This will guide you through setting up the studio to shoot one camera interviews.  

The steps include:

  1. Turn on studio wall switches
  2. Route the 4E Studio in the video router
  3. Route the 4E audio in the Wheatstone controller
  4. Set up audio board (Turn mics on and pan left/right)
  5. Set up Studio - position camera and partitions
  6. Plug in wired lavalieres under the news desk
  7. White balance camera
  8. 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

 

 

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

 

 

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 roomPress 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.)

 

 

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