The Tricaster takes audio from external and internal sources and mixes them together.  Please note there is an on/off button on the front of the tricaster that needs to be toggled to on.

There are two pieces to the tricaster

Mini CS: Tricaster board:

Mini X: the Tricaster tower

Terminology

DDR – Digital Disk Recorder inside the Tricaster

Internal audio – audio coming from the DDR (Digital Disc Recorder) background sound from a video that was imported.

External audio – audio coming from microphones, PC’s, laptops, iPads etc

Audio mixer – Only takes audio from external sources (Yamaha), there is an on/off switch on the back of the mixer.

Tricaster Software

One student configures the settings on the tricaster, the second student controls the audio, the third student (sits on the far right) is controls the teleprompter.

Tips and Tricks

To exit the software: Hover your mouse over upper left session name, it will change to File then select Exit.

To update the tricaster: Exit > Administrator Mode > Update Tricaster.  Make sure to check for updates regularly. 

Start a new session: Select New session > enter session name > start session > start live production > starts from new.  Each new session erases all the settings of the previous session.  If you want to use a session with your settings as a template,  you can right click on the previous session and select re-name to change the name of the session and keep the session settings. 

Program and Preview: Program (red) is what is live right now, Preview (green) is what is coming up next.

Sometimes when you start up the TriCaster the number one monitor switches to the center monitor or the confidence monitor.  You need to go to windows, select displays, multiple monitors, select number 1 and check the box to make number one the main monitor.   This may happen because we are using 2 Display outs signals, one to the main monitor and one to the  HDMI splitter.  

GFX1 and GFX2: Are for still photos, jpeg or png

Please note tricaster recently made a software update which changed the appearance of the main menu: