Audio Mixer

• “Set input 2 Volume to -5”; “volume input 2 5dB”; “input 2 9dB”; “ Set volume for input 2 to -20”

• “volume master 5dB”; “Set Saster Volume to 5”; “set volume to 5”

• “mute”; “mute on” – mute master output

• “unmute”; “mute off” – unmute master output

• “mute out 2”; “mute out 2”; “mute aux 2”; “mute aux 2 on”; “aux 2 mute on” – mute named output

• “aux 2 mute on”; (etc.)

• “mute input 3”; “mute input 3 on” – mute the named input

• “mute input 3 off”

• “solo input 6”; “solo input 6 on” – solo the named input

• “solo input 6 off”

• “unsolo input 6”; “solo input 6 off” – disable solo for the named input

• “follow input 6”; “follow input 6 on” – solo the named input

• “follow input 6 off”

• “input 4 eq”; “input 4 eq on”; "input 4 enable equalizer”

• “input 4 eq off”; "input 4 disable equalizer”; (etc.)

• “input 5 compressor on”; "input 5 enable compressor”

• “input 5 compressor off”; " input 5 disable compressor”; (etc.)

• "AudioMemName”; "select AudioMemName"; "recall AudioMemName”; “mixer AudioMemName”; “audio AudioMemName”; audio select AudioMemName”; “audio recall AudioMemName”

• “audio select MEM 3”; “audio select 3”; “audio recall 3”; “audio recall mem 3”; “mixer select 3”; “mixer select mem 3”; “mixer recall 3”; “mixer recall mem 3”

Comps

• “load MyComp”; “select MyComp”; “myComp” – loads the named main Switcher Comp.

• “comp 3”; “load Comp 3”; “select comp 3”; “go to comp 3”

• "m/e 1 comp 2"; "me1 comp 2"; "select comp 2"; "load main comp 2"; "go to myMEname myCompName"; (etc.) – loads the designated Comp into the main Switcher (default) or named M/E.

• “myComp medium”; ““myComp normal”; “myComp 1.0”; “go to myComp slow”; (etc.) – loads a Comp using the designated speed.

Media Players

• “play lion”; “play lion on main”; “="take lion on me1"; "cut to lion on m/e 1"; (etc.) – locates, loads and plays a clip named “lion” on the main Switcher (default) or named M/E; performs an auto or take when playback ends. The scrolling of the script pauses until playback is complete.

• “circle(h) lion” works as above but uses a Circle wipe to display and remove the clip.

• “play lion ddr2” forces the operation to use DDR 2 (rather than selecting a default DDR)

• “add lion to ddr 2; “load lion ddr 2” – adds the clip without displaying it

• “play lion at 9 db";

• “play lion voiceover”; play lion vo” – the script continues to scroll during playback

• "play lion at 5 db”; "play lion 5db"; "lion 5 db”

• “DDR 1 stop”

• "DDR 1 Next"; "DDR 1 Previous"

DSKs

• “Toggle DSK 1”

• “toggle DSK 1 slow”

• “auto on dsk 2 slow”; “auto on M/E 2 key 2 slow”; “Fade M/E 2 keyer 1 slow”;

• "fast auto off dsk3" ▪ “Set main dsk 1 as input 1”; “Set input 1 on main dsk 1”; “set DSK 1 to GFX 1"; “set M/E 1 Keyer 1 to GFX 1"; "assign GFX 1 to Me2 key 2"; (etc.) ▪ “Play lion in dsk2”; “Play lion on dsk2”; “Show lion in dsk2” – plays a clip named lion in DSK2, fading on and holding the last frame. ▪ “Play lion on key 2 in M/E 1 with slow circle(h)” – as above but uses a slow Circle wipe in M/E 1.

• “Show lion on dsk 3 with fast auto"; “Show lion on dsk 3 with take" ▪ “set main DSK 3 transition to circle(h)”; set circle(h) Me2 key 1"; "change transition on me4 for key 2 to circle(h)"; (etc.) ▪ (etc.) See also dedicated PiP (Picture in Picture) commands)

Buffers

• “Add globe to buffer 6”; “buffer 6 load globe” – loads the Globe Frame Buffer Animation effect to the target buffer ▪ “Add Hexagon lower third to buffer 6” – loads the named static title page into the target buffer ▪ “buffer 3 load Hexagon Broadcast” - loads the named LiveGraphic into the target buffer ▪ “Buffer 1 set speed medium” ▪ “Buffer 1 speed 2”; “Buffer 1 set speed 2x”; “Buffer 6 globe 200%” – set speed to 2x the default (Medium).

• “set buffer 1 to layer preset 2"; “set buffer 1 to index 2"; “set buffer 1 to preset 2"; "buffer 1 select preset 2"; “buffer 1 preset 2"; select buffer 1 index 2 (etc.) – select the designated Layer Preset for a LiveGraphics title page loaded in the buffer slot specified.

• “set buffer 1 to data preset 2"; etc.– select the designated Data Preset for a LiveGraphics title page loaded in the buffer slot specified.

Macros

To run a more complex macro from within a script, you can use the commands below:

• “macro_name”; “macro macro_name”; “run macro_name”; “play macro macro_name“; etc.

• “stop macro_name”; “stop macro macro_name”; macro macro_name halt”; macro_name end”; etc.

• “stop all macros”; “stop macros”; “halt macros”; etc.

• "Continue Paused Macro"

PiP (Picture in Picture)

• “Input 5 pip”; “pip input 5”; “ots input 5” – assign input 5 to a default DSK and display it using default options

• "pip globe" – show the matching file (in the example, a Framebuffer Animation) using default PiP settings

• "pip globe center large"; "pip globe middle large"

• "pip me1 key 2 globe small bottom right”

• “pip input 5 large center” – assign input 5 to an unused DSK and display it large size at center screen

• “pip main dsk 3 input 5” – assign input 5 to DSK3 and display it using default options

• “pip me1 dsk 1 input 2” – assign input 2 to DSK1 in M/E 1, and display it using default options

• “pip input 5 fly in L” - – assign input 5 to an unused DSK and fly it in from left

• “fade pip off”; “ots off” – remove the default PiP from output using a fade effect

• “pip main dsk 2 off”– remove the PiP in DSK 2 from output

• "pip myPtzPreset” – recall the named PTZ preset and show that source in a PiP

• "pip dsk1 myPtzPreset “; "pip me1 key1 myPtzPreset"; "take pip myPtzPreset "; (etc.)

PTZ

• "myPtzPreset "; " myPtzPreset on program”; "put myPtzPreset on program"; "take myPtzPreset on program"; "select myPtzPreset on program”; "take to myPtzPreset “; (etc.) – locate a PTZ preset named “myPtzPreset” and display it on Program output.

• "put myPtzPreset on preview"; "select myPtzPreset on preview"; etc.

• " myPtzPreset on M/E 1 b row"; "me1 put myPtzPreset on b row"; "me1 select myPtzPreset on b row"; "set me1 b row to myPtzPreset"

• See also PiP-related PTZ preset commands.

Record, Grab

• "record"; "record on”; "recording on"; "start record"; "begin record"; "start recording"; etc.

• "record off"; "recording off"; "stop recording"; "end recording"; etc.

• “Grab still”

Stream

• "stream"; "stream on"; "streaming on"; "start stream"; "begin streaming"; etc.

• "stream off"; "streaming off"; "stop streaming"; "end stream"; etc.

Switcher

• “auto"; "transition" – perform a Background transition on the main Switcher

• “take”; “cut”

• “fade”; "crossfade"; fade slow; etc.

• "input 4”; "input 4 on program"; "put input 4 on program"

• “bob”; “take to Bob”; "take Bob on program"; “fade to Bob”– perform a Background (Take or Fade, respectively) transition to show a source (or PTZ preset) named “Bob” on the main Switcher.

• "input 4 on preview"; "put input 4 on preview"; "set preview to input4"; "input 4 on b row”; "set layer b to input 4"; etc.

• "me1 put input 4 on preview”; "set M/E 1 preview to input 4"; etc.

• "set M/E 1 b row to input 6"; "set me1 layer b to input 6"; "input 6 on me1 b row"; etc.

• “auto to input 4”; "transition to input 4" etc.

• “fast auto to input 4”; etc.

• “auto to input 4”; "transition to input 4" etc.

• “M/E 3 bob“; me3 auto to input 4”; "transition me3 to input 4"; etc.

• “ftb”; “fade to black”; “ftb off”; etc.

DSK

• "DSK1 Auto"; "dsk 1 perform auto"; etc.

• "dsk2 take"; etc.

DataLink

• “set datalink key myVar to I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy”

• "datalink key myVar equals 12";” set datalink key myVar to value 12”; "set datalink myVar to 12"; “set myVar to 12”; “myVar equals 12”

Titles

• "Aero Broadcast"; "Title Aero Broadcast" – for a LiveGraphic title, sets the default layer preset (10), then transitions the designated title in a default buffer assigned to a default DSK, removing it after 8 seconds;

• "Aero Broadcast hold”; "title Aero Broadcast hold” – as above but does not automatically removed the title

• "title Aero Broadcast Fly In L medium"; etc. – as above using the designated transition and speed

• See also title-related commands listed in the Buffers subheading.

Aliases and Comments

• You can use these comment commands to eliminate the need to pre-configure Switcher source names. Instead, you can set them right in the .docx script. This also allows you to change the metadata associated with a Switcher inputs at various points in your show as you wish.

• "Sam Smith is on input 4"; “assign input 4 to Sam Smith”; “set input 4 to Sam Smith” - set an alias for the designated input’s name value Hint: You’ll likely want to use the full name here, for use in connection with titling.

• "input 4's description is CEO of Megadyne Inc."; "Input 4 memo is CEO of Megadyne Inc."; etc. – sets the descriptor for the input, which is used as the value for the second line of default lower third titles

Control

For live use, most prefer a dedicated physical controller device, whether for use by the talent or another teleprompter operator in the studio. Live Story natively supports the ShuttleXpress USB controller by Contour Design Inc..

You will find this device provides common teleprompter controls in an easy to use and affordable manner.

Output

In order to support a wide array of external teleprompter hardware, Live Story assigns the scrolling text output to the highest numbered Switcher output by default. You can then assign this signal to a video Mix output supplying a physical video output connector to feed an external device.

In an NDI® environment, you have other powerful options. Viz Vectar Plus automatically supplies the teleprompter output to your network as an NDI stream, offering many display options (for example, the Studio Monitor application included with the free NDI Tools bundle (found at ndi.tv/tools/) can be used to display your teleprompter output on Windows® and OS X® platforms).