I am a traveling LD and often travel with my own console if I won't be familiar with what the venue/sponsor is willing to provide. ![]() QLab would not be my first choice to work in as a traveling LD, but it's what you mention as a point of departure and will technically get the job done to some extent. By physically plugging into their DMX hardware you take all the console decoding that I mentioned above out of the equation. The short answer is that there's no universal console language that maps between manufacturers. You'll need a MIDI map for each console and then likely need a show file for each board in each venue to map MIDI to their rig. Not only that, the MIDI commands that you'll be sending will vary by board. True, many of these boards can accept MIDI input while others might response to SMPTE, but there's no guarantee that any of them will be configured for this purpose or have the appropriate hardware installed to do so. If you want universal compatibility with grandMA, Avolites, ETC, Hog (also ETC), ChamSys, and others, you won't get that. I'll explain why I feel this is your best option though. Knowing the make/model of the house board along with the patching of their system can help us give better advice though. You'll need to know the patching of the house system, but otherwise you can just unplug the DMX output from the house board and connect that into your DMX interface - very quick and easy so long as you have your programming right. ![]() So long as you don't require anything terribly complex the lighting options now offered in QLab may suffice just fine. Another option is to use QLab itself to control the lighting. ![]() You'll need to know the proper commands to send it to work as you intend though, which might make a half-hour changeover difficult if you need programming on the house board to be in place too. As John mentioned, if the house board accepts MIDI you can just command it that way. Quote from: Jeff Lelko on February 28, 2021, 06:34:31 PM Hi Chris, the short answer is "yes", that this can be done, but there are a few variables in here that will affect the "best" solution.
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