[QLab] I'm not a designer, but you are.

Ryan J. Gastelum nyquest at mac.com
Tue Apr 17 11:18:54 PDT 2007


Hi Chris,
I've written a couple tutorials for a seminar I taught on QLab and  
one of them might work for this.  The music is composed, so let me  
check with the composer, but I don't see any big issues.

Best,
Ryan

On Apr 16, 2007, at 1:30 PM, Christopher Ashworth wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Here's an idea; tell me what you think:
>
> I need some good demonstration workspaces.  I'll be giving a seminar
> at Yale in about two weeks, and it'd be nice to have some polished
> demos.  Something sexy that could help me show off QLab's features.
>
> Moreover, I'd really like to have a few example workspaces available
> for download from the website to help teach both simple and advanced
> QLab concepts.
>
> To a certain extent I can do this myself.  But I'm an engineer, not a
> sound or video designer.
>
> What I'm wondering is whether you, gentle users, would have any
> appetite for a little contest.  Prizes would be in the form of
> licenses.  (Probably a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prize, specifics to be
> decided.)  Terms would be that you'd submit one or more workspaces
> with no copyright restrictions--workspaces AND media files that I
> could distribute freely and without limitation, and use as demos in
> talks and presentations.  By submitting a workspace and its
> accompanying media files you would be assigning rights for unlimited
> use to Figure 53.
>
> There are two basic categories of workspaces I'm interested in:
>
> 1) Flat-out sex appeal; anything goes as long as it's cool.
> Something good for, say, a booth or a presentation.
>
> 2) Cool plus educational;  starting with basic concepts and building
> up to advanced examples.  (e.g. a fade in, a cross-fade, a vamping
> loop, a 5 second window for a backup cue that automatically advances
> after the window is complete, and a variety of examples about how
> each pattern can be implemented.)  I'd provide a list of basic design
> patterns I'd want to be sure you covered, along with examples for
> some of the more advanced patterns of how they can be done.
>
> Would there be any interest in this?  I want to be sure I'd actually
> get some entries before I put too much effort into it.  You'd have a
> little over a week to put together a submission.
>
> Curiously,
> Christopher
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