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Switcher Fade Task

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The Switcher Fade task is used to fade audio on a selected channel, either a fade up or fade down.

Currently, the only switchers that support this task are the Broadcast Tools ACS 8.2 family of audio switchers and the Broadcast Tools ADMS 44.22. The fade duration is controlled by the switcher's fade settings.

Switcher Fade Properties

Items with a check mark in the REQ column require user entry, while unchecked items have default values which can optionally be changed.

Property

REQ

Description

Task Name

The user-friendly name of the task. See Common Properties for more information.

Switcher Resource

Select the audio switcher that will be used for this task from the dropdown list.

If the switcher you select does not support input channel fade, you will be advised to select a different switcher. Task information cannot be saved (applied) until a device that supports this task is selected. If you do not have a switcher that supports channel fade, click on the [Cancel] button to abort the task.

Fade Audio Up

 

This property determines the audio fade direction. If checked, audio is faded up; if unchecked the audio is faded down. The default value is unchecked.

Channel to Fade

 

Select the number of the audio channel to fade. Use the [Show Map] button to display a list of channel labels for the selected switcher.

Show Map Dialog

The [Show Map] button displays the input and output channel labels as they are assigned to the switcher resource. It is used as a reference when selecting a channel to fade.

The channel list can be printed, saved to a file or copied to the Windows clipboard using a pop-up menu that appears when you [Right-Click] on the channel list.

 


 Common Task Properties