Setting up Studio 4E for Interview Recording
This will guide you through setting up the studio to shoot one camera interviews.
The steps include:
- Turn on studio wall switches
- Route the 4E Studio in the video router
- Route the 4E audio in the Wheatstone controller
- Set up audio board (Turn mics on and pan left/right)
- Set up Studio - position camera and partitions
- Plug in wired lavalieres under the news desk
- White balance camera
- Set up KiPro compact flash recorder
(hyperlinks above link to more detailed instructions for each step)
1.Turn on both switches on wall | |||
2.Route studio 4E using the video router |
Press Back |
Press Salvo |
Choose Studio 4E |
3.Route the 4E audio
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Push and hold shift for 5 seconds |
While holding SHIFT choose Studio 4E | |
4.Set up audio board
| Turn on the button and bring slider up that corresponds with the mic input you are using.
| Turn on MASTER fader and slide up | |
(if you are using more than 1 microphone) Pan Mics Left and Right | On one of the Mic sliders hold the A/B button at the very top of the slider. | Use the pan knob to pan to the LEFT | Repeat this for the other microphone but pan to the RIGHT |
5.Set up studio |
Roll CAM 1 into position & position partitions
| Turn on camera (if off) | |
6.Plug in XLR wired mics |
Mics are in the cabinet in the control room Insert AA battery in mic
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Use the XLR cables located in the studio |
Plug the mics into 3 and 4 underneath the news desk |
7.Set up studio for white balancing the camera |
Turn on lighting preset - BG |
Turn off HOUSE lights |
Place the white foam board (from the easel) in position Zoom camera all the way to the white board |
White balance camera in the control room | Press the LAB E CAM 1 button | Go to Manual Mode
Press ABB to black balance the camera | Adjust IRIS of camera - Turn IRIS knob on bottom left Turn the knob until the Waveform Monitor video signal touches the 80 IRE mark (indicated with a --------- line.)
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Now that the video levels are set - Press AWB | Before White Balance | After White Balance | |
8.Set up Ki Pro recorder |
Insert Compact Flash card |
Format Compact Flash card Press MEDIA button Press SELECT up/down arrows, navigate to Format Media. Use the ADJUST UP button to select FORMAT. Press and hold the ADJUST UP arrow button for 2 seconds
| If you are using two compact flash cards Press the SLOT button to switch to the 2nd card and repeat the last steps |
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