NewTek TriCaster Advanced Edition Automation and Integration Guide - Manual (Page 19)

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Chapter 4 THE MACRO SYSTEM
Macros can smooth your workflow, reducing complex operations to a single button press, and
making it easier to produce sophisticated programs. Macros can also eliminate embarrassing
operator errors. Too, the fact that there are nearly endless ways to trigger macros provides
many opportunities for both workflow streamlining and creative applications.
Keeping up with the action is one of the hardest things about live production. Fingers can only move so fast,
and it can be hard to recall and perform important sequential steps without any slipups.
Macros are the answer to that dilemma. Record a sequence of events and play it back with one click. Or
trigger it with a keystroke, control surface, MIDI panel or sequencer, your smart phone, automatically on a
HotSpot action, on achieving a designated audio threshold, or many other alternatives.
FIGURE 1
Macros can do almost anything. Preload and play content, modify audio settings, automate multi-step
sequences or perform synchronous operations. The amazing versatility of macros more than justifies the
prominence the Macros button gets in the Dashboard area of most TriCaster and 3Play models.
Section 4.1 M
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FIGURE 2