olympics!</title>
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Yes! The Olympics!  It&#8217;s now officially public that QLab is running both the live audience and broadcast audio for the 2010 Olympic medal ceremonies!  We&#8217;ve known for a while, and wanted to share the great news, but our source didn&#8217;t have the authority to give us permission to do so.  But, oh [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://figure53.com/blog/2010/02/26/sighting-qlab-at-the-olympics/</link>
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		<title>QLab + scripting + custom software = win!</title>
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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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://figure53.com/blog/2010/02/06/qlab-scripting-custom-software-win/</link>
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		<title>Figure 53 in the Baltimore Sun</title>
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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&#8217;t say I didn&#8217;t warn you.


Thanks Gus!  (And thanks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://figure53.com/blog/2010/01/08/figure-53-in-the-baltimore-sun/</link>
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		<title>New Year! New Website! New Products!</title>
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Yesterday afternoon we flipped the switch on our brand new website.  We hope you like it!  There was one acknowledged casualty in this process, which is a mailing list that won&#8217;t currently accept incoming mail.  Our hosting provider is working to get that sorted.


In the meantime, check out the new stuff!


Streamers is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://figure53.com/blog/2010/01/06/new-year-new-website-new-products/</link>
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