to an ME/MiniME
™
and press
ME1
or
ME2
on the key bus.
•
MiniME
™
— press the user button assigned
to the MiniME
™
, or press and hold a user
button assigned to an ME/MiniME
™
and
press
MinME1-4
on the key bus.
•
Aux
— press the user button assigned to the
Aux, or press and hold a user button assigned
to an Aux and press
AUX 1-8
on the key bus.
•
MultiScreen
— press the user button
assigned to the MultiScreen, or press and
hold a user button assigned to an
ME/MiniME
™
and press
MultS1
or
MultS2
on the key bus.
Tip:
You can also press AUX X and press the knob
for the Aux Bus you want to select.
2.
Select the bus you want to select a source on.
•
Background Bus
— use the
BACKGROUND bus.
•
Preset Bus
— use the PRESET bus.
•
Key Bus
— press
KEY 1 SEL
to assign the
KEY/AUX/CUSTOM CONTROL bus to
Key 1
•
Aux Bus
— use the KEY/AUX/CUSTOM
CONTROL bus.
3.
Select the source you want to use on the bus. Use
the
Shift
button to access additional sources.
Tip:
You can assign special sources to an Aux Bus by pressing
and holding the AUX X button and pressing the AUX PGM
(Program), AUX PV (Preview), or AUX CLN (Clean Feed)
source button on the Preset bus. These are the first three
buttons on the row.
For information on assigning video inputs to source
buttons, refer to the Setup Guide that came with your
switcher.
Video Layering
How video is layered in the output of the switcher
depends on how an ME is re-entered onto the other, and
what keyers are on-air for the ME. If we assume that
each ME has all keyers on-air, and that ME 1 is re-entered
into the ME 2, the layering will start with ME 1
Background and progress to ME 2 Keyer 4.
Figure 7: Video Layering
Tip:
You can select a MiniME
™
on an ME or different MiniME
™
to re-enter it. Up to two MiniME
™
re-entries, including an ME is
allowed.
ME Re-Entry
Re-entry is the term used to describe the process of
selecting another ME on an ME. For example, if you
select ME 1 on ME 2, ME 1 is said to be re-entered onto
ME 2. Re-entry takes the output of an ME and uses it as
the background or key on the other ME. If you select an
ME on the background bus, the ME becomes background
video source of the other ME. If you select an ME on a
Key Bus, the ME becomes the key source of the other
ME.
Keep the following in mind when working with
re-entries:
•
You cannot re-enter ME 2 into ME 1, or ME 3 into
ME 2.
•
You cannot re-enter an ME, or the Clean Feed of
an ME, into itself.
Re-Entry Timing
To maintain proper video timing through the switcher,
each ME or MiniME
™
exists in a specific timing window.
These windows restrict what can be re-entered into what.
Figure 8: Re-Entry for 3 ME Mode Timing Windows
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