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How to perform transitions, using keys and key modifiers, memories and custom controls, as well as Media-Store operation.
Custom Controls
Once programmed, a custom control (CC) can be played back by pressing a button. The custom control can be as simple as triggering an output GPI pulse, or as complex as recalling a specific memory register on an ME, performing a switcher transition, and selecting a group of keys.
Recording/Editing Custom Controls
To Record a Custom Control
A basic custom control records a series of events that are played out in the same order they are recorded.

Operation
How to perform transitions, using keys and key modifiers, memories and custom controls, as well as Media-Store operation.
- Audio and Video Processing
  Video and audio signals are processed and passed through the switcher in different ways, depending on how the switcher is being used or is set up. A better understanding of how the switcher is processing these signals help you to achieve the production you want.
- Video Sources
  The switcher has access to three basic types of video sources, external, internal, and follows.
- 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.
- Video Preview
  Video preview allows you to use an additional monitor to preview what the next shot is going to be.
- Matte Source
  Matte color backgrounds (BG) are color signals that can be applied to backgrounds and keys. Color selection is done either by picking a preset color, or by adjusted hue, saturation, and luminance to create a custom color.
- Copying
  You can copy the content of an ME or keyer to another ME or keyer.
- Transitions
  Transitions are used to change the background video and take keys on and off-air. A transition can include any combinations of background and keyers for an ME, MiniME™, or MultiScreen. The background and each keyer can be transitioned independently.
- Keying
  Keying is the term used to describe when you insert (or electronically cut) portions of one scene into another, or place titles over background images. Keys are made up of two basic components, an alpha, that cuts the hole in the background video, and a fill, that fills the hole with different video.
- Memory Functions
  A memory register is a snapshot of the current state of the switcher that can include one or multiple ME, MiniME™, MultiScreen, or chroma key outputs.
- Switcher Sets
  The switcher stores configuration and operation data in a number of registers that contain the individual entries for items such as memories or personality settings. These registers can be stored as a single archive file, or as a register set that contains all the individual register of that type; all memories for example. These files are stored into Sets on USB drive. Different Sets can be created for different shows or applications, allowing you to quickly locate and recall the switcher configurations.
- Media-Store
  The MediaManager interface to the Media-Store allows you to load stills, animations, or audio files from the USB drive and make them available across all MEs. Two channels of Media-Store with alpha, or four channels without alpha, are provided.
- Custom Controls
  Once programmed, a custom control (CC) can be played back by pressing a button. The custom control can be as simple as triggering an output GPI pulse, or as complex as recalling a specific memory register on an ME, performing a switcher transition, and selecting a group of keys.
  - Recording/Editing Custom Controls
    - To Record a Custom Control
      A basic custom control records a series of events that are played out in the same order they are recorded.
    - To Edit a Custom Control
      When editing a custom control, you can delete and insert events at any point in the custom control, or append events to the end.
  - Custom Control Events
  - Running a Custom Control
  - Naming Custom Controls
  - Deleting Custom Controls
  - Copying and Pasting Custom Controls

To Record a Custom Control

A basic custom control records a series of events that are played out in the same order they are recorded.

Click Navigation Menu > Custom Control > Editor.
Click a Bank button to select the bank that the custom control you want to record will be stored on.
Click a Macro button to select the custom control that you want to record to. If the custom control already has a macro recorded, the name of the custom control is shown in the list.
Click Record.

Tip: The switcher can be set so that each command is automatically separated from the previous command by a pause equal to the real-time delay between the you entering commands. Press CC/UP > NEXT > NEXT and use the CCPause knob to select whether paused are added automatically (Record) or no pauses are added (Manual).

The CC/UP button on the control panel, as well as the button assigned to the CC on the bus, flash red when the CC is recording.
Insert the events you want to record. Events can be entered from the menu or from actions directly on the control panel.

Each custom control can have a maximum of 998 events, plus the End event.

Note: When the switcher runs a custom control, it attempts to execute each event in the custom control as quickly as possible. If an event takes time to complete, the event may not be complete before the switcher attempts to execute the next event. For example, if your custom control has a memory recall followed by a transition, a pause should be added between the memory recall and the transition to ensure that the memory is fully recalled before the transition is performed. The same applies if you want to add events after a transition.
Click Stop Recording to finish recording.

Tip: Click Cancel if you do not want to store your events to the custom control.