[Craig Martyn]

Hi All

A very interesting set of posts. I am an event producer and doing some awards for the volunarty sector at the moment. 1 screen show and have recently discovered qlab and want to use it. I would be interested to get views on whether it’s ok to run straight from decent spec MBP or whether a faster ext drive is worth considering. I will hot back up through a switcher but also wondered if any one had any low budget solutions (other than me manually queing the 2 machines :)) to keeping the machines in sync. Was thinking about the midi route but would be good to hear thoughts.

As a relevant aside AV co I am working with who are tied to the venue don’t have exp of qlab and haven’t suggested alternative playout – except DVD which I rejected for the reasons stated in this other posts in this thread. I have used on some shows with clocks at the front end of the chapter markers but the power of qlab seems worth embracing and to use it in it’s simplest form seems like a relatively easy learning curve.

Thanks to all in advance to any newbie tips

Craig