NewTek TriCaster TC1 (2 RU) User Manual

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Hint: Use SHIFT with DSK 1 and DSK 2 to access DSK 3 and 4.

M/E

FTB

By default, this entire control group affects video layer in the primary

Switcher

. Re-purpose the controls to

operate on the current

M/E delegate

by pressing the M/E button at bottom right in this section.

While the

M/E

button is lit, the

BKGD

and

DSK

delegate buttons, along with other controls in the

TRANSITION

group that correspond to existing M/E and M/E KEY layers and effects, are diverted to the

currently delegated M/Es. (Add

SHIFT

with

DSK

buttons to access

M/E KEY

layers 3 and 4.)

Note that when you hold down

SHIFT

while pressing this button, an

FTB

(Fade to Black) operation is

performed instead. (

FTB

has no dedicated transition controls; its fade in/out duration is derived from the

BKGD

transition setting.)

Hint: When FTB is displayed on Program Out, it obscures all other Switcher activity.

RANSITION

ONTROL

The control surface does not have

Transition Bins

for the different video layers as such, but can nevertheless

control the transition selection and attributes for delegated video layers.

ELECT

When a single layer, such as

BKGD

, is selected in the

TRANSITION

DELEGATE

group on the control surface,

rotating the

SELECT

knob cycles the current transitions in the

Transition Bin

for that layer. When multiple

video layers have been delegated, turning

SELECT

affects the transitions for all layers as follows:

•

When all delegated layers are currently on the same transition b

in ‘slot’, the selection in the

corresponding transition bins simply cycles left or right synchronously.

•

Otherwise (when the

Transition Bin

slots for multi-delegated layers are

not

matched), rotating the

knob moves the selection layer by layer as the knob turns until the selected slots

are

aligned. From

that point, continuing to twist

SELECT

moves the transition selection in lock step.

The

SELECT

knob also acts as a push button:

•

Push

SELECT

to toggle the

Reverse

setting for the

BKGD

transition.

•

Push

SHIFT + SELECT

to toggle the

Ping Pong

switch for the

BKGD

transition.

ATE

The

RATE

knob operates in similar fashion to

SELECT

. Rotate the knob to modify the transition

Rate

for

delegated layers. Or press the knob to cycle through the standard

Slow

Medium

and

Fast

presets. Multi-

delegate selections are handled the same as for

Select

(for both twist and push operations).

Hint: You can assign the A and B rows of M/Es as well as the main PGM and PREV rows to color groups by
turning the respective Select and Rate knobs with the CTRL button held down.