A Deeper Dive into Loudspeaker Directivity (Consultant Courier)

There’s a saying in our industry – “Flat frequency response on-axis is necessary, but not sufficient, to make a good sounding loudspeaker.”  OK, maybe you don’t hear this idea tossed around all the time, but it’s true nonetheless. This edition of the Consultant Courier will explore off-axis frequency response, directivity, and the various ways this … leer más

Designing Experiences

The accelerating convergence of technology and marketing in today’s global marketplace means brands are no longer built through the pillars of traditional marketing, but through rich experiences. Through these experiences, we connect deep human and business insights with the possibilities of technology defining and delivering new realities. Experiences that make life healthier, safer, more productive, … leer más

Seven “Cins” of Cinema

So much time and energy is spent educating cinema professionals how to properly design cinemas, including installed sound and projection systems. We forget the best lessons typically come from our mistakes. In the 30+ years I’ve been in the cinema industry, I’ve learned a ton from THX, Dolby, the Hollywood post-production community, and the brilliant engineers … leer más

Citizen Spotlight: Design and Plugin Development

Today we are highlighting the work of Daniel Wright, another inspiring Citizen who joined “QSC Communities for Developers” and is willing to show how he produces beautiful designs and experiences for customers, many of which he has shared in the “Show your Q-SYS” group. Additionally, Daniel shares his experience in building, contributing, and maintaining code/Plugins that integrate with the Q-SYS Ecosystem.  Daniel and his colleagues at Solo Works have been maintaining a neat collection of plugins on GitHub  for Q-SYS, all for free and ready … leer más

The Tool Shed: Sharing Files on the Exchange with Bitbucket

Today we’re going to walk step by step through how you can upload Q-SYS Designer files, User Components, and any other binary file type into a BitBucket repository to post on the QSC Communities Code Exchange. Using Bitbucket repositories may seem tedious at first, but the benefits outweigh the effort by far. It offers great … leer más

Make the Switch… Automatically

There’s always been pressure on higher education institutions to deliver quality experiences to their students, and this priority has recently extended to remote learners. After all, tuition paid comes with an expectation of results, no matter the location! To tackle this, some schools are thinking outside of the box – literally. Distance learners often view … leer más

Train Now for Cinema’s Comeback

TIME magazine recently shared that “the post-pandemic return to the theaters could turn out to be one of the most significant events in the history of watching movies.” It is quite likely the cinema industry is looking at massive re-openings around the world, enormous revenues, new and improved cinemas, and …a skyrocketing need for trained … leer más

What About Long-Term Amplifier Power Output? (Consultant Courier)

Like most audio equipment, power amplifiers have a lot of specs associated with them, all of which can help us understand the performance and reliability of an amplifier. No single specification ever tells the whole story, which is why it’s important to dig deeper to determine an amplifier’s “fit” for the job. Max Power Most … leer más

A New Approach: Solving High-Impact Spaces with Software

Due to changing workforce trends such as an increasing hybrid workforce, there is a growing need to define and create meeting spaces by desired collaboration experience and business purpose, not just room size. Employees expect more automation, features, and functionality in all the physical and virtual spaces where they need to collaborate. They don’t just … leer más

Employees Head Back to the Office and Bring Their Own Meeting

With many companies offering more flexibility in where their employees work, hybrid meetings, mixing in-room and remote attendees, are going to be the norm. Flexible hybrid meetings Employees have high expectations of what the hybrid workplace should look like. First and foremost, they want flexibility. They want to choose when they are working from home … leer más

Rethinking Meeting Equity

The pandemic quickly launched us all into a distributed working environment. Remote and “work from anywhere” trends are here to stay, encouraging companies to look for new ways to enable meeting equity for both in-room and remote meeting attendees. With that, we are seeing an interest in high-value spaces, which differ from traditional video conferencing … leer más

Help is Here

Service forms the bedrock of QSC values. We always strive to meet the real needs of our customers, and guide you to find the right solution.   In addition to our support team, we have created hundreds of resources to help solve some of the most popular issues in just a few simple steps.  And … leer más

Supercharge your Q-SYS Video Conferencing GUI (with one simple component)

AV system designers encounter a number of challenges associated with integrating the controls of the software-based video collaboration software into the room’s AV control system. For starters, the desire is to enable as much control over the video call on the room’s touch screen controller so the user doesn’t need to keep relying on the … leer más

HID Conference Component Video

You made it! This video is a great step-by-step lesson of how to set up those HID features and functionally (Call Accept, Call Decline, On-hook, Mute) that Kevin detailed in his blog. Plus learn best practices on how to integrate that onto your touch screen controller. And we even have a Q-SYS Design file for … leer más

Cinema and Pro Audio: A Comparison of Loudspeakers

One thing that sets cinema sound apart from almost all other types of professional audio is that the goal for cinema playback is to be heard as much like the original recording as possible. This is significant, and not trivial. Filmmakers quite literally want you to experience their work as they saw it and heard … leer más

Evolution of the Virtual Courtroom

At the onset of the pandemic, courtrooms across the globe needed to quickly find solutions that would enable virtual court proceedings, focusing their search on software conferencing platforms that could deliver this result. With many counties beginning to open back up and allow for in-person interactions, many courtrooms will remain committed to using network AV … leer más

DPM=Three in One

Before sound is heard through the loudspeakers, a cinema sound system must accomplish three primary functions – all which are typically performed by one, two or three individual components.  A cinema processor takes digital content from the server and handles format selection, volume control, EQ, and typically outputs analog signals to drive amplifiers directly, or … leer más

Introducing Cinema 101

One of the subjects that we often grapple with in meetings of the International Cinema Technology Association is “how do we shape the cinema system designers, technicians, and installers of tomorrow?” It’s a tricky question! Changes in the industry have eliminated a lot of the traditional paths toward this type of work. Well, our new Cinema … leer más

Putting Down New Roots

I will be honest and admit that there have been a few times where I have needed a quick sanity check – a “peer review”, if you will, just to make sure I got everything right. These are the moments when you need it most, during the eleventh hour of programming on site and something … leer más