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9. Select the button for Camera 2 on the Switcher’s Preview row.

At this point, you should be hearing audio only from input 1.

Hint: By default, each audio input is configured to follow the video source having the

same Switcher row slot, though the Follow switch is disabled. However, it’s valuable to

know that these default source relationships can be modified, as we shall see shortly.

10. Click the Switcher’s Take button – keep an eye on the VU meters for Inputs 1

and 2 as you do so.

Notice that when the video source assigned to Camera 1 is selected on the Program

(PGM) row, you hear its associated audio input. When you perform a Take the audio

source connected to Input 2 in the Audio In section is heard.

When Follow is enabled for an audio source, its sound is automatically sent to

output whenever video sources it is assigned to follow are displayed on output. In

this case, the levels shown in the VU meter for that audio source are drawn in color.

When you switch away from the video source, the VU meter still shows its audio

level, but the graph is drawn in grayscale (providing confirmation that audio is

present, but indicating that it is not going live to Program out).

Hint: Follow even works when the associated video sources are displayed on output via

an M/E or DSK channel.

FOLLOW VIDEO OPTIONS

The Follow Program video control group for has a drop-down menu that lets you

determine exactly which video source, or sources, will be ‘followed’ by the audio