MacroSystem Shuttle TT User Manual

Shuttle TT

for Casablanca

User manual

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For this reason, you should make a backup of your video footage before you start using the device. We recommend that you do not delete the video footage and that you create a
backup copy beforehand.
Since it is possible that changes were made to the software after the manual was prepared, the functions shown and described in this manual might differ from the software.

Table of contents

Page

1. General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

1.1 Welcome ............................................................5

1.2 What is Shuttle TT .....................................................5

2. Installation ...............................................................5

3. Operation ................................................................6

3.1 Functions of the individual keys ...........................................6

3.2 Key assignments in individual menus ......................................6

3.2.1 Main menu .......................................................7

3.2.2 Video settings .....................................................7

3.2.3 Edit .............................................................7

3.2.4 Splitting (edit) .....................................................7

3.2.5 Trimming (edit) ....................................................7

3.2.6 Insert, period of time (edit) ...........................................8

3.2.7 Recording, edit (audio) ..............................................8

3.2.8 Splitting (audio) ....................................................8

3.2.9 Trimming (audio) ...................................................8

3.2.10 Audio dubbing ...................................................8

3.2.11 Inserting (audio dubbing) ...........................................8

3.2.12 Period of time (audio dubbing) .......................................9

3.2.13 Envelope (audio dubbing) ...........................................9

3.2.14 Transition effects .................................................9

3.2.15 Specifying effect duration (transitional effects) ..........................9

3.2.16 Single image (transition and image processing effects) ....................9

3.2.17 Image processing effects ...........................................9

3.2.18 Specifying duration (image processing effects) .........................10

3.2.19 Duration menu (image processing effects) .............................10

3.2.20 Shuttle TT with QuadCam .........................................10

Since it is possible that changes were made to the software after the manual was prepared, the functions shown and described in this manual might differ from the

software. Changes and errors excepted.

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1. General information

1.1 Welcome

Thank you very much for purchasing the Shuttle TT.
We are grateful for your confidence and we hope that this
product will live up to your expectations.
The Shuttle TT will give you the opportunity to use your Casa­blanca video editing system even more intensively than before.
Feel free to contact us for further questions or if you would like
to give us suggestions for improving the product.
Whenever you contact us, please have your customer number
or the serial number of your device at hand so that we can help
you more quickly.

MacroSystem US
5541 Central Ave., Suite 135
Boulder, Colorado
USA 80301

Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Fax: [phone]

2. Installation

In contrast with other add-on products, the Shuttle-TT soft­ware must not be installed. It has been factory pre-installed on
all devices with the corresponding Bogart version and you only
need to acquire the license code to activate it.
After activating the product, you can simply connect the
Shuttle TT via a USB port and work with it. It is not important
which USB port you use to do this, since all ports have the
same functionality. Please refer to the hardware manual for
your device to find out where the USB ports are.

The top nine buttons of the shuttle have removable button
covers. This makes it possible to simply label them with the
supplied preprinted template. It is up to you whether you de­cide to put the letters under the button covers or – depending
on the button configuration (please refer to the next chapter)
– if you use the symbols in accordance with the configuration
table.

Up-to-date information on MacroSystem products and our
sales department can be found on the Internet.
Please visit our website: http://www.macrosystem.us

Phone support
If you have special technical questions, you can call our tech­nical support hotline: [phone]
Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Mountain Standard Time)
When calling, please have the serial number of your device
at hand. Outside of these times, please e-mail us. Messages
received in this way are handled during business hours.

E-mail support: [e-mail]

1.2 What is Shuttle TT?

The Shuttle TT is an input and control device used mainly for
trimming and splitting and that will make this work both easier
and faster.
It cannot replace the trackball in all menus, but it does provide
a meaningful addition in many menus.
The Shuttle TT has 15 different buttons for navigating in differ­ent menus and also a so-called jog-wheel. This function con­sists of an external rocker (jog) with which you can fast forward
and rewind (e.g. when splitting or trimming) and an internal
wheel with which you can go frame by frame.

Wheel

W

Jog

L

X

R

Y

Z

Assignments 1 and 2, with the corresponding symbol assignments
for the buttons of the Shuttle TT

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3. Operation

3.1 Functions of the individual buttons

For the buttons A-I, the shuttle TT offers two configuration
possibilities from which you can choose. You will find the func­tions of the individual buttons in the different configurations
modes in the chapter Configuration of buttons in individual
menus. A button has not been assigned a function if a menu
is not listed. The assignment can be change by pressing the Z
button (not possible in all menus).
The L and R buttons have similar functions as both big track­ball buttons, but they don‘t replace them. Use L to confirm a
choice or an action, such as marking a scene in the scene bin,
and use R to abort or reject. Directly controlling the elements
under the mouse pointer is not possible, however.

The W button opens the navigation menu, in which you may
use the wheel of the Shuttle TT to select the menu you want to
access. This choice can be confirmed with L, rejected with R.

Depending on the menu, the X button is used to abort an ac­tion. The table below contains an overview of the correspond­ing action in each menu:

Menu Action

Splitting, trimming Switching between the different display

Insert, duration,
Period of time (audio
dubbing)

Video Opens a context menu for selecting an

Transition, image pro­cessing and title effects

Individual image (video
effects)

Audio dubbing Opens a context menu to select the

Inserting (audio dubbing) Opens the context menu for sorting the

The Y button is used to switch between using the storyboard
and the scene bin in the Edit menu, identified by a  symbol
for the title text of the part that is active at the time. This button
is also used to switch between the storyboard and the ef­fect list in the transition, image processing and title effects. In
Video, Splitting, Trimming and Inserting, the Y button can be
used to change the position of the tool bar, just as in Duration
in the “Audio dubbing” menu and “Individual image” in Video
effects. In the “Audio dubbing” menu, pressing this button will
switch between the storyboard and the timeline display, if the
Gold Edition has been installed on your device.
The Z button includes the configuration options of buttons A-I,
which you can select.

modes.

The context menu is opened to make it
possible to select between “Moving” and
“Trimming”.

input.

The context menu is opened to make
it possible to select between different
products.

Opens a context menu to select the
display.

sound track for correcting the sound
volume.

list.

When using wheel and jog, the so-called jog-wheel, you
will be able to control these also with both components, in
all menus where the storyboard is displayed. If you turn the
external jog, you will roll through the storyboard, just as you
would with the slider located below the storyboard. Other than
the wheel, the jog has a resting position and can be turned
in both directions until it reaches a clear stop. The farther you
turn, the faster the scroll movement is in that direction. Use the
inner wheel if you want to navigate scene by scene through
the storyboard, it will behave in a similar way as the individual
buttons located below the storyboard.
In the Edit menu there is also the possibility to navigate
through the scene bin with the wheel or the jog. The inner
wheel is used, just as with the storyboard, to scroll image by
image through the scene bin. The jog behaves like the slider. If
you are in one of the “Video effect” menus, both components
will allow you to navigate through the active effect list. The
wheel will allow you to scroll slowly, whereas the jog will allow
you to scroll faster through the effect list.
As described before, the Y button can be used to select what
has to be controlled by the wheel or the jog.
Sliders and individual context menus can also be used through
the wheel or the jog. The selection can accordingly be con­firmed with L or rejected with R. Selecting a piece of music to
insert in audio dubbing is also possible.
Additionally, the wheel or the jog can also be used in the au­dio dubbing menu to scroll through the individual sound clips
of the active sound track.

3.2 Key assignments in individual menus

Below, you will find a list of the functions that can be con­trolled by buttons A-I, depending on the assignments. Some
function could not present, depending on whether you are
using the Basic, Silver or Gold Edition.
The lists indicate the situation at the moment of writing. It is
possible that the functions and available assignments will be
expanded.

Labelling the buttons with the supplied prints will help you to
become familiar with the operation of the shuttle as fast as
possible. Besides letters, we also offer you symbols to make it
easier to assign the functions:

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Function But-

Play, pause, preview A

IN, start, position, index,
splitting, length, up, left

OUT, end, trimming, down,
right

Rename D

Insert, duration (audio) E

Inserting scene in story­board

Remove, erase G

Insert H

Sound, scrubbing on/off,
sound volume

Symbols

ton

B

C

F

I

3.2.1 Main menu

But-

Assignment 1 Assignment 2

ton

A - Activate audio dubbing

B Activate video Activate transition effects

C Activate recording Activate image processing

D Activate editing Activate title effects

E Activate recording, editing Activate recording, editing

F Activate audio dubbing -

G Activate transition effects Activate video

H Activate image processing

effects

I Activate title effects Activate editing

effects

Activate recording

3.2.2 Video settings

But-

Assignment 1 Assignment 2

ton

A Brightness selection SVHS input selection

B Contrast selection DV input selection

C Color selection -

D -

E Back cinch input selection Back cinch input selection

F SVHS input selection Brightness selection

G DV input selection Contrast selection

H - Color selection

I - -

3.2.3 Edit

But-

Assignment 1 Assignment 2

ton

A Play selected scene or

storyboard, pause when
pressed again

B Activate splitting menu Delete selected scene

C Activate trimming menu Fetch back scene deleted

D Rename selected scene -

E Activate insert menu Activate insert menu

F Insert selected scene in

storyboard

G Delete selected scene

from storyboard

H Fetch back scene de-

leted from storyboard or
scene bin

I - Rename selected scene

Inserting selected scene in
storyboard

from storyboard

from storyboard or scene
bin

Play selected scene or
storyboard, pause when
pressed again

Activate splitting menu

Activate trimming menu

3.2.4 Splitting (Edit)

But-

Assignment 1 Assignment 2

ton

A Play -

B Select split position Discard

C - Use

D Rename scene Sound on/off

E - -

F - Play

G Discard Select split position

H Use -

I Sound on/off Rename scene

3.2.5 Trimming (Edit)

But-

Assignment 1 Assignment 2

ton

A Play -

B IN/select start -

C OUT/select end -

D Rename scene Sound on/off

E - -

F - Play

G - IN/select start

H - OUT/select end

I Sound on/off Rename scene

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3.2.6 Insert, period of time (Edit)

But-

Assignment 1 Assignment 2

ton

A Play -

B IN/select start -

C OUT/select end -

D Play background and

insert side-by-side

E - -

F - Play

G - IN/select start

H - OUT/select end

I Sound on/off Play background and

Sound on/off

insert side-by-side

3.2.7 Recording, edit (audio)

But-

Assignment 1 Assignment 2

ton

A Play, pause during play -

B Activate splitting menu Delete

C Activate trimming menu Fetch back deleted

D Rename

E - -

F - Play, pause during play

G Delete Activate splitting menu

H Fetch back deleted

I

sample

Select slider for level
control

sample

Select slider for level
control

Activate trimming menu

Rename

3.2.8 Splitting (audio)

But-

Assignment 1 Assignment 2

ton

A Play -

B Select split position Discard

C - Use

D Rename -

E - -

F - Play

G Discard Select split position

H Use -

I Abort the splitting menu Rename

3.2.9 Trimming (audio)

But-

Assignment 1 Assignment 2

ton

A Play -

B IN/select start -

C OUT/select end -

D Rename -

E - -

F - Play

G - IN/select start

H - OUT/select end

I - Rename

3.2.10 Audio dubbing

But-

Assignment 1 Assignment 2

ton

A Play selected scene in

storyboard, pause when
pressed again

B Move the individual

sound track up

C Move the individual

sound track down

D Select volume control for

correction

E Select duration menu Select duration menu

F Insert a sound sample Play selected scene in

G Remove the selected

sound sample from the
sound track

H - Move the individual

I Select volume control Select volume control for

Insert a sound sample

Remove the selected
sound sample from the
sound track

-

Select volume control

storyboard, pause when
pressed again

Change to the original
sound track

sound track down

correction

3.2.11 Inserting (audio dubbing)

But-

Assignment 1 Assignment 2

ton

A Play the selected sound

sample

B - -

C - -

D - -

E - -

F - Play the selected sound

G - -

H - -

I - -

-

sample

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3.2.12 Period of time (audio dubbing)

But-

Assignment 1 Assignment 2

ton

A Play -

B IN/select start -

C OUT/select end -

D - Sound on/off

E - -

F - Play

G - IN/select start

H - OUT/select end

I Sound on/off -

3.2.13 Envelope (audio dubbing)

But-

Assignment 1 Assignment 2

ton

A Play sample Insert

B Jump one editing point

to the left

C Jump one editing point

to the right

D Play all sound tracks Select volume slider

E - -

F Insert Play sample

G Remove Jump one editing point

H - Jump one editing point

I Select volume slider Play all sound tracks

Remove

-

to the left

to the right

3.2.14 Transition effects

But-

Assignment 1 Assignment 2

ton

A Play Insert effect

B Open “Specify effect

duration”

C Individual image Calculate effect

D Display preview -

E Display extended

preview

F Insert effect Play

G Remove effect Open “Specify effect

H Calculate effect Individual image

I - Display preview

Remove effect

Display extended
preview

duration”

3.2.15 Specify effect duration (transition effects)

But-

Assignment 1 Assignment 2

ton

A - -

B Select duration 1 -

C Select duration 2 -

D Select duration 3 -

E - -

F - -

G - Select duration 1

H - Select duration 2

I - Select duration 3

3.2.16 Single image (transition and image processing
effects)

But-

Assignment 1 Assignment 2

ton

A Display preview Display “Effect”

B - Display “Original + Ef-

C - -

D - -

E Display “Original” Display “Original”

F Display “Effect” Display preview

G Display “Original + Ef-

fect”

H - -

I - -

fect”

-

Here, it is possible to select a position in the scene without
activating the relevant slider via the wheel and the jog of the
Shuttle TT.

3.2.17 Image processing effects

But-

Assignment 1 Assignment 2

ton

A Play Insert effect

B Open “Specify duration” Remove effect

C Individual image Calculate effect

D Display preview -

E Display extended

preview

F Insert effect Play

G Remove effect Open “Specify duration”

H Calculate effect Individual image

I - Display preview

Display extended
preview

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3.2.18 Specifying duration (image processing effects)

But-

Assignment 1 Assignment 2

ton

A - -

B Select “1s at the start” -

C Select “1s at the end” -

D Select “Entire scene” -

E Select “Duration” Select “Duration”

F - -

G - Select “1s at the start”

H - Select “1s at the end”

I - Select “Entire scene”

3.2.19 Duration menu (in “Specify duration” of the
image processing effects):

But-

Assignment 1 Assignment 2

ton

A - -

B IN/select start -

C OUT/select end -

D - Sound on/off

E - -

F - -

G - IN/select start

H - OUT/select end

I Sound on/off -

3.2.20 Shuttle TT with QuadCam

Shuttle TT also supports working in the (optionally available)
QuadCam software product.
The L and R buttons support here, just as in other menus, the
confirmation or cancellation of an action.

The assignment of buttons A-I in QuadCam is as follows:

But-

Assignment 1 Assignment 2

ton

A Play Select insert 1

B - Select insert 2

C - Select insert 3

D - -

E Select background Select background

F Select insert 1 Play

G Select insert 2 -

H Select insert 3 -

I - -

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