Q Light Controller+

Hi! It is my first post here and I really want to thank you guys for creating this fantastic software!
I am drummer in melodic death metal band Across the Shade from Poland (https://www.facebook.com/AcrossTheShadepl/). Thanks to QLC our shows gain new visual dimension
My setup in few words:
- PC laptop with QLC
- 3 led lights: 2 moving heads (Mini wash 7x12w from Aliexpress) 1 RGB led light,
- all connected with USB-DMX controller (cost about few $$ on Ebay)
- in Show Editor I have two tacks: one is a song with click and second is chaser with multiply scenes that fit different parts of song,
- in VC i create buttons linked to the different shows - this way i can start each song individually.

In this setup it works fantastic!

I play few shows already and I have these suggestions:
1. BPM in Show Editor instead of time- this will be huuuge improvement! I am playing with metronome in my ear so everything is synchronized. Sometimes before the show, we want to change something in the middle of the song but I am not able to change light scenes correctly! If it will be BPM based system (just like in MIDI editor in Cubase) I will have no problems. Just move 4 beats to the right and fill it with new light scene. Please think abuot it
2. When I press button with next song the previous one is still active (i check all options but with no luck)

In the future I will add 3 RGB fixtures to the front just to add some character with light to our singer and guitarists in front

Once again thank you for QLC and i hope you will consider to add those functionality in future
thank you!

1. BPM in Show Editor instead of time

If you mean time division, it's already there. See the combo box on the top-right side of the show manager.
If you mean a BPM system syncronized to a clock, then it's coming with QLC+ 5, as shown in my latest videos

2. When I press button with next song the previous one is still active (i check all options but with no luck)

Maybe you haven't checked Solo Frames ?

Fantastic!!!
Yes I did not test single frame before. Now I see that is work as I want

And yes I mean BPM system synchronized to a clock.
So I am really waiting fo QLC+5 now

Thank you!

Or do some old fashioned math:
4/4 beats= 60/BPM with portion before decimal-spacer being Seconds and the part right to decimal-spacer being Milliseconds. complex beats= (60/BPM)*TimeSignature (f.i. 12/8 quadruple) BPM to time-for-one-measure 124BPM: 1s, 935ms or 1.935s 124BPM with 12/8's: (60/124*12/8)*8 = 0.726*8 = 5.806s

I have a BPM-to-time table laying around if strict timings are required... Used it occasionally (mostly with orchestras but then flashy-lights are not needed of course

thank you This old fashioned style works well.
Hopefully most of our songs are in 210 bpm and 3/4 or 4/4 time signature so calculation is quite simple.

Small update:
I play a few concerts with qlc+. Current setup is:
- 2 moving heads (Mini wash 7x12w from Aliexpress)
- 4 RGB led lights, (one for each band member)
- laptop,
- 8 channel mixer,
- 2 USB sound cards,

I made some changes in QLC+:
- add more tracks in Show Editor. Now one is for metronome, second is for backing tracks, and third is a track with guitars (just for reference),
- each track is routed to separate sound card - this way I can control levels on my mixer and backing tracks are send to FOH,
- I also started to use Solo Frame,

This configuration works very well but there are some bugs:
- Solo Frame - when i switch between songs directly, music from my 3 tracks is not synchronize (each track starts in deferent moment). Only solution is to stop current song and play another,
- i start each song (show) using keys 1-9 in Virtual Console, but when I accidentally hit two buttons in the same time QLC+ freezes and crush

metallord wrote:- i start each song (show) using keys 1-9 in Virtual Console, but when I accidentally hit two buttons in the same time QLC+ freezes and crush

Operating system ?
Multiple audio playback is supported indeed

I have a comperable setup atm. But for audio and click, i use a standard DAW (sometimes Logic, sometimes Studio ONE). these are made to record, arange and play audio and MIDI. Wthin the project i have a MIDI-track which is used to trigger QLC+. OK, next to QLC+. here i have a frame with paging enabled (paging is MIDI-triggered). every page contains a chaser for a specific song in the playlist and is triggered per MIDI. For me its a simple and effective solution. you can edit the hole audio/midi project without doing any changes in QLC+ and vice versa. (And you can use QLC and the DAW on defferent machines if needed)

mcallegari wrote:Operating system ?

Windows 10 Pro instaled on SSD drive, HP Elitebook 8440p, i5, 4gb RAM,

Multiple audio playback is supported indeed

Yes I know and I am using 4 tracks: one for click, second is for backing tracks, third is a track with guitars and fourth for light sequences. Each audio track is routed to deferent sound card.
When I try to change songs directly the tracks from next song are not synchronized. I need to stop this song and play it once again. Then everything is ok.
Here is the second and third soundcard that i use: http://aliexpress.com/item/Brand-New-US ... .75.jKdKfA
(i try this setup with just one external sound card but the problem was still present)

Chris De Rock - thank you for your solution. I was thinking about DAW but when I saw that in QLC+ there is a show editor i decide to give it a try. After a few weeks of learning scenes, chasers and other stuff I feel quite comfortable with it. But I will take a look into it once again.
My main goal now is to create smooth transitions between songs without stopping the backing tracks.

UPDATE and ideas after few shows:
- always have few more xlr cables - on Saturday we played show in a venue which already have few RGB light bars. I connect them to my setup and address just like my normal LED light. Fortunately everything works fine. Here is private video from that show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBHbmZqM7ig
- when I use more then one sound card I mustn't save the project without them connected to computer. If i save project without sound cards each track is routed to just one (build in) sound card...
- 6 lights is enough for now - we do not have much time to setup everything before our show.
I am still working on this setup.