NewTek TriCaster Advanced Edition Automation and Integration Guide - Manual (Page 33)

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5.2.4 AUDIO AUTOMATION
Similar automation functionality is provided by TriCaster’s Audio Mixer. The related controls are located in
the Automation group in the Input Settings tab of the advanced Audio Configuration panel.
Hint: To open this panel, roll the mouse over the control group for any input in TriCaster’s Audio Mixer, and click
the gear gadget that appears at the top in the label for that input.
The Automation control group contains Follow Program Video (also known as ‘AFV’, for Audio Follows
Video) and Macro options.
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Enabling Follow Program Video options for an audio source
directs TriCaster to track switcher operations affecting the
related video source.
Audio for sources with Follow Program Video enabled in the
Audio Configuration panel is automatically removed from
mixed outputs until one or more specified video sources are
actually displayed on Program output.
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Audio threshold triggers allows you to specify a value in decibels to serve as a macro trigger. Whenever the
sound level on that input rises above the threshold (or falls below it), designated macros will run
Hint: Transient sounds such as a brief cough are automatically filtered out.
In this manner you could, for example, automatically perform a ‘hands-free’ camera switch to show
someone who begins speaking, and then switch back again when he stops.