[QLab] Live Audio feed?

[Daniel Hoole]

Hi Leon,
Obviously, in a mic- heavy show, a console & engineer is essential,
but given that in the UK, producers & theatre companies are
increasingly cutting back on touring sound operators (and sound
equipment, for that matter), creating a reliable all-in-one solution
has become a reasonably regular exercise. Being able to make a couple
of offstage mics live (or even just one for SM announcements) would
save the cost of touring a mixing console (particularly if the
Firewire interface already has mic preamps). Don't get me wrong- I'm
all for sound being operated by sound engineers, but regional touring
theatre (in the UK, at least) often can't find the staffing budget to
allow it- and that becomes our headache!
Dan

On 22/03/07, Leon Rothenberg <leonr at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I think all-in-one is not always the best solution. Easy integration
> with complimentary technology like AU Lab for live mics, or a DM1K /
> controlled/ by QLab is a wonderfully elegant expansion of central
> show control. I haven't used Audiobox, but Matt's right, LCS uses
> outboard DSP to do all it's magic, but it is an uber-console with an
> integrated playback engine, QLab seems to me a different beast. As
> cool as it is to be able to do it all in one computer, I think
> consoles should mix mics (or even...engineers?) and QLab should keep
> on doing it's wonderfully integrate-able thing.
>
> Leon
>