Shaping Your Audio Mix Using Advanced Fairlight Controls; Input Level; Delay Control - Blackmagicdesign ATEM Installation And Operation Manual

Shaping your Audio Mix using Advanced Fairlight Controls

ATEM Television Studio Pro 4K has advanced Fairlight audio controls that let you enhance
and refine the quality of sound on each input and master output, including input level controls,
a 6 band parametric equalizer and powerful dynamics settings. This section of the manual
shows the different Fairlight audio controls you can use to shape and optimize the audio mix
in your live production.

Input Level

Generally, when setting up your audio mix, the first step is to normalize all your inputs. This
means adjusting the input level knob on each input so you can optimize all the levels to their
highest strength without clipping.
This control is at the top of each track under the tally light. Change the level by clicking on the
knob and dragging left to decrease the level, or right to increase. By setting the input control,
it brings all the inputs up to a common signal strength so they are all at their strongest without
clipping. Then you can start making advanced changes and refinements.

Delay Control

Sometimes when using analog audio via your switcher's XLR inputs, there may be a slight
difference in the sync between analog audio and video. For example, the analog audio may
sound slightly ahead of the video. This is because analog audio is independent of the video
inputs and could be coming direct from a microphone, while the SDI inputs might have some
delay depending on upstream equipment, such as some cameras and video processors.
Setting the audio delay will ensure the analog audio input is perfectly AV synced to the video
inputs from cameras.
To adjust the amount of delay on the selected input:
1 Click on the delay indicator beneath the input audio level control knob on the
channel strip.
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