No Command Line ???

Pace · Thu Mar 03, 2016 5:25 am

Hi all !!!

Totally newbie!

I'm looking for a computer base light controller and found QLC+ really interesting. But i do not understand how you can go without a keypad and a Command Line. I'm lost! How do you compose your scenes? You have to move each fader with the mouse? OK... Let say i want to record channel 12 thru 33 except 22 + 41 thru 54 at full in cue 1.
I (and you too) can do that in 3sec. with any command Line base board. What is the fastest way to do it with QLC+ ?

Sorry for my so so english... going back tutorial trying to figure it out...

Thanks a lot!

Sound Choice · Thu Mar 03, 2016 5:32 am

Welcome to the forums. There is a little bit of a learning curve with this software but it is worth learning. This is very good and powerful software so I suggest that you do a few tutorials to learn the basics first. You can click on the question marks on the top of the software for a full explanation of the different functions and such. After that you can use the links below for more help. Good luck.

http://www.qlcplus.org/docs/tutorial.html

https://www.youtube.com/user/qlctech/videos

https://www.youtube.com/user/massimocal ... 979/videos

Pace · Thu Mar 03, 2016 3:50 pm

Hi again !!!
It is obvious at first glance that the software is very powerful. The GU is already attractive and from the preview you probably saw from Q LC +5 WOW!!!!!! I guess you experienced users can't wait. For me, it seems that it's not going to be easy to go with that new way of doing. It's a bit like driving a car every day for 30 years with a stick shift and a clutch and from one day to the next, got in car with automatic transmission. I'm constantly looking for the keypad and the command line. I suppose i'm in a hurry to do all sorts of things that QLC+ allows you to do!
For the time being...Back again to documentations...

Thanks again!

Pace... The french guy from Montreal

Sound Choice · Thu Mar 03, 2016 3:50 pm

I hear ya! I also use Martin M-PC so I know the need to type in the commands and mappings etc. A little know how and this software is great and once you know how; easy to use.

Pace wrote:Hi again !!!
It is obvious at first glance that the software is very powerful. The GU is already attractive and from the preview you probably saw from Q LC +5 WOW!!!!!! I guess you experienced users can't wait. For me, it seems that it's not going to be easy to go with that new way of doing. It's a bit like driving a car every day for 30 years with a stick shift and a clutch and from one day to the next, got in car with automatic transmission. I'm constantly looking for the keypad and the command line. I suppose i'm in a hurry to do all sorts of things that QLC+ allows you to do!
For the time being...Back again to documentations...

Thanks again!

Pace... The french guy from Montreal

mcallegari · Thu Mar 03, 2016 9:45 pm

I understand your point guys, but, hey, the world evolves !

We live in a digital era, with touchscreens of all sorts, so I though it was time for QLC+ to evolve as well, not to look like a dinosaur in a futuristic landscape.

We (Linux users) are still very addicted to command lines, bits and bytes, but when you realize you take 30 seconds to do what a UI does in 1 second, maybe it's time to ask yourself a question, and evaluate if it is time to evolve.

With QLC+ 4 we tried to cover as much as possible all the different needs, from keyboard lovers, to mouse lovers, to fader lovers, to touchscreen lovers.
QLC+ 5 is going (hopefully) in a direction where a mouse/keyboard really slows you up, and most likely we'll need to evolve again

zaq2 · Fri Mar 04, 2016 11:40 am

so maybe change it to windows if u have problems with linux cmd bars

mcallegari · Fri Mar 04, 2016 11:40 am

zaq2 wrote:so maybe change it to windows if u have problems with linux cmd bars

What a useless comment...
If it wasn't for Linux you Windows guys wouldn't have QLC+ at all.