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Equipment file · Show control with object audio

QLab spatial audio

Figure 53 · 2023

Evidence status · documented

Identity and core specifications are documented; some historical fields remain unavailable.

QLab added object audio mixing in version 5.5: sources become movable objects on a map, with Marks defining how objects sound at positions and Filters marking zones, all automatable as cues.

Introduced
2023
Category
Show control with object audio
Intended use
Theatre and event sound cueing and spatialisation
Production
Figure 53

Equipment photographs · 1

QLab 5 (object audio)

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QLab 5 (object audio)·Figure 53·© Figure 53, used for identification and historical commentary

Why it mattered

  1. 01

    It put object spatialisation inside theatre's standard show-control tool.

  2. 02

    Smaller productions gained moving sound without dedicated processors.

Engineering record

Object mixer
Object position determines output levels, alongside the matrix mixer[1]
Audio Map Editor
Map size, background image, Marks and Filters[2]

Original pricing

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2026 equivalent

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Use in the field

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Manuals & original documents

Sources

  1. 1Object Audio in QLabFigure 53 · manual
  2. 2The Audio Map EditorFigure 53 · manual

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