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Hardware Compatibility

Moving an object within panLab Console can result in a large volume of control data being sent to the connected hardware device.

When a Source is moved, a new output level will be computed for each Speaker on the panner. By default, these output levels are updated 10 times a second. So if there are 16 Speakers placed on the panner, moving a single Source will result in 160 messages being transmitted every second (1 Source x 16 Speakers x 10 fps).

As we have tested panLab Console with external hardware, we have observed that different hardware models cope with varying quantities of control data. This results in different limits for the number of Sources that can be safely moved at any one time.

This table is designed to provide a rough estimate of how many Sources can be simultaneously manipulated, based on the connected hardware device. Exceeding these limits for long periods of time may result in the console ‘buffering’ control data and slowing down the perceived speed of movement. If you experience this, we recommend either removing some automation, or reducing the ‘Output Rate’, this can be set per Source in the Source Manager.

Device	Approximate Message Limit	Approximate Limitation
Yamaha QL Series	300	2 Sources between 16 Speakers at 10 fps
Yamaha CL Series	300	2 Sources between 16 Speakers at 10 fps
Yamaha DM7	600	4 Sources between 16 Speakers at 10 fps
Yamaha Rivage Series	600	4 Sources between 16 Speakers at 10 fps
Yamaha DME 7	2,540	16 Sources between 16 Speakers at 10 fps
QSC Q-SYS Cores	41,000	64 Sources between 64 Speakers at 10 fps
Behringer X32 Series	Not Reached	Limited by hardware I/O
Behringer X-Air Series	Not Reached	Limited by hardware I/O
Midas M32 Series	Not Reached	Limited by hardware I/O

Feature List

Compare panLab Console Essentials and Ultimate licenses with the table below.

Feature	Essentials Licence	Ultimate Licence
Number of licence seats	1	2
Number of Sources	16	Limited only by console input channel count
Number of Speakers	16	Limited only by console output channel count
Number of Derived Outputs	8	8
Tracker Support	❌	Coming Soon!
Control 3rd party renderers	❌	Coming Soon!
Snapshots	✅	✅
Sequences	✅	✅
OSC Control	✅	✅
MIDI Control	✅	✅
MTC Triggers	✅	✅
3D Spatial Environment	✅	✅
Shaping Nodes	✅	✅
Panner Visualisation	✅	✅

Feature List

Compare panLab 2 and panLab 3 feature sets with the table below. Whilst panLab 3 offers our very latest feature set, we continue to offer panLab 2 for sale, as it offers greater compatibility with older macOS operating systems.

Feature	panLab 2	panLab 3
Operating System Requirement	macOS 10.12.2 and later	macOS 11 and later
QLab Compatibility	QLab 4	QLab 4 + QLab 5
Licence Seats	One seat, can be moved between computers	One seat, can be moved between computers
Multichannel Algorithm		X
Fancy Paste		X
Autosave		X
Zoom		X
Floating Window		X
Custom Cue Colours		X
Sequences	X	X
Derived Outputs	X	X
OSC Dictionary	X	X
Zone Opacities	X	X
Shaping Nodes	X	X
Background Images	X	X
Panner Visualisations	X	X
One-click QLab Connection	X	X

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