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NewTek TriCaster 8000
Live video production has evolved dramatically into a new generation of programming. Programs once delivered to a single channel for one-time viewing are now intended for multiple screens, on-demand, online, and social media platforms. With this radical shift, producers understand they must engage viewers when and where they are ready; with the compelling, supplementary content they demand.
TriCaster 8000 is a complete live production and media publishing solution with everything that happens on-screen, under your control. With both a keyboard-mouse combo to manage every system function, and the definitive hardware console at your fingergtips, you now have two choices for fully managing your sessions, plus the flexibility to add independent operators to handle various tasks. The total TriCaster 8000 solution is built to keep pace with the rapidly changing landscape of video production, so you can unleash the potential of your media strategy with unprecedented versatility.
It starts with a 24-channel switcher, amplified by 8 fully re-entrant M/E rows. It extends to external router support for large-scale, multi-camera production in native full-resolution HD, 8 channels of ISO recording in up to 1080p, and live output to up to 14 different display destinations. It boosts your content strategy with integrated social media sharing to publish to your host of social networks—live—keeping your brand consistent, and your audience engaged. And, with the world's most powerful integrated effects system, it creates a mind-blowing, custom-branded visual masterpiece. TriCaster 8000 lets you blaze your own path through productions of any scale.
Say "yes," even before you find out the camera count. The extraordinary versatility of the 24-channel TriCaster 8000 lets you scale up or down to accommodate every program imaginable. Expand to unprecedented coverage with massive, multi-camera production through external video routers. Add a dedicated audio operator and social media producer. Send 8 independent output feeds to 14 destinations, for broadcast, stream, display—even over the network transmission to another TriCaster. Smaller program? Shrink back down to size—and let one operator handle the show.
The most sophisticated live productions call for maximum control that's fast and easy to manage. Aside from your keyboard and mouse, you now have the TriCaster 8000 control surface to control your most challenging events. The highly responsive hardware console, included with every TriCaster 8000, greatly reduces chance for error during the heat of live production, and provides intuitive controls within a heavy-duty, industrial design, for a natural extension of the platform's powerful capabilities. With the TriCaster 8000, you have a seamless, physical connection to every aspect of your live production with hands-on navigation of your system UI. This is the epitome of control.
In the age of second and third screens, your social media image is critical to developing a following—not to mention, grabbing the attention of sponsors, advertisers and partnership opportunities. The one-of-a-kind social media publishing application of TriCaster 8000 instantly links you with all of your social networks—like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube—so you can share, distribute, and engage instantly, even while the action's live.
Every production has its own concept—and all producers, their own vision. TriCaster 8000 stands apart, from the most subdued production designs, to the most fanciful—with ease, thanks to an intuitive, endlessly configurable architecture that puts every idea into the realm of possibility. Start with the broad, creative canvas of 8 M/E buses - and loop them into each other for real-time layered compositions. Explore new possibilities for sensational visual sequences, with recordable macros and one-touch automation. You can even personalize your control room, by creating custom workspace, and monitoring solutions from up to four displays—with presets to suit operator preference.
IsoCorder™ multi-track video recording technology captures incoming sources into the system, saving all your live footage and literally racks of video capture equipment. This innovative technology enhances your studio with a powerful, built-in, real-time ISO recording system of all 8 camera inputs, simultaneously - right inside the user interface. Record your entire show, select camera footage, and more, at full resolution to meet your most challenging post-production demands.
Being recognizable, instantly - across all media requires a style that makes an impression on your audience. TriCaster 8000 hosts the most powerful integrated effects engine in live production. Customize full-color, animated transitions with alpha channel and embedded audio, and punctuate with imaginative, branded elements designed into real-time cloth dynamics, 3D video warping and transformations with TransWarp effects, and motion overlays. Plus, you can create your own custom effects using the included Animation Store Creator application.
With TriCaster 8000, elaborate live production sequences are no longer nail-biters. You know how they'll turn out, because you automate them yourself. Seamlessly string together complex effects and creative elements with macros, triggered by keyboard shortcuts and control surface actions. Or, for a presentation that is even more visually remarkable, configure talent-driven, on-camera hotspots. With the wave of a hand or a walk across the stage, the scene switches—and your show takes on a whole new dimension with interactive elements in step with your talent's presentation.
Even if your "set" is really a multi-purpose room or the corner of a studio, your viewers will only see your professional brand shine through. With the TriCaster 8000 system's virtual sets, you can elevate your look with realistic foregrounds and moving backgrounds. Add realism to any virtual set with four live sources—each with four layers of overlay, all with transitions, sounds, 3D positioning and effects. Live camera moves and shot changes during production bring your new location to life.
Push the boundaries of visual technology with real-time, live 3D—be ready when everyone else catches up. With the anaglyph filter affect, 3D video streams can be switched just like any other source - without requiring either complex configuration steps or cumbersome operator manipulations. Audiences will never forget your productions - and they'll keep coming back to you for more.
You live for "live" and on-demand, as do your viewers. Gear up right for the modern way to watch - anytime, anywhere - with both Web streaming and program recording built right into your production operation. Maximize online views with support for multi-bitrate streaming profiles, and even access online CDN accounts and view streams in real time with an integrated Web browser. Without missing a beat, record the entire program in the background for uploading, later viewing, archiving, or saving to disk.
A large-scale production environment can easily take on a life of its own. TriCaster 8000 intelligently adapts to the nuances of your creative process, natively supporting a massive array of media formats. And with capture to QuickTime® encoded files embedded with timecode and 4 audio tracks, you have the comfort of a high-quality, universal file format that floats effortlessly between TriCaster, Mac® and Windows® platforms, and all common editing and post-production software. Plus you can equip your entire facility to encode media assets for optimized, real-time playback, with included codecs for Mac and PC.
The integrated multi-channel audio mixer supports a companion Apple® iPad® application that delivers fingertip control over sound, plus Avid® Artist Series hardware control surfaces if you prefer a more hands-on approach. Undock the mixer and share the workload. Check levels and adjust the mix from any location in the production venue. Total flexibility for top-quality sound.
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Click image for larger view.| Switcher Channels | 24 – 10 external, 6 internal, 8 M/E buses |
| Video Input | 8 simultaneous live video sources, configurable as SDI, analog or router inputs, in any combination of HD-SDI, HD Component, SD-SDI, SD Component, Y/C (BNC) or Composite connections and resolutions |
| Network Sources | 2 live sources via Gigabit connection, selectable from any networked computer or Apple® AirPlay® device |
| Media | 5 integrated digital media players for video, graphics and sounds: 2 DDRs, 2 GFX and Sound |
| Frame Buffer | 9 channels for static graphics or watch folder |
| Mix/Effect Buses (M/E) | 8 freely configurable M/E channels with independent 3D positioning, scaling, cropping, keying, transitions, Proc Amp controls and re-entry |
| Macros | Record operation sequences and attach to keyboard shortcuts, control surface actions or on-screen hotspots |
| DSKs | 4 primary DSK channels and 4 layers of overlay per M/E bus, each with independent transition controls, 3D positioning, scaling, cropping and integrated TransWarp effects |
| Effects and Transitions | Integrated TransWarp effects engine on all effects channels supports standard transitions, customizable animation store transitions with audio, and overlay effects
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| Virtual Sets | 26 HD live virtual sets, with presets, multiple camera angles, real-time reflections, and specular highlights
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| Hotspots | Up to 8 freely configurable, interactive hotspots per input |
| Video Output | Configurable for up to 14 output connections and 8 independent A/V output signals
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| Recording | Multi-track, multi-format recording of up to 8 simultaneous channels via IsoCorder™ technology
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| Recording Capacity | Accommodates ~ 200 hours 1080i or ~ 1200 hours 480i via 4 removable 2TB media drives (included)
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| Social Media Publishing | Integrated application for content upload to YouTube™, Facebook, Twitter™, Flickr®, FTP or network servers |
| Live Streaming | HD live streaming via Gigabit connection, with simultaneous archive
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| Audio Inputs | 8 SDI Embedded 8 AES3/EBU 8 x 2 Balanced XLR (Mic/Line) Phantom Power Support |
| Audio Outputs | 3 SDI Embedded 2 AES3/EBU 4 Balanced XLR 4 Balanced XLR (AUX) 1 Stereo 1/4" (phones) |
| Audio Mixing | Integrated multi-channel audio mixer for internal and external audio sources, outputs, stream and headphones
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| Supported Formats | NTSC model: 1080/30p, 1080/24p, 1080/60i, 720/60p, 720/30p, 720/24p, 480/60i Multi-Standard model: NTSC-J; PAL 1080/25p, 1080/50i, 720/50p, 720/25p, 576/25i |
| Playback Media Formats | AVI, DV, DVCPro, DVCProHD, FLV, F4V, H.263, H.264, MOV, MKV, MJPEG, MPEG (1, 2, all profiles, program or transport streams), MP4, WMV, WebM, PSD, PNG, TGA, BMP, JPEG, EXR, RAW, TIF, AIFF, MP3, WAV, and more, with Import Media application for batch import with optional transcoding of files (including Apple ProRes) |
| Export Media Formats | Export media application for batch copying with optional transcoding of files to compatible formats for different applications and devices: AVI, DV, DVCPro, DVD, H.264, MOV, MPEG-2, MJPEG, MP4, WebM and more
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| Post Production | NewTek SpeedEDIT™ 2 non-linear editor available via download for Add-On installation NewTek SpeedHQ codecs for Mac and PC for extended file compatibility with TriCaster and system applications |
| Monitoring | DVI monitor outputs for user interface and multiview preview displays, with selectable layouts freely configurable for any combination of input sources, Program, Preview, M/E buses, clocks or images |
| Signal Monitoring | Integrated Waveform and Vectorscope, full field rate with color preview and support for ITU-R Rec. 601 and 709 |
| Processing | Video: 4:4:4:4, 32-bit Floating Point Audio: 4 channels, 96 kHz, 32-bit Floating Point |
| Control Surface | Includes TriCaster 8000 hardware control surface |
| System Physical | 4U Rack Mount, with 550W redundant, removable power supply and multi-tiered hardware and software fail-safe
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Click image for larger view.| 1) USER INTERFACE Elegant and intuitive, the TriCaster 8000 User Interface provides complete control over live production, streaming, recording, and social media publishing operations. 2) WORKSPACE Create a view that works for you. Customize the User Interface and Multiview monitors, populating a variety of layouts with your preferred combination of inputs, outputs, scopes, clocks or images. 3) SOCIAL MEDIA SHARE Publish content instantly to popular social media sites like YouTube™, Facebook and Twitter™, upload to FTP sites, or transfer to network locations. Share clips and stills during live production or upload your full-length show within moments after production wraps. 4) RECORDABLE MACROS Make your favorite series of commands automatic. Record any sequence of operations as a macro event and trigger it with a mouse click, keystroke or control surface action. Talent can also trigger macros by making contact with configurable on-screen hotspots. 5) LIVE STREAMING Launch live streaming video of your show to the Web with simultaneous archive, at the touch of a button. TriCaster 8000 includes presets for the most common streaming profiles, in resolutions up to 720p, with support for custom multi-bitrate stream profiles. 6) GRAB The unique view from every angle is up for grabs. Snap photos from one or all cameras, simultaneously; build a collection of HD still images to post to social media sites, or use during the show. 7) RECORDING Capture video from up to eight individual sources, simultaneously, with integrated IsoCorder&trade multi-track, multi-format recording technology. Files are recorded at native resolution, and compatible with every major non-linear editing application, computer operating system, and media sharing website. 8) LIVE DESKTOP MONITORS Create a custom workspace layout with your choice of virtual monitors. Full field rate displays also include convenient options for additional customization, including safe areas, VU meters, and alpha channel transparency display. 9) CAMERAS Connect up to eight live cameras or video sources, of any connection type or resolution. TriCaster 8000 also supports direct connection and input control of upstream external video routers; making countless, additional cameras and video sources available from the switcher. 10) NETWORK SOURCES Share computer screens or displays from wireless Apple® AirPlay® devices, like iPad®, iPhone®, or iPod®, connected to the same local network. TriCaster 8000 also accepts network output signals from NewTek 3Play™ systems and other TriCaster 8000 systems. 11) DDRs Load and playback video clips, packages and motion graphics. TriCaster 8000 offers native support for an extensive range of file formats, allowing you to work with essentially any media asset you're given. 12) GRAPHICS Display images, apply titles or present static graphics. Choose and edit templates in a variety of styles and designs, or import your own graphics for a custom-branded live production. 13) FRAME BUFFER Store any image, title or graphic as a selectable source, or dedicate the frame buffer channel to a shareable watch folder for updating assets remotely, using any preferred graphic design application. 14) LOOK-AHEAD PREVIEW MONITOR Set up and preview your next shot before it goes live, including any titles and overlays to be applied. 15) PROGRAM MONITOR View the primary video output signal being broadcast, streamed, projected and/or recorded. 16) M/E BUSES Mix multi-source compositions or create complex video effects, and configure for output to the main switcher, any overlay channel, input into another M/E bus, or as an alternative recording mix. TriCaster 8000 features eight M/E buses, each a complete switcher with independent keying and positioning effects per selected source, four layers of overlay, the powerful TransWarp effects engine, and presets. M/E buses also support 3D video production, real-time motion tracking, macro hotspots, and live virtual sets. 17) M/E RE-ENTRY Create sophisticated, layered effects for virtually any application. Every switcher channel is available as a source for an M/E bus, including other M/Es, allowing for incredibly deep and complex effects operations. 18) LIVE VIRTUAL SETS Up the production value of any presentation with a multi-source virtual set, complete with real-time reflections and specular highlights. TriCaster 8000 includes 24 HD virtual sets in a variety of styles and settings, each with multiple angles, customizable pan, zoom and pedestal animations, and support for motion tracking and hotspots. 19) M/E EFFECTS Apply titles, graphics and spectacular effects to M/E compositions. Each M/E bus is equipped with four, fully configurable overlays, each with independent keying, positioning effects, transition controls and support for TransWarp effects. 20) LIVE PRODUCTION SWITCHER Control productions of any scale, in all resolutions up to 1080p. Integrate multiple cameras, video feeds, media sources, graphics, transitions and effects without any extra hardware or external devices. 21) TIMEWARP EFFECTS Supported on every available effects channel, the TransWarp effects engine is simply the most powerful integrated effects system in live production. TriCaster 8000 electrifies live video, DSKs and overlays with full-color animation store transitions, complete with embedded audio and 3D warping of video. The integrated Animation Store Creator application also allows you to build custom transitions and effects, with eye-catching visuals like real-time cloth dynamics, 3D transformations, and motion overlays. 22) SWITCHER EFFECTS Apply titles, graphics and spectacular effects to live video. The switcher supports dynamic TransWarp effects on the primary video layer, and on each of the four, fully configurable DSKs. Each DSK also includes independent keying, positioning effects and transition controls. 23) MEDIA Load video clips, motion graphics, sounds, titles and stills of virtually any file format for live playback or overlay. Build playlists before or during a show, and save frequently used video and graphics collections as presets. 24) MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO MIXER Deliver pristine sound with adjustable audio controls for internal and external sources, plus outputs, including audio-follows-video, sub-mix routing, and a seven-band equalizer and compressor/limiter on every source and output. Touchscreen and tactile remote control are also in the mix, via the companion iPad audio mixing app and native support for Avid® Artist Series audio control surfaces. |
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