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  • Page 2 330, 3PXD330, LiveText, DataLink, LiveSet, TriCaster Virtual Set Editor, TriCaster VSE, LiveMatte, TimeWarp, VT, VT[3], VT[4], V[T5], Video Toaster, Toaster, Inspire 3D, 3D Arsenal, Aura, LightWave, LightWave 3D and LightWave CORE are trademarks, service marks, and registered trademarks of NewTek. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.
  • Page 3 TriCaster 8000 CS ® Artist Mix AVID TriCaster 450/850 CS TimeWarp 850 TW TriCaster 40 CS TimeWarp TW-42 LiveControl LC-11...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS About This Manual ......................1 Manual Organization ......................1 A Control Surface for Every Need ..................2 Welcome and Setup ......................3 Welcome ........................... 3 Something for Everyone ....................3 2.2.1 Primary Control ......................3 2.2.2 Instant Replay ......................4 Installation ........................
  • Page 5 T-Bar Illumination ......................35 3.4.1 M/E TRANSITION – Lighting ..................35 3.4.2 MAIN TRANSITION ....................36 Avid® Artist Mix ........................ 37 Installing AVID® Artist Mix Software ................38 Connecting Artist Mix ...................... 38 Getting started ........................ 39 4.3.1 Panel Layout ......................40 4.3.2 NUDGE ........................
  • Page 6 5.1.4 Media Players ......................58 5.1.5 Positioner ........................ 59 5.1.6 Virtual Inputs......................61 Features and Controls ..................... 64 5.2.1 Connecting to TriCaster ..................65 5.2.2 Delegates and Synchronization ................65 5.2.3 Switcher Controls ....................66 5.2.4 Transition Group ..................... 68 5.2.5 Virtual Input Group ....................
  • Page 7 7.2.8 DDR options ......................99 7.2.9 Preset (DDR Playlist) ....................99 7.2.10 Transport (Clip controls) ..................99 7.2.11 Tips and Tricks ....................... 100 TriCaster™ LC-11 ......................103 Overview ........................103 8.1.1 LC-11 Variants ....................... 103 Switcher Section ......................105 8.2.1 Selecting Switcher Sources ...................

  • Page 9: About This Manual

    ABOUT THIS MANUAL Estimates are that between 60 and 97% of the human race hate reading manuals. Most prefer to jump right in, maybe asking a friend for occasional help … and who can blame them? This manual attempts to tell you what you need to know in a friendly, concise way, and also provides a comprehensive reference section you can turn to when you need finer detail.

  • Page 10: A Control Surface For Every Need

    TriCaster™.  TimeWarp™ TW-42: This section includes coverage of the original NewTek TimeWarp™ instant replay controller. TriCaster™ LC-11: A discussion of the primary control surface designed for use with the standard definition model TriCaster Studio™ and TriCaster Broadcast™ live production systems.

  • Page 11: Welcome And Setup

    2.2.1 PRIMARY CONTROL At the time of writing, three devices fall into this category, as follows:  TriCaster 8000 CS: A full-function control surface matched to the TriCaster 8000 live production system. Page | 3...

  • Page 12: Instant Replay

     TriCaster LC-11: This control surface was designed for use the standard definition TriCaster Studio and TriCaster Broadcast models. 2.2.2 INSTANT REPLAY NewTek provides potent instant replay solutions in the form of its dedicated 3Play™ systems, but for less demanding installations many have found their TriCaster-based TimeWarp™ control surfaces (which take advantage of TriCaster’s integrated recording and playback capabilities)
  • Page 13 its USB control connection. All other control surfaces are powered by their USB cable. In the latter case, connecting the unit using a USB cable longer than the one originally supplied can diminish available power to the point where problems could ensue, including connection recognition failure or operational problems.

  • Page 15: Tricaster™ 8000 Cs

    TRICASTER™ 8000 CS This spectacular and innovative control surface is the perfect complement to your TriCaster 8000. The discussion that follows provides a quick hands-on tour of its major components and functions, followed by more detailed information. Figure 1 TriCaster 8000’s unparalleled integration of advanced live production technologies offers many exciting new creative possibilities.

  • Page 16: Switcher Rows

    3.1.1 SWITCHER ROWS Figure 2 Let us focus our attention on the main Switcher rows first. You’ll notice that these correspond exactly to their user interface representations on the Live Desktop, with both PGM (Program) and PVW (Preview) rows. Just above there is a third row labeled DSK. We’ll make selections in all three rows momentarily.

  • Page 17: Main Transition Controls

    Now we’re ready now to test the Main Transition controls, located to the right of the Switcher rows and Main DSK Delegates. The Transition controls on TriCaster 8000 CS are slightly simplified as compared to the same controls in the user interface.
  • Page 18 9. Click the BKGD delegate button in the MAIN TRANSITION> DELEGATE control group. 10. Twist the Select knob below (next to Fade) to cycle through the current entries in the BKGD Transition Bin. 11. Click the DSK 1 button in the MAIN TRANSITION> DELEGATE control group. 12.
  • Page 19 Note: DSK Transitions always Ping Pong. Hence their duration menus have no Reverse or Ping Pong switches. 21. If necessary, adjust the Live Desktop Workspace options to show the Preview monitor (next to Program). 22. On the control surface, press the BKGD button in the MAINTRANSITION>DELEGATE group, resulting in it alone being selected.
  • Page 20  The Preview monitor shows DSK 2 (which has GFX 2 assigned to it) over the current Preview row selection. The Look Ahead Preview monitor (or simply, Preview) is showing us the composition that will result if we perform a Take or Auto operation right now. 26.

  • Page 21: Media Players

    Figure 6 27. Press FTB – note that when you do: The other Transition delegate buttons are de-selected. b. The Preview monitor goes completely black. 28. Press the main Auto button, or operate the T-bar. Observe that pressing 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.
  • Page 22 Figure 7 30. By way of preparation: Select DDR 1 on the Program row, and select a video or animation clip. b. Press DDR 2 on the Preview row, and select another video or animation clip. Press BKGD in the Main Transition>Delegate group (de-selecting everything else).

  • Page 23: Positioner

    37. Press LOOP. LOOP is turned on for both of the delegated Media Players. 38. Press the LOOP button yet again. LOOP is disabled for both delegated Media Players. 39. Repeat this exercise using the AUTOPLAY or SINGLE buttons (or both together). Until this point, we’ve not done anything to the Media Players that couldn’t have been done without the control surface, so try the following simple but powerful step:...
  • Page 24 (Push forward or back to move the delegated source vertically in the frame, and left or right for lateral movement.) 49. Push the DSK 2 button in the Positioner DELEGATE group, and repeat the step above, positioning DSK 2 in the lower right quadrant of the screen. 50.

  • Page 25: M/Es

    54. Let this all run for a moment or two to take it all in, then press 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-selecting delegates provides a great deal of convenience, as we’ve seen.
  • Page 26 Figure 9  Multi-select the M/E 1 and M/E 2 buttons in the M/E DELEGATE button group.  Push the A button in the M/E Layer Delegate group, assigning the A/C source row at left to govern the source for input A in all currently delegated M/Es (in this instance then, for both M/E 1 and 2).
  • Page 27  In the POSITIONER group, press the delegate button for layer A. This delegates the Joystick to control the attributes of the A layer of all currently delegated M/Es – in this case, M/E 1 and 2 will both be affected. Figure 10 ...

  • Page 28: Features And Controls

    FEATURES AND CONTROLS Figure 12 The TriCaster 8000 CS control layout closely conforms to the user interface, the principle exception being that singular M/E and Position control groups governed by delegate buttons serve the purpose of multiple controls in the UI.

  • Page 29: Connecting To Tricaster

    3.2.1 CONNECTING TO TRICASTER It is recommended that you connect control surface to TriCaster using the cable it comes with, or a similar length one of good quality. Please be advised that so-called USB extenders are not recommended. This is because each added connector introduces ‘reflections’, degrading the signal.
  • Page 30 1. 1 – 8, Camera inputs 2. NET 1 and NET 2 3. Media Players: a. DDR 1 and DDR 2 b. GFX 1and GFX 2 FRM BFR (Frame Buffer) d. M/E 1 - 8 BLACK Switcher row buttons are mutually exclusive, and the active selection button remains lit. The subordinate role of the DSK row is subtly reinforced by the use of slightly smaller buttons.

  • Page 31: Main Transition Group

    (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-selected in the delegate group, no buttons on the DSK row are lit.) 3.2.4 MAIN TRANSITION GROUP The controls in this group are analogous to those in the corresponding area on the Live...
  • Page 32 TRANSITION BIN CONTROL The control surface does not have Transition Bins for the different video layers as such, but can nevertheless control the transitions (and their attributes) for delegated video layers. SELECT When a single layer, such as BKGD, is selected in the MAIN TRANSITION > DELEGATE group on the control surface, rotating the SELECT knob cycles the current transitions in the Transition Bin for that layer.

  • Page 33: M/E Controls

    FADE & TRANS These two buttons provide a quick way to control the Transition Bin selection for the delegated switcher layer(s). The FADE and TRANS (Transition) buttons are mutually exclusive; selecting either one cancels the other, and only the currently active button remains lit. Pushing FADE offers a quick and convenient way to select the Crossfade transition.
  • Page 34 Figure 17 M/E DELEGATE Figure 18 As you’d expect, the eight buttons in the M/E DELEGATE group (Figure 18) let you select (or multi-select) which M/E(s) are being configured and controlled. FOLLOW PVW Enabling the FOLLOW PREV button forces the DELEGATE selection to track the Switcher's PVW row selection.
  • Page 35 M/E LAYER AND KEY DELEGATE These two delegate button groups control the functionality of the source selection rows at left, allowing you to specify sources for any or all of the video layers of all currently delegated M/E(s). Naturally, the M/E KEY DELEGATE selection(s) govern the KEY row buttons at left Just beneath the KEY row you will notice two identical rows labeled A/C and B/D.
  • Page 36 M/E TRANSITION CONTROLS Figure 21 The final set of M/E delegates referred to earlier is located in the M/E TRANSITION control group. A cursory glance at this control group reveals that is for all intents a twin of the MAIN TRANSITION group, discussed back in Section 3.2.4.

  • Page 37: Positioner Group

    M/E PRESET Four of the buttons in the LIVESET SHOT groups have secondary functions. Press CTRL + (1-4) in this group to select the active M/E preset for currently delegated M/Es. 3.2.6 POSITIONER GROUP Figure 23 DELEGATES The Positioner section allows you to adjust position attributes for any video layer in the Switcher or any M/E effect using the Joystick.
  • Page 38 Two joystick mode buttons are placed separately at left. LiveSet Zoom and SHTL (Shuttle) modes are special in that they dedicate the joystick to operations that are not strictly speaking ‘position- related’. Hint: The buttons in the other joystick mode group (such as POS/SCALE, discussed shortly) cannot be multi-selected with either LIVESET ZOOM or SHTL.
  • Page 39  Twist the joystick clockwise to scale delegated source(s) up, or counter-clockwise to scale down. Hint: When multi-delegate selections are active for the Positioner, adjustments are generally relative to the current state for individual delegates, as opposed to absolute. ROT (ROTATE) ...

  • Page 40: Media Players Group

     When SHUTTLE is delegated, selected Media Players are reset to the starting point of the current item (or playlist). MONITORING While using the joystick in most POSITIONER DELEGATE modes, many adjustments are temporarily shown on the Live Desktop’s Preview monitor. The Preview monitor reverts to its 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.
  • Page 41 PREV/NEXT PRESET Figure 26 These two buttons let you to cycle backwards or forwards respectively through existing presets for the delegated Media Player. MARK IN/OUT Click these buttons to set the in point or out point for the current playlist item in delegated players to the current frame.

  • Page 42: Record Group

    MEDIA PLAYER OPTIONS LOOP, SINGLE, and AUTOPLAY are mode buttons, and toggle the respective settings for all delegated Media Players as appropriate (for example, the Sound player has no Autoplay feature, so logically AUTOPLAY does not affect it). 3.2.8 RECORD GROUP Three buttons labeled REC, STRM, and GRAB are located in the RECORD group.

  • Page 43: T-Bar Illumination

    surface in much the same manner as it can be assigned to a keyboard button. The steps are as follows: 1. On TriCaster’s Live Desktop, open the Macro Configuration Editor. 2. Select the macro you wish to assign in the onscreen lister. 3.

  • Page 44: Main Transition

    3. In a mixed delegate situation (BKGD along with one or more KEY layers) the T-Bar is lit it medium blue, and conforms to the BKGD behavior described above. 4. If one or more KEY layers are delegated without BKGD, the T-Bar color is purple. When the KEY layer (or, for multi-KEY selections, the first KEY layer) is fully displayed, T-Bar lighting is at its brightest.

  • Page 45: Avid® Artist Mix

    AVID® ARTIST MIX TriCaster’s support for the AVID® Artist Mix hardware surface brings a highly desirable level of convenience and creative control to a critical aspect of almost every video production –audio. This chapter explains how to connect and use this powerful third party device.

  • Page 46: Installing Avid® Artist Mix Software

    INSTALLING AVID® ARTIST MIX SOFTWARE AVID(R) provides a utility called EuControl for use with the Artist Mix control surface. This software runs in the background, and is required for TriCaster to recognize and respond to the control surface. 1. From the TriCaster Startup screen, click the Shutdown icon, and choose Administrator Mode.

  • Page 47: Getting Started

    suitable Ethernet cable. In most cases you will wish to use a switch or router rather than a direct connection between the two devices, so TriCaster can also connect to the Internet, etc. 4. Power up TriCaster, and wait for the Start screen to appear; then press the POWER button on the control surface.

  • Page 48: Panel Layout

    Let’s note in passing that this initial layout may not match the Audio Mixer setup in your TriCaster session just at the moment. 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.

  • Page 49: Nudge

    Of course, Artist Mix can be used with a variety of systems and software applications apart from TriCaster. You may already be familiar with its use for certain other purposes. The Artist Mix User Guide provides details regarding each control. In this manual, we’ll focus on the controls as they apply to TriCaster only.

  • Page 50: Level Control

    Note that the  buttons each have alternate functions when pressed with Shift, specifically BANK . These combinations jump past all other configured control groups to display the HOME first and last entries respectively. 4.3.4 LEVEL CONTROL As you would expect, adjusting the position of a given fader modifies the volume level of the corresponding control in TriCaster’s Audio Mixer.

  • Page 51: Balance/Pan Control

    likely be forgiven for never using another Knob Set mode. Generally speaking, the alternative Knob Set modes provide access to deeper audio configuration options and settings. We’ll provide the details of their use in context as we go along. 4.3.6 BALANCE/PAN CONTROL Several controls are nested above each fader, along with the matching OLED display group for that audio input or source.

  • Page 52: Follow

    Hint: As with most convenient rules, there is one exception to the above. If the SOLO and ON buttons are unresponsive, check to see if the button (i.e., the left button on the SHIFT LOCK SHIFT control surface) is lit; if it is, turn it off. 4.3.9 FOLLOW Two other small buttons sit just to the left of each fader strip.

  • Page 53: Compressor/Limiter

    The OLED display will now appear as seen in Figure 39. Normally, all 7 bands for a single input are shown in this manner. In this mode, the knobs below the graph in each group control the setting for a single EQ band, shown above. Figure 39 Note that the label for one input is highlighted in the OLED display.

  • Page 54: Chan Mode

    naturally, the knobs beneath are delegated to control the corresponding attribute for the currently selected source. Hint: Mic Trim (not the same thing as Mic Gain) is only shown for sources set to a Mic mode. Figure 42 CHAN MODE is short for “Channel”.

  • Page 55: Flip Mode

    Hint: It is possible to switch to standard operating mode manually using Artist Mix to control EQ settings. Just press the CHAN button to toggle that mode off. In this state, the knobs in all eight control groups are assigned to a single parameter – so, for example, you could view (and adjust) the 60Hz EQ setting for all sources in the current Artist Mix bank at once if you need to quickly damp that low rumble your microphones are picking up when the air conditioning kicks in.
  • Page 56 Let’s consider an example. To configure the Artist Mix control groups to provide control for TriCaster with Input 1 set to Mic 1, 2 mode proceed as follows: Figure 46 Make sure are both turned off, and then press the FLIP CHAN INSERTS...

  • Page 57: Locking Channels

    The result of our configuration efforts should look just like Figure 46. Don’t forget that the Mic Trim setting for your microphone sources can be adjusted as follows: Press the Mic 1a or 1b (in this example), SEL Y button to the left of the fader track for Then turn the knob under the Mic Trim label.

  • Page 58: Audio Presets

    Note: Locking sources has one slightly annoying side effect. You will see a clone of locked sources elsewhere in the Artist Mix layout. This does not pose a real issue, since the duplicate is fully synced with the locked one, and will operate as expected if you do use it. Unlocking a previously locked source restores it to its normal position.

  • Page 59: Tricaster™ 450 Cs & 850 Cs

    TRICASTER™ 450 CS & 850 CS One of these two control surfaces is the perfect complement to your TriCaster 855 or TriCaster 455. This chapter provides a quick hands-on tour of the major components and functions of your TriCaster™ control surface, followed by more detailed information.

  • Page 60: Walkthrough

    WALKTHROUGH We discussed connecting your control surface to TriCaster™ back in Section 2.3. (Please take time to review this information if your installation requires use of a longer USB cable than the one supplied with your control surface.) Please open a TriCaster session, and let’s proceed to gain some hands-on experience. 5.1.1 SWITCHER ROWS Figure 49 –...

  • Page 61: Transition

    57. In the Live Desktop, add a title page to the Graphics (TriCaster 455) or Stills (TriCaster 855) Media Player – choose something like a lower third (anything that does not completely obscure the screen will do for now). 58. Add a similar title page to DDR 2 (TriCaster 855) or Title (TriCaster 455) Media Player. 59.
  • Page 62 Figure 52 Notice first that while TriCaster’s Live Desktop includes local transition controls for the BKGD (Background) layer, the Transition control group on the control surface does not. 63. Click the local Auto button for the DSK 1 layer. Not surprisingly (since the Still or Graphic module is assigned to DSK 1) the currently selected item in its playlist transitions in to appear above the BKGD layer on Program Output.
  • Page 63 69. Twist Select again, slowly, click by click – observe that the Transition Bin selections for BKGD and DSK 1 first ‘sync up’, and then advance together. 70. Rotate the nearby Rate knob (just above the main Auto button), and keep an eye on the Transition Duration time displays in the Live Desktop.
  • Page 64 76. On the control surface, press the BKGD button in the TRANSITION DELEGATE group, resulting in it alone being selected in the group. 77. Press the main Auto button (below Rate on the control surface), or operate the T-bar to perform a BKGD transition.
  • Page 65 80. Press the DSK 1 and DSK 2 buttons in TRANSITION DELEGATE (so that BKGD is no longer selected). Note that, when you do this, the Preview monitor no longer shows the Switcher’s Preview row selection. Why not? Having de-selected the BKGD delegate, only the DSK 1 and DSK 2 buttons remain lit. Thus only those two video layers will be affected by a main Take or Auto.

  • Page 66: Media Players

    The other Transition delegate buttons are de-selected. b. The Preview monitor goes completely black. 82. Press the main Auto button, or operate the T-bar. Observe that pressing FTB did not perform a Fade to Black – rather it delegated the main Take, Auto and T-bar controls to control the FTB video layer.

  • Page 67: Positioner

    Click the DDR 1 and DDR 2 tabs in the user interface (to let you to see what happens in response to your control surface operations). 85. Press the DDR 1 button in the DELEGATE group under MEDIA PLAYERS on the control surface.
  • Page 68 96. Select different video sources on the Switcher’s PGM and PVW rows (see Section 5.1.1). 97. Use the UTIL row to assign DDR 1 to DSK 1. 98. Likewise, assign DDR 2 to DSK 2. 99. Select both DSK 1 and DSK 2 buttons under DELEGATE in the Positioner group on the control surface.

  • Page 69: Virtual Inputs

    Figure 56 At this point, the display on the Preview monitor should look something like Figure 56. 107. Push the main Auto button. The following will occur: The BKGD transition is performed, swapping the Program and Preview row sources. b. Both DSKs transition in above the BKGD layer. And the two DDRs automatically begin to play.
  • Page 70  Turn off both DSKs, and press the BKGD button in the TRANSITION 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 subsequent steps affect delegated Virtual Inputs.
  • Page 71 Figure 59  Press the POS/SCALE button in the Positioner mode group. Watch the monitors as you Scale and position the source assigned to Input A (which happens to be DDR 1) to approximate Figure 59. Hint: If Positioner settings 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.

  • Page 72: Features And Controls

    FEATURES AND CONTROLS Your TriCaster control surface provides superb tactile control over your NewTek live production system. Careful attention to ergonomics and aesthetics in the design are obvious. These attractive yet rugged control surfaces can be configured for either tabletop or in-table mounting.

  • Page 73: Connecting To Tricaster

     A single Position control group governed by delegate buttons takes the place of multiple controls in the UI. The controls are comprised of grouped sets including the following hardware types:  Backlit push buttons  Twist knobs  T-bar ...

  • Page 74: Switcher Controls

     The Zoom Rate for V1 is set to “S”; V2 is set to “M”; V3’s Zoom Rate is “F”.  You multi-delegate these three Virtual Inputs.  You push the Zoom Rate button once. The rate for V1 increments to “M”. (V2 and V3 are not affected.) ...
  • Page 75 b. STILL or Graphics TITLE (TriCaster 850 CS only) d. FRAME BUFFER BLACK (TriCaster 850 CS only) V1 - (V4 or V8); Virtual Inputs Switcher row buttons are mutually exclusive, and the active selection button remains lit. Hint: Hold down CTRL when clicking a button on the Preview row to toggle LiveMatte on/off for that source.

  • Page 76: Transition Group

    UTIL BUS DELEGATE Figure 63 UTIL BUS DELEGATE (Figure 63) button selections govern which switcher layers the UTIL row is currently controlling; or – from another perspective – which video layers the selected source is assigned to. Note: When possible, all related button selections (and illumination state) are updated to show their current state when new delegate selections are first made.
  • Page 77 TRANSITION DELEGATE As on the Live Desktop, active delegate buttons 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 the Select and Rate knobs. Note that FTB (Fade to Black), although not located beside the other delegates as it is in the user interface, is a delegate button –...
  • Page 78 the selected slots are aligned. From that point, continuing to twist SELECT moves the transition selection in lock step. The SELECT knob also acts as a push button:  Push SELECT to toggle the Reverse setting for the BKGD transition. ...

  • Page 79: Virtual Input Group

    MAIN T-BAR, TAKE AND AUTO These controls correspond exactly to their Live Desktop counterparts, and affect all currently delegated video layers (BKGD, DSK 1, DSK 2, or FTB) at the same time. Note that two small LEDS are situated near the left side of the T-Bar – one at each extreme of its stroke.
  • Page 80 VIRTUAL INPUT DELEGATE Figure 67 Figure 68 Your TriCaster CS provides a VIRTUAL INPUT DELEGATE button group to govern which Virtual Input(s) are affect by operations. Selected DELEGATE buttons are illuminated and, conveniently, multiple selections are supported. FOLLOW PVW Enabling the FOLLOW PVW button (VIRTUAL INPUT DELEGATE group) forces the DELEGATE selection to track the Switcher's PVW row selection.
  • Page 81 Hint: Each Virtual Input has its own dedicated Frame Buffer. As you’d expect, this button references the appropriate Frame Buffer for each delegated Virtual Input, even for multi-delegate selections. VIRTUAL INPUT OVERLAY TRANSITIONS OVERLAY TRANSITION SETTINGS Rotate the TRANS SELECT knob to cycle the transition bin selection through transitions currently available in the (Overlay) Transition Bin in the user interface.

  • Page 82: Positioner Group

    The buttons labeled ZOOM 1-4 selects the active Zoom Preset for the currently delegated Virtual Inputs. The ANIM ZOOM button corresponds to the Animate Zoom switch in Virtual Input tabs on the Live Desktop. When ANIM ZOOM is enabled, pressing an unselected zoom preset button initiates a smooth zoom from the current level to the new level.
  • Page 83 The DELEGATE group includes seven buttons. In some cases, the scope of application for a DELEGATE selection is further modified by button selections in other sections of the control surface. For example:  The VIRTUAL A and VIRTUAL B buttons delegate Joystick operations to Input A and Input B of the Virtual Input(s) currently selected in the VIRTUAL INPUT DELEGATE group.
  • Page 84 The DSK 1 and DSK 2 delegate buttons provide direct selection for these video layers, and are not modified by selections elsewhere. Note: Two of the delegates (VIRTUAL ZOOM and SHUTTLE) are set apart from their siblings. This is because neither of these options supports multi-selection (with other Positioner delegates) like the rest.
  • Page 85 CROP Except when the POSITIONER DELEGATE selection is VIRTUAL ZOOM or SHUTTLE:  Twist the joystick clockwise (as viewed from above) to crop delegated sources inward on all 4 edges, maintaining the original aspect ratio.  Twist the joystick counter-clockwise to reduce cropping of delegated sources on all 4 edges.

  • Page 86: Media Player Group

    5.2.7 MEDIA PLAYER GROUP Figure 72 MEDIA PLAYER DELEGATE The MEDIA PLAYER DELEGATE group contains buttons for TriCaster’s DDR 1, DDR 2, Graphics (450 CS), STILL and TITLE (850 CS), and SOUND modules. This selection determines which Media Player is being controlled at the moment. (Support for multi-selection allows you to do things like start and stop both DDRs at the identical moment.) PREV/NEXT PRESET These two buttons let you to cycle backwards or forwards respectively through existing presets...

  • Page 87: Record Group

     (Play) – Push to initiate playback for delegated Media Players.  | (Next Item) – Push this button to go to the next playlist entry in delegated Media Players. (The selection cycles to the first playlist entry when necessary.) MEDIA PLAYER OPTIONS LOOP, SINGLE, and AUTOPLAY are mode buttons, and toggle the respective settings for all delegated Media Players as appropriate (for example, Sounds has no Autoplay feature, so...

  • Page 88: Qualifier Buttons

    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 | 80...

  • Page 89: Tricaster™ 40 Cs

    TRICASTER™ 40 CS TriCaster 40™ provides a wealth of high definition production power at a very affordable price. Adding a TriCaster™ 40 CS to the system unleashes additional control capabilities, supporting operations not possible otherwise. This chapter provides a detailed review of your TriCaster™ control surface.

  • Page 90: Connecting To Tricaster

    For example, the three source selector rows LABELED FX/OVERLAY, PROGRAM and PREVIEW serve multiple purposes. Depending on the current selection in the Switcher Delegate button group, operations in these rows are directed either to the main Switcher rows by the same names or to a designated Virtual Input.

  • Page 91: Switcher Delegates

    6.1.3 SWITCHER DELEGATES Figure 76 This delegate group dictates what the FX/OVERLAY, PROGRAM and PREVIEW rows will control. The options are mutually exclusive – that is, multiple selections are not supported. Choose one  MAIN  VI – Virtual Input 1 ...

  • Page 92: Shift & Alt

    PROGRAM AND PREVIEW As you would expect, when MAIN is selected in the SWITCHER DELEGATE group, PROGRAM and PREVIEW row operations perform just like their onscreen counterparts. V1-V4 On the other hand, when one of the Virtual Input delegates (V1-V4) is selected in the SWITCHER DELEGATE group, the three rows beneath are repurposed to correspond to the OVERLAY, INPUT A and INPUT B rows of the delegated Virtual Input.

  • Page 93: Transitions

    Specifically, the supported control operations are:  | (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 playback for delegated Media Players; push a second time to return to the start position (this operation respects the Single setting for individual Media Players.
  • Page 94 TriCaster’s Background layer effectively comprises the program output before any DSKs or FTB are considered. When the BKGD delegate button is selected alone, a TAKE swaps the source selected on the PREVIEW row for the one shown on the PROGRAM row. If one or more DSKs is selected along with the BKGD delegate button, the display state for the delegated DSK(s) will be affected as well.
  • Page 95 SELECT AND RATE These two buttons are also governed by the delegate buttons above. Select BKGD and twist the appropriate knob to select a different BKGD transition from the onscreen bin, or to change its rate. These knobs also act like pushbuttons. Push down and release SELECT to toggle the Reverse switch for the current BKGD transition.

  • Page 97: Timewarp

    Full details of all of the controls and functions on the control surface follow the short walkthrough section. This chapter discusses the use of two NewTek TimeWarp™ control surfaces in two variants. Both models (TriCaster™ 850TW and its predecessor, TW-42) add convenient slow motion instant replay to the already potent capability of your TriCaster system.

  • Page 98: Walkthrough

    WALKTHROUGH We discussed connecting your NewTek control surface to TriCaster back in back in Section 2.3. (Please take time to review this information if your installation requires use of a longer USB cable than the one supplied with your control surface.) Please open a TriCaster session, and let’s proceed to gain some hands-on experience.

  • Page 99: Recording And Playing Replays

    8) Press the 50% button in the Play Speed group (Section 7.2.4), presetting playback to a suitable slow motion playback rate). 7.1.2 RECORDING AND PLAYING REPLAYS 9) Click the REC (Record) button on TriCaster 850 TW to commence live replay recording. TW-42 N There is no REC button on TW-42, but the next step will automatically OTES...

  • Page 100: Overview

    7.2.1 OVERVIEW TriCaster 850 TW provides convenient control over TriCaster’s two DDRs as well as the recording of the Primary source configured for capture (Secondary recording on TriCaster 855, 455 and EXTREME™ models is unaffected by clip marking operations). Qualifiers Record Edit DDR options...

  • Page 101: Ddr Delegate

    The layout includes the control groups listed below (as shown in Figure 81):  DDR Delegates  Edit group (modify playlist content)  Play Speed (T-bar and presets)  Mark (replay clip creation buttons)  ALT and Qualifiers (which modify the The DDR 1 and DDR 2 buttons are operation of other controls) ‘radio button’...

  • Page 102: Edit Group

    TW-42 N There is no corresponding DDR 1/DDR 2 button on TW-42. Multi-delegating DDRs is OTES not supported with this control surface. 7.2.3 EDIT GROUP In general, these buttons operate on selected playlist content in the currently delegated DDR (see Section 7.2.2). ...

  • Page 103: Marking Group

    (If a DDR is already playing, pushing a speed preset button alters current playback speed immediately.) Figure 84 Hint: If you use an onscreen speed control to change to a new playback speed, the control surface button selection state follows when possible (in cases where no button corresponds exactly to the newly established speed, no preset button will be illuminated).
  • Page 104 (MARK) IN Pressing IN actually performs several related functions. First, remember that TriCaster must be in Record mode for any instant replay marking purpose. For this reason, if you should happen to push the IN button before enabling recording, it is enabled automatically (illuminating the interface Record button just as if you had pressed it on the screen).

  • Page 105: Alt And Qualifiers

    Hint: The OUT button might also be thought of as a ‘chop’ feature. If you wish, you can simply keep pressing it at any time, without ever touching IN. This effectively sub-divides your entire program into consecutive clips (a frame or two may be lost between neighboring clip, however). ALT + OUT A different operation results when you hold down ALT (see Section 7.2.6) at the same time as you push OUT.

  • Page 106: Record Toggle

    Figure 87 We’ve discussed one use of ALT in Section 7.2.5; see also Section 7.2.7. At the time of writing SHIFT and CTRL are reserved for as yet unspecified future purposes. 7.2.7 RECORD TOGGLE It’s probably no surprise at all that pressing the REC (Record) button enables TriCaster’s own Record feature.

  • Page 107: Ddr Options

    7.2.8 DDR OPTIONS The LOOP, SINGLE and AUTOPLAY buttons toggle their namesake features for the currently delegated DDR. Figure 89 TW-42 N There is no Loop or Autoplay button on TW-42. While there is no Single button OTES either, TW-42’s Sel (Select) and List buttons turn Single mode on and off for the current DDR. 7.2.9 PRESET (DDR PLAYLIST) “P”...

  • Page 108: Tips And Tricks

    The Jog Wheel is supplemented by the nearby Fast Jog button. Press this control to toggle a high-speed jog mode, which skims through the clip at eight times the normal rate. TW-42 N The Jog wheel on TW-42 works similarly, but is augmented by an outer Shuttle ring OTES that can be used to move quickly through a clip or playlist.
  • Page 109 to use the Secondary capture features for all manner of other purpose, without interruption by your instant replay operations.  Audio Control – Remember that you can reduce (or Mute) the audio for replays individually using the local playlist pane audio controls in a DDR, or with the DDR level controls provided in TriCaster’s Audio tab(s).

  • Page 111: Tricaster™ Lc-11

    NewTek live production suite. In large measure, LC-11 physically 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 appearance and behavior of familiar live production equipment.)
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  • Page 113: Switcher Section

    As you’d expect given the different control labels, in certain cases LC-11’s buttons and controls will behave differently depending on which model is connected. For example – the (SD) TriCaster Broadcast system has just one Overlay (DSK) channel, while HD models have two;...

  • Page 114: Selecting Switcher Sources

    8.2.1 SELECTING SWITCHER SOURCES TRICASTER SD MODELS The Switcher panel of TriCaster Studio and Broadcast models corresponds quite closely to the LC- 11 layout. Some earlier SD TriCasters lack the upper (Effects) row of selection buttons. The corresponding row of buttons in LC-11’s Switcher section is thus functional only when connected to suitable TriCaster systems.

  • Page 115: Auto And Take

    TRICASTER™ 850 AND 850 ™ EXTREME  Utility Row: TriCaster 850’s Utility row has sixteen buttons. To accommodate this higher number, the first 4 buttons in LC-11’s Effects row have alternate assignments. Hold down ALT while pressing buttons 1-4 to access the following sources respectively: DDR 2, Still, Title, FRM BFR, BLACK.

  • Page 116: Transition Section

    TRANSITION SECTION The most obvious component of the Transition section is the T-Bar, which works just like the one in the software version. LC-11 also provides some other buttons and knobs that do not have exact equivalents in the onscreen display, as discussed next. Figure 94 - Transition section TRICASTER™...

  • Page 117: Speed And Fx

    8.3.2 SPEED AND FX Just beneath the Fade and FX buttons are two knobs labeled SPEED and FX. These knobs each have two distinct functions – one associated with rotation and the other accessed by pressing the knob (just like a button). The knobs have rotational detents to provide confidence while making adjustments.

  • Page 118: Fade All & Take All

    ALT is used with other buttons to provide alternate operations as noted occasionally in this manual. 8.3.4 FADE ALL & TAKE ALL Fade All and Take All perform much like the standard Auto and Take respectively (see Section 8.2.2), with one additional aspect: TRICASTER™...

  • Page 119: The Joysticks

    Figure 95 – Overlay Section 8.4.1 THE JOYSTICKS There are two joysticks, labeled A and B. Joystick A has no assigned function currently. Joystick B acts as a Shuttle control for any DDR module selected on the Preview row. Move it left or right to scan backward or forward in the current clip.

  • Page 120: Fade & Take (Overlay)

    Figure 96 – TriCaster Overlay source selections 8.4.4 FADE & TAKE (OVERLAY) These last two buttons in this group correspond exactly to their onscreen counterparts, Fade and Take. They toggle the current overlay on or off as either a Crossfade or Cut respectively. OVERLAY SECTION –...

  • Page 121: Mode Buttons

     Press ALT while twirling the DDR knob to click one by one through the playlist items for DDR 2 (TriCaster 455, 450, 855 and 850 only).  Press (click once) a knob to toggle Play/Stop for the respective Media Player (use ALT while clicking the DDR knob to control DDR 2 when provided.
  • Page 122 RESET OVERLAY POSITION 1. Press (click once) the DSK 1 or DSK 2 knob to reset the Position settings for the corresponding channel. SCALE ADJUST SCALE (ASPECT LOCKED) 1. Press and hold the button labelled Scale. 2. Twirl the Overlay 1 or Overlay 2 knob to adjust the scale of the corresponding DSK channel on both axes simultaneously.

  • Page 123: Fade & Take (Overlay)

    8.5.4 FADE & TAKE (OVERLAY) These last two buttons correspond to the local Auto and Take buttons for the two DSK channels on the Live Desktop. When the button is pressed while ALT is held down, the action is applied to DSK 2;...

  • Page 125: Credits

    330, 3PXD330, LiveText, DataLink, LiveSet, TriCaster Virtual Set Editor, TriCaster VSE, LiveMatte, TimeWarp, VT, VT[3], VT[4], V[T5], Video Toaster, Toaster, Inspire 3D, 3D Arsenal, Aura, LightWave, LightWave 3D and LightWave CORE are trademarks, service marks, and registered trademarks of NewTek. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.
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