During 2020 we acquired an Edirol V-8 video mixer (which has 8 channels, each with a monitor output), a cheap projector, screens and a splitter. This allowed us to get more creative with the routing. Here’s how we connected our equipment last Wednesday, 11 November 2020:
(“output” and “input” are omitted; “#1” means “channel 1”)
- Vidiot Color Video > V8 #1
- V8 #1 monitor > VideoMaster2000 #1
- Vidiot Luma Video > V8 #2
- V8 #2 monitor > WJ-AVE5 ext. camera (superimpose effect)
- WJ-AVE5 main > V8 #5
- WJ-AVE5 rec > V8 #6
- projector < TVCC > V8 #7
- Resolume > V8 PC/8
- V8 PC/8 monitor > video splitter
- video splitter > 1: LCD display, 2: Vidiot Luma, 3: VideoMaster2000 #2
- LCD display < webcam > Resolume
- VideoMaster2000 > BPMC
- BPMC > WJ-AVE5 #1
- V8 preview > AVE MOD V2
- AVE MOD V2 > WJ-AVE 5 #2
- WJ-AVE 5 #2 monitor > TV 15″
- 3 smartphones/tablets > audio mixer (they run a free app that works like an audio oscillator, generating sine frequencies of usually 0.5-2.5Hz / 49-51Hz / 99-101Hz respectively, which interfere beautifully with video frequencies)
- Vidiot Luma > audio mixer
- audio mixer > Vidiot (various inputs)
- V8 main > AV2USB > Linux computer running OBS > streaming
Notes:
- the TV 15″ acts as a preview monitor, but it’s affected by the AVE MOD V2. We may need another splitter
- VideoMaster2000 color/contrast controls would be more useful at the end of the FX chain