Speed dials are meant for adjusting the speed of a set of functions from virtual console, much like bus-mode sliders in the previous versions of QLC+. While the bus concept relied on assigning functions and a slider to the same bus, the speed dial's method is a simpler and more straightforward one: The user directly selects a set of functions whose speed properties are controlled with the dial, thus removing the need for buses in the middle.
The speed dial itself looks and works just the same as the speed dials in various function
editors: There is a big dial in the middle that increases the time when rotated clockwise
and decreases it when rotated counter-clockwise. The plus
and minus
buttons are an alternative way of adjusting the speed.
The current time value is displayed in four parts. When any of these fields is clicked, the dial and the plus/minus buttons will increase/decrease that unit of time. The mouse wheel can also be used instead of the dial/buttons and the fields also accept values entered on the numeric keypad.
Clicking the infinite button disables all of the dial's controls and sets the currently adjusted functions' speed to infinity. For example, with a Chaser, an infinite duration means that it will never switch to the next step unless manually instructed to (see Cue List).
The tap button can be used to match the time to a beat. The elapsed time between clicks is measured and this time is set for the controlled functions, just as if the dial had been adjusted to that particular time.
For cuelists/chasers and RGB Matrices, the tap button advances things to next step/position when speed dial is set to adjust duration. The tapped tempo must be more than 1/4 of the original duration.
Speed dials can be configured with the properties
button found in the toolbar or
by double clicking the speed dial itself.
Speed Dial Name | Change the dial's name. | ||||||
Function table |
Displays the list of functions, whose speed value(s) are being controlled by the dial. For each speed value (fade in, fade out, duration), it is possible to set a multiplier.
This multiplier will be applied to the speed dial value before adjusting the functions' speed value. Select (Not Sent) so the functions' speed value will not be affected by this speed dial. |
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Add function(s) to be controlled by the speed dial. | ||||||
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Remove the selected functions from the speed dial's list of controlled functions. |