Grass Valley Karrera Video Production Center Installation v.4.1 - Manual (Page 31)

KARRERA — Installation & Service Manual 31
Section
1
Introduction
Note For reader convenience this identical Section 1 is included at the beginning
of each Karrera manual. If you are already familiar with this material you can
skip to the next section.
Overview
The Grass Valley Karrera family of multi-format digital production
switchers provides powerful, ground-breaking features designed to meet
the widest range of requirements for live studio, mobile, and post-produc-
tion applications.
Features
• Frames scale from 1 to 2.5 MEs in compact (4 RU) frames and from 1 to
4.5 MEs in standard (8 RU) frames.
• Half-ME option includes cut/mix transitions and six linear/luminance
keyers.
• Up to 48 inputs and 24 outputs in the compact frame and up to 96
inputs and 48 outputs in the standard frame.
• Up to 16 floating internal DPM channels—four per ME—available on
any full-function keyer. Plus four powerful expansion DPMs available
in the standard frame.
• Up to 30 keyers, six per ME.
• Keys 1 through 4 on full MEs have two pages of video and key storage.
• 999 macros with many ways to recall macros from panel. Integrated
macro editor allows users to edit macros online or offline on a PC
running the menu application.
• 1,000 E-MEM registers with Define E-MEM for fine control in creation
and editing of effects. Define E-MEM exposes 23 sublevels per ME for
partial keyframing and allows the assignment of non-ME sublevels to
MEs.