User's Manual

For Windows computers, go to Device Manager/Sound, Video and Game Controllers
and ensure your control surface appears in the list of icons.
3 The ATEM audio mixer is designed to communicate with your control surface using
Mackie Control commands so your control surface will need to support Mackie Control.
You’ll also need to make sure your control surface is configured to use native Mackie
Control or Mackie Control emulation. Please refer to your control surface’s user manual
for configuration details.
Some control surfaces offer several types of Mackie Control emulation and you should
choose the one that activates the most features on your control surface. For example,
with the Behringer BCF 2000, choosing “Mackie Control Mapping for Cakewalk Sonar
3 [MCSo]” enables level faders, bank selectors, balance control, AFV and ON/MUTE
functions and also activates the LED screen which displays which bank of faders you
have selected for your audio mix. The LED screen will not activate if you choose
another Mackie Control emulation.
4 Launch ATEM Software Control and it will automatically look for your control surface
using the first port on the first MIDI device that it finds. Click on the Audio tab in ATEM
Software Control to display the ATEM audio mixer. Try sliding the gain faders up and
down on your hardware control surface and verify that the audio mixer faders show a
corresponding increase and decrease in the software on your computer screen. If so,
you have successfully configured your control surface to work with the ATEM switcher.
Try sliding the gain faders up and down on your hardware
control surface and verify that the audio mixer faders show a
corresponding movement in the software on your computer screen
The MUTE button
In the ATEM audio mixer interface, audio is always on, or present in the mix, when the
ON button is selected. When the ON button is deselected, audio is not present or is muted.
Tomatch the software interface, you’ll find the MUTE button on your audio mixer control surface
will be lit when audio is always on or present in the mix. The MUTE button will be unlit when
audio is not present or is muted.
Decibel Scales
All hardware mixers are made differently and the scale printed on your control surface may not
match the scale in the ATEM audio mixer interface. Always refer to the ATEM audio mixer levels
for the true decibel scales.
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