Qlab 3 / Catalyst

[Spam Butterfly]

Then there is the performance. Catalyst is blisteringly quick compared to QLab - the performance is sooo much better on the same Mac. I used to keep QLab and Catalyst in rental. QLab requires tons of RAM to play nicely, which Catalyst does not. What you save in the license fee on Qlab, you pay for in RAM.

QLab is a pretty good piece of software, however, and for shows that do not need Catalyst's bells and whistles can be well served by QLab. It is also a bit more accessible too. However, to say that it is cheaper is a fallacy. The license is cheaper, but you need a pimp daddy Mac + tons of RAM to make it work nicely in a professional application.

Hugh

[kiwi]

its all about what you're trying to do.
if you have a small show with one or two outputs then Qlab is fine.

As far as I can see Qlab 3 still can't do keystoneing on a global level, or curved screens, or alot of the things we take for granted in Catalyst.

The other major way Qlab falls down is when you need to use more than one server. Multiple Catalyst servers can be controlled centrally from one console... Qlab cant.