Version 9 Change Notes

There is a new colour mixing mode which uses all the LED emitters in a fixture to mix a colour. In the Settings Windows select Show -> Use All Emitters, then select some LED fixtures and open the colour window. Selecting a colour on the colour wheel or by using the HUE and SAT encoders will adjust all the emitters, including White, Amber and UV. A warning is displayed if QuickQ does not have enough data on the fixture to be able to match colours accurately.

In the new 'All Emitters' colour mix mode it is possible to set the colour to a colour found on a website or by using a colour picker app. Click on the 'sRGB Colour' button then enter the HTML colour code to set a colour. The colours are specified in the sRGB colour space so they will match the colour you see on your phone or laptop.

There is a new Unused Cue Stacks Window. You can move Cue Stacks from the playbacks into the Unused Cue Stacks Window, and use the playback for something else. The unused cue stacks show their name and also the amount of cues that they contain.

The Events Window can schedule events to happen at sunrise and sunset. For this to work the console location and timezone must be set in the Console Settings Window. The current sunset and sunrise times are shown at the bottom of the Events Window.

The Events Window can also schedule events to happen when the console is powered on and off. Playbacks and Executes that are turned on by an Event can still be turned off by pressing 'Release All' and can be overridden when programming.

A long press on a 10Scene panel button will fade the scene down, and second long press will fade the scene up again.

'Group Lines' have been added to the Layout Window. If you want to see visually which fixtures are part of a group you can Press, Action then select the group and press 'Lines'. That will draw lines between the group and all the fixtures in the group. You could create a group of all the fixtures pointing at a person or a point on stage, the lines will show which fixtures are focused on the person.

Multiple items can now be selected in the Layout Window. When the view is locked you can select Groups and Fixtures in the Layout Window by dragging your finger through them. You can also select Groups and Fixtures in the top bar by a two finger gesture moving the fingers apart along the items to be selected.

Group Icons will now be removed from the Layout Window when the group is empty.

The new Output 'Sources Tab' allows users to see what is controlling their Fixtures. The table displays the fixture name and shows which playback is controlling which attributes. When the fixture is being programmed it will show the selected palette.

You can now keep unpatched fixtures in the patch. Unpatched fixtures do not have a DMX address. They can still be programmed into cues and palettes however they can not be controlled until their DMX address is set.

In the patch window, you can unpatch by universe. This allows you to remove an entire universe of fixtures instead of having to unpatch fixtures individually.

The 'Add Fixtures' dialog indicates if the fixture data has the emitter data required by the new All Emitters colour mixing. Fixtures and modes with the data have a colour wheel icon displayed next to them.

QuickQ will show an RDM logo next to the Fixture Number when the fixture is responding to RDM. You can press RDM Autopatch to connect to the fixtures, even if they are already patched. If the RDM logo is dimmed it means that the fixture has not responded, maybe because it has been disconnected.

Tap the RDM logo to pop up some information about the fixture. The data comes from the fixture itself.

A long press on the RDM logo will cause the fixture to 'identify' itself by turning on and maybe moving around.

You can now easily change the mode of a fixture once it has been patched. In the Patch Window a long press on a Mode will open a dialog box with a list of modes for that fixture. You can choose to set the mode of just that fixture or all the fixtures of that model. If you are using RDM then QuickQ can change the mode on the fixture as well.

The DMX Address Dialog will also allow you to use RDM to change the DMX address of the fixture.

You can now load '.shw' and '.sbk' files from the file manager. Files that are able to be loaded are displayed with a green icon next to them.

You can now save the logs to a USB device from within the application.

Users can now remove names for any item that can be renamed in QuickQ, including Fixture Name, Cue Names and Cue Stack Names.

Users can now choose to have Fixture Fader LEDs not mimic the colour that the fixture is emitting as well as not mimicking Groups and Cues. The original settings are still available to the user.

Palettes can be rearranged using drag and drop. A long push on a palette button will put the console into action mode with the palette selected, then dragging it will cause the palette to be moved to a new position.

You can also Drag and drop Cue Faders in the Cue Faders Window, Playbacks on the Playbacks Bar, and items in the Execute Window. Cue Stacks can be dragged between Playbacks Bar and the Cue Faders Window, the Execute Window or the new Unused Cue Stacks Window.

You can now press the link between Execute Items to break the link or join the items together. The old method using the Action menu has been removed.

The file sorting is now done via a drop down menu within the File Manager Window. This allows for files to be sorted by name, size or date added.

Press the Audio In meter on the tool bar to see a larger VU meter.

Warnings are now shown when setting the IP address and subnet mask in the Wired Network Settings Window. The user is still free to set any IP address but warnings will be shown if the chosen IP address may cause problems.

Macros in the Execute Window now have their own menu. The menu contains Lamp On, Lamp Off and Reset All Fixtures.

In the Cue Stack Window the options and Change Type button have moved from the main menu to the bottom of the window.

The Pan and Tilt Speed attribute setting has moved from the Beam Window to the Position Window and can now be controlled via the top right encoder when on the Position Window.

On the Layout Window, Fixture and Group Items have an increased border size for user visibility.

When you are recording to palettes or groups the add button will no longer overlay the palettes behind, allowing you to record to palettes without pressing the item behind the add button.

In the Cue Stack Window, the spacing between the options at the bottom of the window have been increased and the release time now is edited in a dialog box.

The intensity value on Fixture Items has been increased in size to improve visibility.