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A new addition to the Constellation line, the ATEM 4 M/E Constellation IP Switcher from Blackmagic Design is a 2 RU live broadcast rackmount switcher that features 32 native SMPTE 2110 IP video inputs and 28 outputs (including multiview) via 100G fiber Ethernet ports. Each 100G port comes as a redundant pair with standards converters on each port, making it ideal for live broadcast applications. The switcher is controlled using the ATEM Software Control app.
Updated Design
The ATEM 4 M/E Constellation IP has an updated design to accommodate high-end broadcasters. It features front-to-back cooling with four fans that are extremely quiet. All connections feature full redundancy with SMPTE-2022-7 on all video ports, plus there's additional redundancy on the control and PTP Ethernet ports.
A built-in LCD displays all standard ATEM Constellation status information and provides access to settings menus. The front panel even includes a headphone connection and a built-in speaker for local program monitoring. A USB-C connection on the front panel lets you update software or connect the ATEM Software Control app.
This standard 4 M/E model has 32 standards-converted SMPTE-2022-7 inputs using four sets of dual, redundant 100G Ethernet connections.
There are also 24 SMPTE-2110 outputs, 16 ATEM Advanced Keys, four multiviews, and two SuperSource for a total of 12 DVEs.
ATEM 4 M/E Constellation IP features multiple SMPTE-2110 connections using 100G Ethernet, supporting eight input and eight output video channels on each connection. The switcher then maps inputs and outputs across its multiple 100G Ethernet connections. Each 100G Ethernet connection has two separate connectors, supporting SMPTE-2110 redundancy, so you can connect each port to a separate network switch.
SMPTE 2022-7 Seamless Protection Switching sends two identical video and audio copies across connections, then on the receive side, it compares incoming RTP packets by sequence number and reconstructs a perfect video frame from the first arriving packet of pixels.
Monitor all your sources on a single monitor with the built-in multiviews, which can be routed to any of the SMPTE-2110 100G Ethernet connectors. All multiviews are customizable and can be independently set to 4, 7, 10, 13, or 16 simultaneous views for a total of 64 views across four monitors.
You can also add a tally border, source label, and VU meters as overlays on each view. A red and green border will display the tally for each view, indicating which sources are on air.
ATEM Constellation includes a wide range of broadcast-quality native transitions such as mix, dip, wipe, and more. All transitions can be customized in the system control menus with adjustments for border color, border width, position, direction, and more.
It also features up to four independent DVEs that let you reposition graphics and create picture-in-picture compositions, supporting position, resize, and scale, all in real time. The DVE lets you create professional picture-in-picture effects with customizable 3D borders, shadows, and lighting, or create amazing DVE transitions with squeeze and swoosh effects. Plus, you also get two independent SuperSource processors for even more DVEs and a total of 12 DVEs.
In addition to the DVEs in the M/E rows, the powerful SuperSource multilayer processors, with 4 extra DVE layers plus a background layer, all appear to ATEM Constellation as an additional input source.
Any switcher video input can be used for each SuperSource DVE, then it's all layered together over a media pool custom background. SuperSource is like having an extra multilayer VFX switcher built in for doing PiP displays. With two completely independent SuperSource processors, you can use them together to get 8 view compositions.
Fairlight Live is a powerful 2110 software audio mixer designed for broadcast and live events that can handle thousands of channels when running on modern macOS and Windows computers. It supports routing audio to and from ATEM Constellation switchers via USB.
Unlike hardware mixers, it natively supports stereo, surround, and immersive audio, as well as third-party plug-in support, AFL/PFL Solo, talkback, and advanced input controls such as remote gain and dual inputs. You also get a cue player, snapshots, an internal matrix, and more.
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