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Q
UALIFIERS
–
SHIFT,
CTRL,
ALT
Another group of four buttons just below includes the
Macro
button (discussed momentarily), along with
modifier keys (
SHIFT
,
CTRL
and
ALT
). The latter three buttons are used in combination with other operations
to produce alternate results.
MACRO
The last butt
on we will discuss in this group offers spectacular convenience. TriCaster’s powerful macro
system is fully addressable from TC1LP. A macro can be assigned to any button on the surface in much the
same manner as it can be assigned to a keyboard button. The steps are as follows:
1.
On TriCaster’s
Live Desktop
, open the
Macro Configuration Editor
.
2.
Select the macro you wish to assign in the onscreen lister.
3.
Click the mouse in the
Listen
field at bottom left.
4.
Hold down the
MACRO
button and press a suitable button on the control surface.
That’s it –
you can close the
Macro Configuration
panel and test the result. To play back the macro at any time,
press the
MACRO
button along with the assigned key.
M/E
KEY
AND
LAYER
DELEGATES
The second stripe is similar, but has an
M/E KEY
DELEGATE
group in place of
DSK
buttons (Figure
Below this,
M/E LAYER DELEGATE
buttons
control the two twenty four button rows at left.
The upper row can be delegated to control either
Layer A
or
C
in cases when an
M/E
effect has
*four layers (layer count varies by model).
Likewise, the lower row can support selections
in either
Layer B
or
D
.
Hint: Delegate buttons generally support multi-
selection. Note, as well, that If you reduce the number of layers required by an M/E (by loading a different effect)
the control surface will automatically revise the LAYER SELECT delegate state as required.
SHOW
PREVIEW
This buttons toggles the
Tabs Follow All Delegates
option in TriCaster, which in turn causes
TriCaster’s
M/E
Preview
viewports to update when a new
M/E DELEGATE
selection is made.
Hint: As an alternative to manually selecting an M/E to delegate the stripe to (as discussed next), press SHIFT
+ SHOW PREV
to enable ‘Stripe Follows Preview’ mode, in which case the str
ipe assignment tracks M/E
selectio
ns made on the Switcher’s PREV row.
FIGURE 276