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Review: Blackmagic ATEM Mini Video Switcher

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Blackmagic has done it again. With their new ATEM Mini video switcher, 他们将数千美元的价值整合到一个295美元的设备中,而这个设备的成本比购买它的许多单个部件都要低. 尽管它有很多先进的功能,在某些方面胜过更昂贵的同类产品, ATEM Mini也有一些你需要注意的缺点. 在这篇评测中,我将列出Mini的突出功能,以及一些克服其局限性的建议.

视频输入

The ATEM Mini (图1, below) is an HD video switcher that has 4 HDMI inputs. With a maximum resolution of 1920x1080 at 60 frames per second, the ATEM Mini is suitable for switching HD signals from video cameras, gaming systems, computer presentations, and most anything else that has an HDMI output. Having 4 inputs is sufficient for most small to medium-sized workflows, 特别是考虑到ATEM Mini可以访问连接计算机的媒体池.

图1. The Blackmagic ATEM Mini 4-input HD switcher

音频输入

你不会听到很多关于ATEM Mini输入的抱怨. It even has two 3.5毫米音频输入,您可以与4个嵌入式HDMI音频信号(图2, below). 当设计一个低于300美元的切换器时,你必须理解其中的取舍, 《百家乐软件app最新版下载》在策略性地选择在基本关卡中包含哪些功能方面做得非常出色, 哪些可以省略, and which to include that go beyond the absolute minimum. 双3.5mm麦克风输入显示Blackmagic了解他们的用户是谁,他们需要什么功能.

图2. The rear panel of the ATEM Mini with its 4 HDMI inputs and 2 3.5mm audio inputs

Blackmagic could have included only a single 3.5毫米的输入,但第二个为用户提供了从智能手机添加音乐的可能性, audio from a remote caller, a second microphone for a co-presenter, 甚至在多人游戏动作中,来自远程玩家的耳机音频. 确定, they could have included one or more SDI inputs, 但这是一个专业的标准,而且我尽量避免在我自己的工作流程中使用HDMI,对于ATEM Mini的目标受众来说,全HDMI切换器是正确的战略选择.

我也可以要求一个平衡的XLR与幻影电源,甚至一个¼“TRS音频输入, but if those things are important to you, 然后你可以在你的工作流程中添加一个68美元的Behringer UMC22 USB音频接口,或者你可能已经有了一个类似的USB音频接口,比如我的新Roland Rubix, which also has a compressor/limiter and ground lift.

Missing Multi-viewer

这是在输出方面,大多数的权衡和战略决策对ATEM Mini作出. The decision to not include a multi-viewer output was a deliberate one. 我不知道这个决定是否是为了保护和区分ATEM系列的高端车型, because they just couldn’t include that feature at this price point, 或者因为Blackmagic计划发布兼容的4输入ATEM HDMI多观看器, or an upgraded ATEM Mini Max model that does have this feature.

But what I do know is that for many ATEM Mini users, some of the 4 inputs they will be using will have their own displays. This is not as elegant a solution as a dedicated multi-viewer, 但现场制作人必须接受这样一个事实:他们并不总是需要多观众. 如果你真的不能没有一个多查看器,或者只是想看看你怎么能得到一个工作与ATEM Mini, 接着往下读.

The most obvious option is the Blackmagic MultiView4 HD ($185, 图3, below). 这个多查看器需要SDI输入,并且没有任何传递, 因此,HDMI或SDI源可以使用65美元的Micro Converter BiDirectional转换并连接信号到ATEM Mini和MultiView4.

图3. The Blackmagic MultiView4 HD

如果你想节省一些钱,知道你不需要所有的HDMI输入, 专用的SDI源也可以使用45美元的Blackmagic Design微型转换器SDI到HDMI. 总成本将是365-445美元,这取决于HDMI和SDI源的比例,不考虑电源和视频电缆. 确定, 这个配件会比ATEM Mini贵,业余爱好者可能不会麻烦, 但我可以告诉你,大多数专业人士已经有了多个转换器,甚至可能有一个他们可以使用的未使用的多视图器——我知道我有. 我也会挑战你找出一个类似的4输入视频切换器与一个多观看器的成本低于740美元,这个捆绑将花费.

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