
Now, when the Group cue is started, all the Audio cues within it will load, and thus be subject to any Fade cues which target the Group.
In the Basics tab for the Group cue and for each Audio cue, make sure the Auto-load check box is checked.
Create your Group cue for pre-show music, with all the cues set to auto-follow, and all levels set as you like them at the “loud” level. The secret lies in this fact: Fade cues can only fade levels on a target cue which is either running, paused, or loaded. Click on the video or audio icon to create a. Memo cues in the workspace contain explanatory text, and there are built-in directions to follow if you cannot hear audio from the workspace when it seems like you should. When this happens, the following song starts off playing at its original volume, which is a louder, non-announcement level. Fade Icon use to create a fade up, fade out or animate a parameter of a cue. This example is intended to give a very basic introduction to the use of cue sequences and Group cues. Everything is great until that one night when you fade down during one song, and then the song ends and the next song begins before the fade back up.
This works perfectly well.Īnother common need with pre-show, however, is not quite so simple, and that’s the case of lowering the level of pre-show for an announcement, and then fading it back up.
#Qlab fade tutorial full#
Lots of folks like to use a Group cue full of Audio cues set to auto-follow for pre-show music, and then use a single Fade cue targeting the Group to fade out and stop the pre-show music when necessary.