panLab 3 Spatialise Your Sound Design

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What is panLab?

A spatial audio mixing solution, built to work seamlessly with QLab.

Simple 5 minute setup

Create a spatial audio environment that utilises all 64 QLab Cue Outputs. The process is so simple, you should be up and running in minutes.

Add Audio Cues

Any QLab Audio or Mic cue can be added as an object on the panner. Drop the cue on the panner and start mixing!

Update Output Levels

As you adjust cues in the panner, we update your QLab cue output levels using our bespoke algorithm.

Add movement with Sequences

Adding movement to your sound design couldn’t be simpler. Draw paths straight onto the panner and panLab will add the necessary fade cues straight into QLab.

Paul Gatehouse

“I can’t imagine working without panLab now! Superb piece of software that allows me to work quickly and stay fully in the creative zone.”

Grammy & Tony Award nominated Sound Designer

Gareth Owen

"I have been incredibly impressed with panLab. It allows me to create complex surround sound panning sequences, such as the motorbike roaring round the auditorium in 'Bat Out Of Hell', without any
additional third party hardware."

Eight-time Tony & Olivier Award winning and nominated Sound Designer

Beth Duke

“panLab has completely revolutionised the way I create work. I am able to do things that would’ve otherwise been pretty impossible when strapped for time.

I have even found myself beginning my sound design and even compositional process with the reassurance and understanding of what I can achieve with my design because of panLab."

Evening Standard and TikTok Future Theatre Creators Award Nominated Sound Designer

Nick Powell

"panLab 3 is a hugely intuitive and creative tool. The fact it now handles stereo and surround files meant we could use the movement of surround reverbs to really explode solo instruments into the spatial environment."

Tony & Olivier Award Nominated Sound Designer

Avgoustos Psillas Lead Sound Designer, Audio Craft Scandinavia

"Having used Soundscape, I feel that panLab can run alongside it for dynamic panning of all QLab sources whilst Soundscape takes care of the live sources. panLab is an excellent tool and it will accompany me on all my sound designs from now on."

Pricing

Try panLab for free, then choose a licence that suits you.

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panLab Rental Licence

£45

30 day rental licence

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Perfect for work on a single project

This is a one-time purchase, and not a subscription.

What’s Included

Access to full feature set for 30 days
Use with either panLab 2 or panLab 3
Single licence seat

panLab 2 Perpetual Licence

£200

One time purchase

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Legacy software, offering backwards compatibility to macOS 10.12.2

Own panLab 2 forever with this perpetual licence

What’s Included

Access to full panLab 2 feature set
All future version 2 software updates
Single licence seat

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panLab 3 Perpetual Licence

£335

One time purchase

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Ideal for regular users. Works on macOS 11 and later

Own panLab 3 forever with this perpetual licence.

What’s Included

Access to full feature set
All future version 3 software updates
Single licence seat

More Information

Compare panLab 2 and panLab 3 feature sets with this handy table

Got a question? Check out our FAQ Page

Find out more about panLab by reading our great documentation

Read our press release here

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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

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	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	✅	✅

panLab 3 Spatialise Your Sound Design

Used at these iconic institutions

What is panLab?

A spatial audio mixing solution, built to work seamlessly with QLab.

Simple 5 minute setup

Add Audio Cues

Update Output Levels

Add movement with Sequences

Pricing

£45

What’s Included

£200

What’s Included

£335

What’s Included

More Information

Compare panLab 2 and panLab 3 feature sets with this handy table

Got a question? Check out our FAQ Page

Find out more about panLab by reading our great documentation

Read our press release here

Latest News

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