Glossary

The 10Scene range comprises wall panels and interfaces allowing a QuickQ Rack or Console to be controlled from a simple wall panel or the 10Scene App.

Arc lamps are lamps that use a electric arc between 2 electrodes to create light. They are also known as discharge lamps. Arc lamps are often used in powerful moving heads fixtures as they give a very bright and focused beam. Arc lamps cannot be dimmed smoothly so fixtures that use arc lamps rely on mechanical dimming. Some fixtures require a specific DMX command to turn the arc lamp on before the fixture can be used. QuickQ has special controls for sending the DMX commands to turn arc lamps on and off.

Art-Net is a network protocol that allows DMX to be carried over an Ethernet network. Art-Net™ is designed by and copyright Artistic Licence Holdings Ltd.

Attributes are the different characteristics of light that fixtures can control. These may include the brightness of the light (intensity), the colour, how sharp the beam is and many others. Different types of fixtures allow control of different attributes, depending on their design. QuickQ organises these attributes into attribute groups.

QuickQ organises attributes into 4 groups: intensity, position, colour and beam.

An automated sequence of cues taken one after the other. The speed of the chase can be easily controlled, and the way that each cue fades into the next can also be altered.

A recorded collection of values of levels and attributes for one or more fixtures.

Another term for cue stack.

A collection of one or more cues which are played back in order. Usually the Go button is pressed to move onto the next cue in sequence. Alternatively the console can step through each cue automatically. If the timing of each step is the same the Cue Stack can be turned into a chase.

DMX is the standard way for a console to communicate with lighting fixtures. DMX cables should be used to carry the data, other types of cable may cause flickering and other problems. QuickQ can output DMX directly and can also transmit DMX data over an Ethernet network using a protocol such as Art-Net.

Each fixture has its own starting DMX address, which is different for every fixture on a single DMX universe. QuickQ can automatically set the DMX address of RDM capable fixtures.

DMX512 has 512 individual DMX channels on each universe of DMX.

A collection of 512 DMX Channels is referred to as a Universe of DMX.

The automated application of changes to one of the 4 attributes. There are Intensity Effects, Colour Effects, Beam Effects and Position Effects built into QuickQ.

The time taken for a cue to change. Fade in and fade out can be the same or different.

An abbreviation of effects.

A Fixture can be a lamp operated by a dimmer, an LED wash, a moving light or any device that can be controlled via DMX. Each fixture has a unique fixture number which can be used to identify it. Each fixture can also have a name; the name does not need to be unique. Other consoles may refer to fixtures as Lighting Instruments, Instruments, or Heads.

Most fixtures have different modes that can be selected on the physical fixture itself. It is important that the mode set on the fixture matches the mode selected during Patching. The fixture mode defines the number of DMX Channels a fixture uses.

Each fixture is given a number during patching. Fixtures 1 to 20 or 1 to 40 on the QuickQ 30 can also be controlled from the fixture faders with the corresponding number. Other consoles may use Head Number or Channel Number if it is a simple dimmer in a theatre.

A collection of fixtures. Groups are used to control several fixtures at the same time. QuickQ will automatically create groups of each type of fixture.

Another term for fixture, used in the MagicQ range of consoles.

House lights are the lights used to light up a theatre auditorium. During a show the house lights will normally be dimmed or turned off while the stage lights are used to light up the performers on stage.

Another term for fixture.

All Ethernet devices have an IP address to identify them. IP addresses take the form 2.99.1.23, 4 numbers between 0 and 255 with dots in between them. When setting up a network all the devices on the network should have a different IP address, but they should all be on the same subnet. QuickQ only uses IPv4 addresses.

MIDI is an acronym that stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. It is a way to connect devices that make and control sound, such as synthesisers and sequencers. It can be used to trigger lighting from an audio device such as a digital keyboard.

The multifunction faders are found on the left side of the console. The QuickQ 10 and the QuickQ 20 have 20 faders and the QuickQ 30 has 40 faders.

The multifunction faders can operate in one of 3 modes using the mode buttons on the console above the COL MIX encoders or on the bottom left of the touchscreen:

A collection of fixture attributes of one type that can be used as building blocks when recording cues. They are then referenced by cues and many cues can contain the same palette. The advantage is if for example, you had 500 cues all referencing the colour palette named “yellow” and you wanted to change the particular shade of yellow you had used in all 500 cues - rerecording the colour palette “yellow” would achieve this in one action. Palettes are found towards the top of their respective attribute group windows.

Telling the console what fixtures are connected to the console and connected via DMX.

Playbacks are the faders on the bottom right of the console. The QuickQ 10 has one cue stack and two chase playbacks while the QuickQ 20 and QuickQ 30 each have 10 playbacks which can each contain a cue, a cue stack or a chase.

RDM is an extra protocol added to DMX. It does not require any extra cabling than normal DMX and allows fixtures to communicate with the console. QuickQ can use RDM to automatically discover and patch fixtures.

sACN is a protocol used to transmit DMX data over Ethernet. sACN can be trickier to get working than Art-Net but can work better than Art-Net when there is large amounts of DMX data (>40 universes) on a network.

Another term for cue stacks.

IP addresses are divided into "subnets". The first number in the IP address is the subnet. A device with the IP address 10.66.1.1 is in the subnet 10, while 2.33.4.5 is in the subnet 2. When using Art-Net devices must be in the same subnet.

QuickQ consoles have two modes of operation, 'Live Mode' (default) & 'Theatre mode'. When in Theatre mode Playback 1 will default to a theatre style cue stack with fade timing between each cue (default 3). Consecutive cues recoded to the playback will be numbered sequentially.Playback 2 will become a manual Crossfader. Cues can then be run by moving playback fader 2 up and down and the fade time of the cue will follow the time it takes to move the fader from one end of the faders travel to the other.

Software that shows a 3D visualisation of the lights used in a light show. This can be used to program shows without needing a physical lighting rig. QuickQ consoles can connect to most visualisers using Art-Net including the ChamSys MagicVis software and the QuickQ Designer Software has a visualiser built in.