Ross Carbonite Series - Switcher Basics; Re-Entry Timing

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.
• 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 MiniME
™
exists in a specic timing window relative
to the ME. These windows restrict what can be re-entered
into what.
ME 1 ME 2
1 2 3 4 5
MiniME ME 1 MiniME MiniMEME 2
ME 1 MiniME ME 2
MiniME MiniME MiniME
MiniME ME 1 MiniMEME 2
MiniME ME 1 MiniME MiniME
MiniME MiniME MiniMEME 2
MiniME ME 1
ME 1 MiniME
MiniME ME 2
MiniMEME 2
Figure 9: MiniME
™
Timing Windows
To Re-Enter an ME
1.
Set up ME 1 with a background and a key.
ME1 Background
ME1
Key1
Figure 10: ME 1
2.
Set up ME 2 with a key.
ME2 Background
ME2
Key1
Figure 11: ME 2
3.
Select ME 1 as a source on the Background Bus of
ME 2. Notice that the output of ME 1 is now being
used as the background of ME 2.
ME1 Background
ME1
Key1
ME2
Key1
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