Changing To Cut Bus Switching - Blackmagicdesign ATEM Production Studio 4K Installation And Operation Manual

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You will see color bars appear on the program output and you will notice that none of the
buttons on the front panel will be illuminated red any longer and that's because none of the
sources that use the front panel buttons are on air. If you have a source on the front panel
selected on preview, you will still see that button illuminated green. You can press cut or auto to
transition between the color bars and the preview source.
However, selecting sources on the program bus is quite dangerous as they are instantly
switched to air. So a better option is to scroll to the preview LCD menu and select the source
you want, then confirm it on the preview monitor in the multi view as being the correct source
before transitioning to it using the cut or auto buttons.
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CUT AUTO
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Changing to Cut Bus Switching

By default, the control panel works in program/preview mode, which is more like a traditional
switcher and means changing sources is a two step process where you select the next source
on the preview bus and then select cut or auto. However, in many cases you might like to have
the switch to the new source happen immediately when you select it. This mode is called cut
bus switching and you can change the mode in the LCD menus.
To change to cut bus mode, use the following steps.
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PGM MULTI-VIEW
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Now the front panel will have changed how it works and switching is performed the instant you
select a source. For example, try selecting a different source using the main input buttons and
you can see that it's immediately selected and the button is illuminated red. You will notice that
there is no green button highlighted now and that's because there is no preview bus to select
the source as the source is simply selected the moment you push the button and it's on air
instantly. That's why all buttons are now illuminated red.
Now scroll down the list of sources in the program menu until you get to the one you
want. In this example, let's select color bars.
Press set to select it.
Press the menu button to back out of the menus back to the video preview screen.
Preview Source
Color Bars
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Color 2
Media Player 1
A safe way to preview sources before switching them
to air is to use the LCD menu to select sources to the
preview output and monitor them on the multi view
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Press the menu button to display the menus.
Scroll with the knob through the menus to the "Settings" menu.
Press the set button and you will see the settings menu page will be selected.
Now scroll down the list to the mode menu and select it by pressing the set button.
Scroll to the cut bus mode and select it by pressing set.
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ANALOG AUDIO IN
Press the menu button to back out of the menus back to the video preview screen.
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