Edirol V-4 - Manual (Page 7)

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Contents
USING THE UNIT SAFELY......................................................................3
IMPORTANT NOTES ...............................................................................5
Contents ..................................................................................................7
Welcome ..................................................................................................9
Features of the V-4................................................................................10
Four-channels of video inputs................................................................................................................................... 10
Two independent frame synchronizers ................................................................................................................... 10
High-quality digital effects ........................................................................................................................................ 10
Simple operation ......................................................................................................................................................... 10
Preview function ......................................................................................................................................................... 10
Switching and effects synchronized to music......................................................................................................... 10
Control from external MIDI devices ........................................................................................................................ 10
What is V-LINK? ....................................................................................11
Before you begin...................................................................................12
Check the included items........................................................................................................................................... 12
Names of things and what they do........................................................................................................................... 13
About Ground Terminal ............................................................................................................................................ 16
Connecting peripheral devices............................................................17
Typical connection example ...................................................................................................................................... 17
Video signal flow ........................................................................................................................................................ 18
Turning the power on/off......................................................................19
Turning the power on................................................................................................................................................. 19
Turning the power off ................................................................................................................................................ 19
Checking the inputs and outputs ........................................................20
Checking the final output .......................................................................................................................................... 20
Checking the output to the preview monitor ......................................................................................................... 20
About the display on preview monitor ................................................................................................................... 21
About the Memory dial (MEMORY)......................................................22
Switching two images ..........................................................................23
Switching by Cut ......................................................................................................................................................... 23
Switching with dissolve ............................................................................................................................................. 24
Switching with Wipe .................................................................................................................................................. 24
Using fade-to-white or fade-to-black ....................................................................................................................... 25
Compositing two images .....................................................................26
Using Picture In Picture to composite images ........................................................................................................ 26
Using Chroma Key to composite images ................................................................................................................ 27
Using Luminance Key to composite images ........................................................................................................... 28
Changing the color of the image .........................................................31
Applying the Negative effect .................................................................................................................................... 31
Applying the Colorize effect...................................................................................................................................... 32
Changing the motion of the image ......................................................34
Applying strobe motion ............................................................................................................................................. 34
Applying the Multi or Mirror effects ....................................................35