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Page 2: ...00 TriCaster TCXD300 TCXD40 TriCaster 40 TriCaster TCXD40 TriCaster PRO TriCaster STUDIO TriCaster BROADCAST TriCaster DUO ProTek ProTek Care ProTek Elite iVGA SpeedEDIT 3PLAY 3Play 3Play 4800 3PXD480...

Page 3: ...TriCaster 8000 CS AVID Artist Mix TriCaster 450 850 CS TimeWarp 850 TW TriCaster 40 CS TimeWarp TW 42 LiveControl LC 11...

Page 4: ...ection 4 3 TriCaster 8000 CS 7 3 1 Walkthrough 7 3 1 1 Switcher Rows 8 3 1 2 MAIN TRANSITION Controls 9 3 1 3 MEDIA PLAYERS 13 3 1 4 POSITIONER 15 3 1 5 M Es 17 3 2 Features and Controls 20 3 2 1 Conn...

Page 5: ...GE 41 4 3 3 BANK 41 4 3 4 Level Control 42 4 3 5 Knob Set Selectors 42 4 3 6 Balance Pan Control 43 4 3 7 Mono Talk 43 4 3 8 Solo Mute 43 4 3 9 Follow 44 4 4 Audio Groups 44 4 5 EQ Control 44 4 6 Comp...

Page 6: ...Record Group 79 5 2 9 Qualifier Buttons 80 6 TriCaster 40 CS 81 6 1 Features and Controls 81 6 1 1 Connecting to TriCaster 82 6 1 2 Delegates and Synchronization 82 6 1 3 Switcher Delegates 83 6 1 4...

Page 7: ...8 3 Transition Section 108 8 3 1 Fade and FX 108 8 3 2 SPEED and FX 109 8 3 3 FTB and ALT 109 8 3 4 Fade All Take All 110 8 4 Overlay Section TriCaster SD 110 8 4 1 The Joysticks 111 8 4 2 DDR1 DDR2 T...

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Page 9: ...a minimum of reading or if you are a devout reader you can be the hero others turn to for expert advice The manual is structured as follows Part I Getting Started Part 1 provides an introduction to T...

Page 10: ...ve production systems Note The original TriCaster RS 8 or TriCaster VM control surface is no longer in production and is not covered A 1 A CONTROL SURFACE FOR EVERY NEED This User Guide discusses mult...

Page 11: ...trol over the video layers constituting your program Quickly and confidently perform your switching operations Advanced TriCaster control surfaces manage transitions on a per layer basis govern the ba...

Page 12: ...TriCaster 850 TW The perfect complement to either TriCaster 850 CS or TriCaster 450 CS this instant replay controller is equally capable of performing as a solo act alongside any high definition TriCa...

Page 13: ...ected to a powered USB hub using a short USB cable in turn connecting the USB hub to a USB port on the TriCaster See also Section 5 2 1 Important Note So called USB extenders are not recommended havin...

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Page 15: ...es Fittingly an incredibly powerful and innovative control surface is included with the system TriCaster 8000 CS provides more than just control it goes well beyond the norm in providing useful feedba...

Page 16: ...be fine to substitute a Media Player with a suitable video clip cued up for this exercise 2 Select Camera 2 or a different Media Player on the PVW row 3 In the Live Desktop add a title page to the GF...

Page 17: ...in our exploration of switching with the Downstream Key video channel controls Click the DSK 1 AUTO button observing Program output as you do so Not surprisingly since the GFX 1 player is assigned to...

Page 18: ...for both delegates changes as you do so 16 Now push the Rate knob a few times as though it was a button As you do so watch the Transition speed of both selected delegates in the user interface The se...

Page 19: ...transition we just performed did not affect it so it should still be displayed if you removed it from view while experimenting please restore it before continuing 25 Press the BKGD DSK 1 and DSK 2 de...

Page 20: ...ill be affected by a Main Take or Auto The end result of either of those operations will be as follows DSK 1 currently seen on Program will be removed from view but will re appear on Preview DSK 2 wil...

Page 21: ...ing FTB did not actually perform a Fade to Black operation rather it delegated the main Take Auto and T bar controls to control the FTB video layer Hint Press Shift FTB to actually perform an FTB oper...

Page 22: ...e MEDIA PLAYERS DELEGATE group on the control surface 32 If LOOP for DDR 1 is not enabled i e its button is not brightly lit on the control surface press the LOOP button once 33 Press the DDR 2 button...

Page 23: ...le AUTOPLAY SINGLE and LOOP for both DDRs 42 Select different video sources on the Switcher s PGM and PVW rows 43 Use the DSK row to assign DDR 1 to DSK 1 44 Likewise assign DDR 2 to DSK 2 45 Select b...

Page 24: ...transition speed for the BKGD video layer to 00 15 51 Multi select DSK 1and DSK 2 in the MAIN TRANSITION DELEGATE group press RATE until both DSK video layer transitions is set to 01 00 52 Multi sele...

Page 25: ...ITION DELEGATE group The Preview monitor will now show the Switcher s Preview row selection only and the Program monitor will display the current Program row selection this will let you see how subseq...

Page 26: ...ut A in all currently delegated M Es in this instance then for both M E 1 and 2 Push the DDR 1 button on the row labeled A Push the B button in the M E Layer Delegate group and then push the DDR 2 but...

Page 27: ...POS SCALE button in the POSITIONER mode group Watch the monitors as you Scale and position the source assigned to Input A to approximate Figure 59 Hint If Positioner settings have been applied to Inpu...

Page 28: ...our TriCaster control surface should be clear with a little bit of practice you ll be able to control your TriCaster with unparalleled ease and confidence This concludes our walkthrough If you like pl...

Page 29: ...Both TriCaster s Live Desktop and the control surface supply delegate button groups to govern other controls This is extends the capability of controls and also supports multi selections thus permitt...

Page 30: ...ff for that source Likewise hold ALT while pushing a PREVIEW row button to toggle its Proc Amp Note that the source need not be actually selected on the PREVIEW row to do this and multi selections are...

Page 31: ...tons remain lit Multiple selections can be performed by pressing one or more buttons at the same time DELEGATE buttons determine what video layers the main Take Auto and T Bar affect and the scope of...

Page 32: ...responding transition bins simply cycles left or right synchronously Otherwise when the Transition Bin slots for multi delegated layers are not harmonized rotating the knob moves the selection layer b...

Page 33: ...er control surface provides both local and main transition controls MAIN T BAR TAKE AND AUTO These controls correspond exactly to their Live Desktop counterparts and affect all currently delegated vid...

Page 34: ...n to track the Switcher s PVW row selection This can be very valuable as it automatically ensures that adjustments you make to settings will affect the M E that you plan to display next The M E contro...

Page 35: ...in the M E LAYER DELEGATE group govern the B D row SHOW PREV This buttons toggles the Tabs Follow All Delegates option in TriCaster which in turn causes M E Preview monitor panes to update when a new...

Page 36: ...for output LIVESET SHOT The LIVESET SHOT group buttons labeled 1 8 select the active Zoom Preset for the currently delegated Virtual Inputs The ANIM ZOOM button corresponds to the Animate Zoom switch...

Page 37: ...st Positioner delegate group consists of eight buttons one for each of the primary M E input layers A D and KEY layers These delegate Joystick operations to the corresponding layers in the M Es curren...

Page 38: ...ick clockwise counter clockwise as viewed from above To pan o Title the joystick backward forward left or right SHTL SHUTTLE Push SHTL Shuttle to delegate the joystick to shuttle the Media Player s cu...

Page 39: ...ounter clockwise to reduce cropping of delegated sources on all 4 edges Move the joystick horizontally to crop only the left edge of delegated sources Move the joystick horizontally with the joystick...

Page 40: ...ts default display a few moments after releasing the joystick to its at rest position just as occurs when using Positioner tools on the Live Desktop 3 2 7 MEDIA PLAYERS GROUP MEDIA PLAYER DELEGATE Fig...

Page 41: ...RANSPORT CONTROL Previous Item Press this button to go to the previous playlist entry in delegated Media Players The selection cycles to the last playlist entry when necessary Stop Push once to end pl...

Page 42: ...utton flashes to reminds you that you must hold the CTRL button down while pushing REC to end recording STREAM Push to enable or disable TriCaster s live streaming feature GRAB Push to store a snapsho...

Page 43: ...mination in a way that soon becomes instinctive and which provides unparalleled confidence in use The following tables provide a color code for your convenience 3 4 1 M E TRANSITION LIGHTING For an M...

Page 44: ...ar lighting is at its brightest Removing the layer dims the illumination 5 The T bar is always lit in orange for M E s in Effect mode 3 4 2 MAIN TRANSITION 1 Just as you would expect the illumination...

Page 45: ...tors Adjust audio levels panning and balance equalization select change mixer presets and more The compact Artist Mix console provides excellent visual feedback and delivers control beyond what can po...

Page 46: ...o a different computer and transfer it to TriCaster s hard drive across a network or by USB flash drive etc 4 Double click the icon for the installer application Install_EuControl exe 5 Follow the ins...

Page 47: ...ster and turn the surface on again If Artist Mix is still not recognized at this point double check your connections Also when more than one TriCaster is connected to the network make sure each one ha...

Page 48: ...ent We ll discuss how to customize this default configuration a bit later but for now let s consider basic navigation 4 3 1 PANEL LAYOUT Figure 30 illustrates the control surface layout Figure 30 1 So...

Page 49: ...m the default Input 1 8 view pressing NUDGE updates the controls and display to govern TriCaster s Audio Inputs 2 7 along with Net 1 Push NUDGE to restore Input 1 to the left most slot 4 3 3 BANK Belo...

Page 50: ...the first of the two channels for that input 4 3 5 KNOB SET SELECTORS A set of Knob Set selectors Figure 34 runs vertically down the left side of Artist mix left of the first fader Essentially these...

Page 51: ...source or for audio sources set to Mic input types in TriCaster s Audio Mixer to adjust the Pan setting for the corresponding channel 4 3 7 MONO TALK In PAN mode push the small ON button to the left o...

Page 52: ...rent Knob Set modes 4 4 AUDIO GROUPS Press the Knob Set selector labeled GROUP Note that although this label is shown on Artist Mix as the shifted state you do not need to press SHIFT at the same time...

Page 53: ...only In this fashion you can easily adjust all settings for one source To select a particular source such as Input 1 or 2 for adjustment press the button labeled SEL to the left of the fader in the c...

Page 54: ...the CHAN option setting Pushing the CHAN button changes this relationship In channel mode all of the knobs and faders are assigned to a single TriCaster audio source or channel from the Artist Mix vi...

Page 55: ...faders normally controls source levels while the rotary knob adjusts Balance or Pan When FLIP is active it s the other way around While not particularly useful for most operations FLIP comes into its...

Page 56: ...ss SEL the selection will revert to its original state 4 Press the SEL button to execute the insert operation This action will insert a new unassigned control group in the current Artist Mix slot push...

Page 57: ...irable however to lock one or more sources in a fixed position thus keeping it in view on the control surface at all times despite any use of the navigation buttons For example you may well wish to co...

Page 58: ...des full access to TriCaster s Audio Mixer preset system Keep in mind that these can be a very convenient way to store and recall different source layouts for Artist Mix too You can choose a preset or...

Page 59: ...iCaster family of control surfaces is the number of channels supported by their namesake TriCaster live production system TriCaster 855 CS is a bit wider than 455 CS to support the additional channels...

Page 60: ...eir user interface representations on the Live Desktop Hint Generally we ll use TriCaster 450 CS to illustrate points involving the Switcher rows for the simple reason that the images can be larger if...

Page 61: ...ress Graphics or Still whichever you used in Step 3 on the UTIL row This assigns the Stills module to DSK 1 61 Press the DSK 2 button in the UTIL BUS DELEGATE control group 62 Press DDR 2 or Title fro...

Page 62: ...bins for the first three primary video layers but the control surface does not Even so you can adjust the local video layer transition settings in various ways as follows 64 Click the BKGD delegate b...

Page 63: ...ly selected transition 73 Push the Select knob as though it was a button Doing so toggles the Normal Reverse state for this transition you ll be able to see this in the Transition Options panel you op...

Page 64: ...r multi selecting them Take a look at the progress gauge beneath the Delegate button for DSK 1 in the user interface It currently indicates that DSK 1 is fully displayed In contrast the gauge beneath...

Page 65: ...oved from view but will re appear on Preview DSK 2 will be displayed on Program Out instead The BKGD layer will not change that s why the Preview correctly predicts no change to that video layer inste...

Page 66: ...83 Press the main Take button again clearing the FTB video layer from Program out 5 1 4 MEDIA PLAYERS Let s take a brief look at the MEDIA PLAYER control group Figure 55 84 By way of preparation a Se...

Page 67: ...LOOP button illuminates correctly showing the current state for DDR 1 90 Multi select the DDR 1 DDR 2 delegate buttons 91 Press LOOP LOOP is turned off for both of the delegated Media Players 92 Press...

Page 68: ...on as you do so 102 Push the DSK 1 button in the Positioner DELEGATE group and use the joystick to reposition DSK 1 to the upper left quadrant of the screen again using Preview to guide you Push forwa...

Page 69: ...ess Auto again All of the above resulted from your pressing a single button You can see that the control surface allows you to quickly configure complex compositions and display them with flair Multi...

Page 70: ...V2 We re going to create two matching Virtual Input setups We could just as easily use different LiveSets but our current purposes don t require that so we ll opt for simplicity Figure 57 Figure 58 Mu...

Page 71: ...s have been applied to Inputs A or B previously in either Virtual Input 1 or 2 with V1 V2 and POS SCALE selected you need simply press Reset to clear them all to the defaults in one operation Let s do...

Page 72: ...ase and confidence This concludes our walkthrough If you like please continue reading for the complete details of every feature 5 2 FEATURES AND CONTROLS Your TriCaster control surface provides superb...

Page 73: ...tions degrading the signal Your TriCaster CS may seem reliable for some time in this configuration and then unexpectedly fail If this should happen disconnecting and reconnecting the control surface m...

Page 74: ...hree delegated Virtual Inputs is now synchronized You will see this synchronization method applied to the following controls Media Players Loop Autoplay and Single Transition Rate Transition Select Vi...

Page 75: ...IEW row to do this and multi selections are supported UTIL UTILITY ROW UTIL row buttons are also mutually exclusive The subordinate role of the UTIL Row is subtly reinforced by the use of slightly sma...

Page 76: ...An exception is made when newly selecting multiple delegates with control settings that do not initially match For example if DSK1 and DSK 2 have different sources assigned and are newly multi selecte...

Page 77: ...utton flashes for several seconds if you should make a new TRANSITION DELEGATE selection that does not include FTB TRANSITION BIN CONTROL The control surface does not have Transition Bins for the diff...

Page 78: ...ions are handled the same as for Select for both twist and push operations FADE TRANS Figure 65 These two buttons provide a quick way to control the Transition Bin selection for the delegated switcher...

Page 79: ...K 1 and DSK 2 but not FTB These perform a cut or transition respectively affecting only the corresponding switcher layer Hint When a DSK layer is fully displayed on Program out its local Take button o...

Page 80: ...s that adjustments you make to settings will affect the Virtual Input that you plan to display next INPUT ROWS Just as in the Live Desktop the Overlay row selection determines the source for the Overl...

Page 81: ...ansition bin selection through transitions currently available in the Overlay Transition Bin in the user interface Rotate the TRANS RATE knob to modify the transition duration Press the knob to cycle...

Page 82: ...pplies directly to all delegated Virtual Inputs If you push a zoom preset button a second time at any point the animated zoom will ease out and stop Press it again to re commence the zoom and complete...

Page 83: ...to control the zoom level of the currently delegated Virtual Input s The joystick mode buttons such as POS SCALE discussed shortly are not lit when the POSITIONER DELEGATE selection is VIRTUAL ZOOM U...

Page 84: ...luminated at a time Also note that when the active Positioner DELEGATE is either Virtual Zoom or Shuttle the Joystick Mode is irrelevant and is ignored POS SCALE Move the joystick horizontally vertica...

Page 85: ...ld down CTRL when operating the joystick This will increase its sensitivity by a factor of 10 RESET Despite its location RESET is really an action button not a Joystick mode Press it to restore all po...

Page 86: ...d stop both DDRs at the identical moment PREV NEXT PRESET These two buttons let you to cycle backwards or forwards respectively through existing presets for the delegated Media Player TRANSPORT CONTRO...

Page 87: ...no Autoplay feature so logically AUTOPLAY does not affect it 5 2 8 RECORD GROUP Figure 73 Three buttons labeled REC STRM and GRAB are located in the RECORD group REC Pressing this button enables TriCa...

Page 88: ...Page 80 5 2 9 QUALIFIER BUTTONS Figure 74 The SHIFT CTRL and ALT buttons provided on the control surface support extended features and future expansion...

Page 89: ...soon wonder how you ever got along without it TriCaster 40 CS though compact provides full control over the various video layers and effects provided by its namesake live production system Controls ar...

Page 90: ...SB cables with a powered hub Each added connector introduces reflections degrading the signal Your TriCaster CS may seem reliable for some time in this configuration and then unexpectedly fail If this...

Page 91: ...tual Input 4 MAIN FX OVERLAY ROW When MAIN is selected in the SWITCHER DELEGATE group operations in this row are further modified by the OVERLAY DELEGATE selection in the Transition T Bar group When M...

Page 92: ...orrespond to the OVERLAY INPUT A and INPUT B rows of the delegated Virtual Input 6 1 4 SHIFT ALT SHIFT SHIFT is a qualifier button like ALT providing access to secondary functions for certain buttons...

Page 93: ...different Media Player selection while ALT is pressed Without releasing ALT press one of the first four buttons in the row to perform the transport navigation operation assigned to it as listed above...

Page 94: ...n display and hide both DSK channels in tandem SHIFT FUNCTIONS The SHIFT key provides access to certain special features in connection with transitions as follows SHIFT AUTO Reverse direction to fully...

Page 95: ...AR INDICATORS TriCaster s onscreen T Bar always snaps back to the top at the end of a transition This is not true of course for the T Bar on the control surface To help you know what will result from...

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Page 97: ...the perfect complement to one of these control surfaces Of course it delivers the same precise control over TriCaster s instant replay recording and live playback when used alone The earlier TW 42 tho...

Page 98: ...your TriCaster live production system 2 Select that source on the Switcher s Program row 3 Open TriCaster s Record Configuration panel and set the source or the Primary Source for EXTREME models to t...

Page 99: ...key Your instant replay will automatically be displayed on TriCaster s Program Output replacing the live video feed The replay clip will play through once at half speed and then the live source will...

Page 100: ...ndary recording on TriCaster 855 455 and EXTREME models is unaffected by clip marking operations Figure 81 For convenience related controls and buttons are grouped together on the control surface We w...

Page 101: ...ook at the members of each control group and their purpose 7 2 2 DDR DELEGATE Figure 82 Much of the functionality of your TriCaster 850 TW relates to clip playback navigation and the like These are es...

Page 102: ...nto the Paste buffer Paste Push to insert Paste buffer content into the playlist of the delegated DDR Esc close any popup dialog or text entry item Hint These four buttons are also action buttons that...

Page 103: ...ses where no button corresponds exactly to the newly established speed no preset button will be illuminated The speed T Bar works in similar fashion to the preset buttons but provides a smoothly varia...

Page 104: ...ally recorded data up to that time is simply dropped and is not added to the DDR playlist ALT IN A different operation results when you hold down ALT see Section 7 2 6 at the same time as you push IN...

Page 105: ...e on disk is not modified This feature is supported on TW 42 as well but only on HD model TriCasters Hint This is a non destructive edit of the playlist clip equivalent to dragging the trim handle at...

Page 106: ...ing SHIFT REC TW 42 NOTES There is no REC button on TW 42 Even so pushing the Replay In button will automatically enable Record Recording is such an important function we are sure you agree you don t...

Page 107: ...the first four playlist presets for the currently selected DDR TW 42 NOTES Preset selection is not supported by TW 42 7 2 10 TRANSPORT CLIP CONTROLS This group of controls provides a variety of conven...

Page 108: ...Push Alt Stop during playback to jump to the end of the current clip Play Push to play the current clip in delegated DDR beginning at the current frame Next Clip highlights the next clip in the playli...

Page 109: ...hat is assigned to the Overlay channel of a Virtual Input can be quickly displayed or hidden with its own transition effect And of course something similar can be achieved with either of the primary D...

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Page 111: ...ly replicates the Switcher and related controls of your NewTek live production system This is no great surprise since the virtual controls in the interface were cleverly designed to mimic the appearan...

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Page 113: ...ions For example the Net 1 button in the LIVE and PREVIEW rows in the third drawing in Figure 92 shows V6 Virtual Input 6 as a secondary option Holding down ALT along with a button activates its alter...

Page 114: ...ommodate the extra buttons in the onscreen Switcher rows To select V4 Virtual Input 4 hold Alt 11 while pressing the first button Press Alt the second button to select V5 TRICASTER 455 450 AND 450 EXT...

Page 115: ...DDR 2 ALT plus the second button for Still and so on 8 2 2 AUTO AND TAKE TriCaster s primary Auto and Take buttons are located near the T Bar The same is true for LC 11 where they are located left of...

Page 116: ...ce of TriCaster TCXD850 v 2 For example the SPEED and FX knobs simultaneously affect the transition settings for all delegated video layers Likewise pushing the Fade button activates the Crossfade tra...

Page 117: ...on to toggle the Reverse Transition switch Press ALT FX to toggle the Ping Pong Transition switch 8 3 3 FTB AND ALT FTB stand for Fade to Black Unlike the two buttons discussed earlier FTB is an actio...

Page 118: ...y useful for introducing a new scene with an identifying lower third graphic for example TRICASTER 300 450 850 455 AND 855 These TriCaster models have two downstream DSK Overlay channels LC 11 respect...

Page 119: ...R 1 or DDR 2 knobs scrolls through the clips listed in the corresponding DDR module Rotating the knob labeled TXT cycles through the current list of text pages loaded in the Titles tab Pushing a DDR b...

Page 120: ...in the following sections Joystick A assign a Virtual Input to the Preview row and tilt the joystick towards or away from you to zoom it in or out Joystick B assign a Virtual Input to the Program row...

Page 121: ...d Effect buttons are modifiers holding one of these buttons down affects the resulting action when you use one of the joysticks or knobs above SELCT SELECT Press and hold the Selct button as described...

Page 122: ...ADJUST SCALE 1 Press and hold the button labelled Scale 2 Use the Overlay 1 or Overlay 2 joysticks to independently adjust the scale of the corresponding channel on either axis RESET SCALE 1 Press an...

Page 123: ...nnels on the Live Desktop When the button is pressed while ALT is held down the action is applied to DSK 2 otherwise DSK 1 is affected As you would expect pressing Take toggles the current overlay on...

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