The ATEM Mini Pro - All Things Audio! What did Blackmagic Give us?

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There's a lot of amazing things the new ATEM Mini Pro provides, but often overlooked is the audio functionality. In this rather long video, we look at all aspects of Audio with the ATEM Mini and ATEM Mini Pro!
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Table of Contents:
00:00 Intro
00:44 Hardware Overview
03:40 Software Overview
05:12 EQ Controls
10:59 Dynamics Controls (Compressor, Limiter, Gate)
16:25 Hardware Vs Software
18:32 Toggling Mic/Line Input
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[@RyanKnowsNothing]

They did it! The latest Blackmagic update for the ATEM Mini series switchers now has an audio delay function (up to 8 frames). Now go have some audio delay fun! Download the latest update here: www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/family/atem-live-production-switchers

[@josefrodriguez7441]

I use OBS with the original ATEM Mini. The delay audio was 250 milliseconds. It took me about five sample videos to get audio/video to sync. I look forward to day I upgrade to the PRO and eliminate OBS.

[@mannyramirez3434]

I am having trouble where around 30 to 40 minutes the video and audio get out of sync. There is like glitch and it goes out of sync.

[@thomasblekman4285]

hi-tech on life how can I contact you?

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

@@thomasblekman4285 Hey Thomas. I don’t really do any consulting or private support. What questions do you have?

[@thomasblekman4285]

@@RyanKnowsNothing remote help with optimising settings in my specific situation

[@jimr6463]

I’m a sound engineer just starting to use the ATEM and other streaming gear - this is the first ever video I’ve seen on this gear from a sound perspective - thanks a lot, you’ve probably saved me a lot of time and trouble! Keep up the good work sir!

[@nblanchard1667]

Thank you so much. I am using the ATEM Mini Pro in a church environment and the music we were streaming was embarrassing. The knowledge you have provided will help a lot.

[@nerdymedic]

From one audio guy to another, thanks for the great review! I've seen a lot of walkthroughs of this from video guys, and they left a lot to be desired. Strong work!

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Thanks Mat! Much appreciated!

[@pal2tech]

Outstanding video, thanks Ryan! 👍 There are so few good audio tutorials I'm finding and this was one of the better ones on the ATEM mini.

[@LaszloMag]

This was super helpful! I use this device to broadcast my dj gigs and the audio levels coming in from my dj mixer have been driving me crazy 🙉 Now I know why. Thank you!

[@scottydvintagevideos]

Very nice explanation covering the ATEM Mini Pro, especially on the audio. Kudos for not having some annoying background music playing during the video.

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Yeah, these long form extreme information videos just get annoying if there’s background music. Thanks Scott!

[@makasii]

Thanks so much!!! you just made my day! we just started a live stream for a car brand, providing them an alternative to the original product trainings we used to provide. With Covid, we are now forced to go new ways (which is actually fascinating), but also learn sound and stream and video tech... pretty impressive. So, your post just resolved and enlightened some of the shadows I still have :-) great work!!!

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Thanks Wayan! Glad I could help. It’s definitely a streaming world now. 99% of the meetings I currently attend are through Zoom Or Microsoft Teams. It’s pretty nuts!

[@guitarlessonswithtommymerr2867]

Huge thanks, I do a LOT of audio productions in Logic AND video production, but jumping into both/streaming this weekend. Your video helped me get 100% up to speed on the ATEM audio configuration in 5 min. THANKS!

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

You’re welcome! Thanks for the kind words and I hope your stream goes well!

[@charsiewpao4152]

This was such helpful content for an AMP user. You covered most of the bases on audio here! So practical!

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Thanks Zach! More to come soon!

[@Truck_Camping]

I had no ideal the eq existed. I am so glad to have watched this,,

[@crism79]

Excellent Video!! You are right, nobody talks about mic/line in feature!!

[@ailo14]

Great video thx. I had sound issues at church yesterday. This video helped me resolve the issue by pointing out I had to change from mic to line in the software. Lifesaver. Thx

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

That is awesome Ailen! Glad you were able to fix the problem and continue the broadcast!

[@ranspiano]

Really thorough and clear. Thanks for this great explanation on ATEM audio.

[@DALHOPP]

Thanks for the line switch hint. You made my day!!!

[@colebennett1828]

Thanks! I’ve been reading through the manual and thought I’d come back to comment on the mic vs line in options. You can determine which you want in the settings under the audio tab of general settings.

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Yep! I go over that at about 21:00 in. It’s such a useful feature for sure! I’m glad they included the option to switch.

[@FABStudios]

Thanks for the amazing video, I have been looking at getting the ATEM Mini Pro and this is the best video I have found :)

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Thanks Jon! I still haven’t used it to it’s full potential. It’s quite a good piece of equipment to have in your arsenal.

[@maeannlobresco2038]

What a great video, helps A LOT in the beginning.

[@paddy_cakes]

Hey Ryan, great video and thanks for the very informative deep dive into audio on the ATEM Mini Pro. We did a live stream today and I could not figure out how to prevent audio feedback due to the need to both stream vision from the ATEM to FB but at the same time, send the HDMI output to a big screen for the live audience and amplify audio for them to hear. I feel there is a simple solution but I'm still trying to figure it out. Hoping you can help!

[@arshdeepsinghsoni13469]

Thanks for making this video in detail

[@thomaskoiso6294]

Great job, I love your explanations. Thank you. On June 9th, 2020, a new ATEM Switchers 8.2.3 Update was released! Adds ability for users to select up to 8 frames of audio delay on analog mic inputs of ATEM Mini or ATEM Mini Pro to maintain sync with HDMI cameras, plus the ability to scale the DVE to greater than 100%. I guess the ATEM CPU is not maxed out! Please keep up your good technical explanations, I totally enjoyed it.

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Hey Thomas! Thanks for the comment. I just released a video yesterday covering the update! I’m glad they were able to make it happen. Now we don’t have to do all the round a bout craziness just to sync things up!

[@thementorempire]

Man , huge . Let me fly you to Vegas to setup my studio ! Having so many sounds issues. Thank you thank you

[@roryedwards2799]

Thanks Ryan this helped me out a lot with the audio settings on my ATEM Mini Pro

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Awesome Rory! Glad to hear.

[@mikevirtualteacher]

Thanks Ryan great video, very informative!

[@InbarajSuppiah]

Thank you so much for making this video sir. I just got the ATEM Mini Pro and trying to make it work with a YAMAHA mixer since I need to plug in 12 wireless mics for an event. This has been so helpful 👍

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Awesome man! That should be quite an awesome setup!

[@InbarajSuppiah]

@@RyanKnowsNothing yeah it’s a hackathon demo day here in Kuala Lumpur, the 10 top C-suites of a bank here will be judging the teams. It’ll be fun alright. Gotta make sure the setup is top notch on the day for the virtual event livestream 😀

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

@@InbarajSuppiah Nice! Let me know how it goes. We have to do this quite a bit lately at my day job. LOTS of virtual meetings and associated insanity!

[@chapbix12158]

I have a Mini Pro ISO on the way. When they are available, I will be getting the Mini Extreme ISO version. Your video is very helpful!

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Thanks! And good luck!

[@AlexPettitt]

Great video! I'm always looking to learn more about audio so found this super helpful! Keep up the great content :)

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Thanks Alex! That means a lot coming from you! I’m learning a lot from you as well and hopefully will start doing some live streaming shortly.

[@younken24films]

@@RyanKnowsNothing I'm in the same boat, life long audio guy slowly learning video and now streaming. Thanks for the in depth audio info. Still waiting for mine to ship.

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Awesome man! Yeah, I got lucky and had mine in pretty quick.

[@KellyRichey]

This was very helpful-- I got things dialed in right away! Thank you!

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Thanks Kelly! What are you using it for?

[@jonpaulsen3861]

WOW! Great teaching, master Ryan! As an audio hobbyist, I knew how the EQ works, but had no idea how to set it up well. I've never had a compressor on a mixer before except for a single control. Never setup for broadcast before this year. Can't get the present/boss lady to sit still for a good long sound check to get this stuff right (by guessing, which I hate). IOU! Cheers, Jon

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Thanks Jon! Yeah, those are the worst situations. Usually when I am mixing a broadcast I set the channel to that starting point and then I have the luxury of making subtle tweaks throughout because I am just concentrating on audio. If I was switching the show as well, I just would have time to do that. Glad you found it helpful!

[@waltononline9559]

Great video. If you are looking for the Mic/Line input change it is around 21 minutes. Learned a lot about all the audio settings I was unaware of.

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

I’m glad the video was helpful! Thanks for the comment!

[@livingontheeasternshoremd]

Super helpful man! Thank you!!

[@dfandrews]

Hey Ryan thanks for the video. I've been using the pro for about a year now but, due to church renovation, had occasion to reconfigure our setup. What I wanted to do was to connect the mixer output from the choir loft into mic 2 and the output from the "house" mixer into mic 1. What I discovered, unless I've got a hardware issue or erroneous setup, is that you can't mix mic 1 & 2 within the Atem Mini Pro. I can't find any documentation the proves or disproves this.

[@StoryTimePlace]

Ryan. Great Video Thank you!

[@DawRoStudio]

Thanks for putting the effort into this. What mic were you using to record your voice? Love how clean the output is!

[@twoisone599]

This was a huge help. Thanks! Good thing is now there is built in delay. Although the max of 8 frames doesn't quite work for me.

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

I was the same with signals from certain devices. My iPhone camera is SUPER delayed and barely makes it in at 8 frames. What delay are you looking at?

[@EasyyokeFilms]

Additional info: I noticed 4 frames(which isnt terrible or noticeable to average viewers) but if you are a meticulous person, you will notice. So I used audio/video sync test video to be able to get the precise number of frames of delay and it was exactly four frames. If your atem mini output is set to 24fps, 1 frame will be 41.67ms delay. So for 4frames, you need -167ms delay to correct the sync isse. This can be corrected in OBS with the offset sync in audio advanced setting. If you are not using OBS and you don't have the money for expensive mixers with delay functions, you can pick up a Beringher Shark FBQ 100 feedback destroyer on amazon for $120. It has a delay feature. And delay your audio from there before inputting it into the atem and you are good to go. I personally prefer the Atem Mini to the Atem Mini Pro because I like the fact that I can record my HDMI out to my external monitor with gives me a prores file than the very highly compressed file of the USB C of the pro. Also on the pro version u cant be recording to the Usb C disk and be connected to your system with the chord at thesame time. Just doesn't work. Multiview is good but it is not as important to me as been able to record my files in prores on a recorder monitor. I already have my hack around multiview on the Atem mini. For $300 less, I very much prefer the Atem mini to the pro

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

That is great info! Especially the OBS hack! I’ve used OBS in the past, but that is what I like about the pro...built in encoder for streaming! That’s a big one for me because the hardware can take care of the streaming and I don’t have to bog down my old laptop with extra software in the background. But hey, to each his own, right? Thanks for checking out the video and putting out that info!

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Awesome man! Glad you found that. @alexpettitt had a similar video where he shared how he ran a video podcast for some friends. He had a dual 1/4” to single 1/8” cable and ran it into one of his Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4ks and brought just that audio to the broadcast. As long as you can get audio to one of your cameras it shouldn’t be delayed at all. The delay only comes through the mic inputs. Thanks again for watching the video! Good luck on getting the Pro!

[@phillipedward]

Hmm, I'm curious about the hack on multiviewer please... Please

[@damonsummers]

Great video, found it difficult to find this info in depth as you have presented.

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Thanks Damon! Hope your ATEM Travels go well!

[@elephantgrass631]

The reason why the knobs are turned left and right is to prevent mouse lift when in live broadcast. There's more real estate on a monitor to drag the mouse width wise compared to height wise. Also, another good reason why you would want to split an audio channel to be separate is when you have a preamp connected to your camera like most sony's and lumix hardware. If you have the XLR device say for the lumix cameras, you'll want to control those separately if they are on two different people in the shot.

[@chillinjervisbay2123]

Great vid on the ATEM mini, thanks 👍

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Thanks man! Much appreciated!

[@thecognac079]

Very strange to the point and helpful. I have the Pro. Thanks!!

[@FreshMindTheBand]

Nice run through appreciate the thoroughness

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Thanks! I sometimes think I'm just boring the crap out of people. Glad you liked it!

[@DocFUNKist]

Thanks for this Frech air... the only decent video exclusively for Audio settings.

[@UrbanXTV]

Greetings, i have 4 lavaliere mics how do i assign each mic to its own track in the atem mini extreme pro iso?

[@AM2PMReviews]

I just recorded an interview with two people and each person had a lav. I put the mics on each camera and had them both on during recording. Will it now record separate tracks or keep them as a single mono track?

[@simonpackham5780]

SO HELPFUL: Thank you

[@aaronjones6843]

Great news they updated today and you can delay the audio! I loved how you talked about vocals. I wondered if you could discuss how you would mix for a live band environment that is being streamed.

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

I know! It made me quite happy. I’m hoping to have a follow up video shortly. However my last video on how to fix the problem is now useless! Ha! Thanks Aaron!

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Oh, and I'll try to look into mixing a live band. It shouldn't be that hard now that the delay thing is fixed. Just come off of a mixer with a dual XLR or 1/4" to 1/8" input on the ATEM mini/pro and make sure it's on line level. Maybe have the drummer hit the snare a couple of times to get the delay time, delay it, and you're good to go!

[@bobdrums]

Dude this was an awesome tutorial! I'm a drummer offering online lessons and this could take my lessons to the next level! I'm a bit late to the game here but man, I'm using capture cards, dongles, adapters and I feel like I'm really stressing out my laptop. I need a way to switch between a TalkBack mic and the mics on my kit so the line inputs on the back would be ideal!

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Yeah man! Now that they have the delay thing figured out it’s a great option to be able to run a smooth stream! Good luck!

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Hey everyone! Part 2 is now available where we take on the audio delay issue! You can view it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYq3m6lmYr2Cpqs

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Theoretically it should be possible with that mono XLR Female to 3.5mm. The thing to look out for is that the SM7B is a fairly low gain mic, meaning you have to crank the preamp to get a good level, and that ends up cranking the noise floor as well. Look into getting a Cloudlifter CL-1. it boosts the signal before the preamp so you get a really clean, strong sound out of the preamp. Amazon has them for about $150: amzn.to/2XrpKKN

[@mikerinehart]

I'm a little late to the show here. Great info!. I just bought one of these for my wife's youtube Channel. I have a Zoom Podtrack P8 for audio capture so I'll be running out of that into the ATEM. Does the ATEM store the most recent settings or will it need to be setup again each time? We are planning on recording straight to disk via the USB C and won't have a computer hooked up unless we are live streaming. At least that is the plan for now.

[@npdjrick1]

Hi Ryan, Question I am curious to know what Mic your using for this video. This sounds great and I see that your speaking normally and it is picking up your voice perfectly clear. Please let me know and thank you in advance.

[@mikeyfl]

Super helpful video, thanks!

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Thanks Mikey!

[@oscardtrimboli]

Thanks Ryan I have a rodecaster outputting 1/4 inch to 3.5mm in the ATEM creating hissing and humming when there is silence via the xlr microphone I’ve try microphone and line settings on the ATEM Any clues or pointers to remove the hum hiss?

[@fellowshipmj809]

Thank you for this video. I have a hum when using the line input? Any suggestions of what would cause that

[@parasphotographyfilms]

love it! This is. big help

[@winnertt]

this vid is GEM! learned so much thanks!

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Thanks! You rock!

[@RLeunk-lw3ek]

Hi Ryan, for a ENG feed I would like to insert the (n-1)audio into Mic2 and sent it with one of the cam's via HDMI2 to a laptop. So the audio on HDMI1out (life feed) is different from the audio on HDMI2 out (return to ENG). Is this possible?

[@whoisathome]

A change of 3 dB is accepted as the smallest difference in level that is easily heard by most listeners listening to speech or music. It is a slight increase or decrease in volume. To me that seems to be a relevant amount of change for every time you press the up or down button for the volume... Other than that, I learned a lot from your video and enjoyed it very much. Thank you for sharing!

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Oh I’m with you. It is acceptable for sure. Where it deviates from what I usually have available to me as a broadcast audio engineer is the ability to fine tune the levels. On a normal broadcast console, when at Unity you are adjusting in sometimes 0.1db increments to make the levels just right. That’s the only reason I brought it up. I am experimenting with some midi controllers that could possibly allow deeper control of the audio functions. Thanks man!

[@whoisathome]

@@RyanKnowsNothing Peace ;-)

[@cire30a]

is there anyway to use a xlr to hdmi input with or without the camera. so a hdmi cable with a slit xlr coming from it with phantom power on it?

[@avantgardenovelist]

Hi Ryan, thank you. I was hoping you could help me with something: my intention is to broadcast a stereo recording of my music I play live via my mixer (the only reason for the atem is to switch cameras from one area of the studio or another (piano, guitar, etc.), but that's purely visual. For this purpose, would there be any advantage to go for the extreme iso rather than the pro iso?

[@rich1576]

I've got two XLR's coming out of a sound desk. How would I get these into the ATEM Mini Pro. Is it just a matter of getting a 1/8 inch to two XLR cable or would I get two single 1/8 inch to single XLR cables and put one lead into mic 1 and the other into mic 2 on the back of the ATEM?

[@Na5tyify]

Hi I was watching this video because I wanted to get the ATEM mini extreme with 3 cameras for recording panel discussions. my problem is I have a 4 way senheiser ew100 g4 luv system and I was going to run them through the sound craft mtk 12 digital mixer so I could mix them externally from the ATEM. I have two questions. you mentioned that you use a digital mixer also but I could not see any option in the item software for selecting an external sound card so I could get decent audio into the ATEM is this possible as I don't want to rely on the mini jacks. What digital mixer do you use, how do you delay the signal how do you select the digital sound card in the item software? Thanks

[@dayoungjk4124]

Thanks for lesson number one I'm going to leave ssages on a few of your posts and maybe even a few links to soft I make in the

[@Axmaxify]

Thanks for this awesome video, as others I learned a lot ... and man, audio is so important to deal with. It's worth while digging more into it. Really appreciated if you could provide more content on sharing your expertise and experience with us. And definitely would be great you could test out the combination of the atem mini/pro with the rodecaster pro (and maybe dealing with any delay issues related to it). Would it be feasible to use one of the HDMI Inputs at the Atem to feed in the rodecaster pro output getting rid of the delay issue (in terms of having the same HDMI delay or is the delay more related to the transfer of data for the video signal)?

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Thanks for the kind words! I’ve gotten a couple of requests about the Rodecaster Pro. I’ll have to look into it and see. I do have a video I’m working on now addressing the delay and a couple of ways to compensate for it. From what I’ve been seeing it can be equipment specific. So the Rodecaster Pro might have a different delay time to lest say an analog mixer, just depending on how much processing is going on in the Rodecaster Pro and the analog/digital conversion.

[@NeilHesterSkateboarding]

It's a real shame they didn't add the sidechain trigger feature on the Compressor and gate from the Davinci Resolve Fairlight mixer, then you could do some useful ducking of audio channels such as music or ambient/room mics with the compressor or gate when using the mic inputs. Could be really useful when live streaming from a venue or pubic space.

[@christopherknowles8162]

Like very much, can the audio delay be adjusted using the software

[@LRUBBENS]

I have a problem in starting up my software control on a free WiFi network on location where I have to capture video to my mixer What can I do to solve that because I won’t get access to the private network installed there . Thx

[@seamussmyth2312]

Great job and much appreciated.

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Thanks man!

[@jayscarrom]

Great info. Very helpful. Thank you.

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Thanks Jay!

[@wasbeen]

Great video, simple to follow, but advanced information. Question, anyone got suggestions on cable to use from audio mixer (PA desk) into ATEM Mini? I think I need balanced XLR to mono on both L and R mini jack…. Not easy to find.

[@BryanRoseveare]

awesome video - first time the ATEM has made sense to me. z

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Awesome! Glad we could help, Bryan. Let me know if you have any other questions.

[@riccardobotta1480]

Great video. Very useful!

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Thanks Riccardo!

[@mikethecreative]

Wow awesome content! Thank you!

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Thanks Michael! Keep on keepin’ on!

[@Only1Science]

Just to clarify, if I'm using the 3/4 outs on my Apollo x6 (or any interface for that matter) to go into the ATEM mics (lines) 1/2, will it also record a mic input on my cam (Lavaliers)? I'm thinking about recording it all to a dedicated SSD drive via the USB port. That way, I'm freeing up any types of processing for Pro Tools. I see you've labeled a stereo track "PT" in the mixer window. How are you feeding the mixer? I hope I'm making sense. lol Thanks!

[@cire30a]

would love to know how to record all the audio tracks seperately, either through computer or usbc.

[@norbertzink6556]

Hi, Thanks it was helpful! My question is how can I insert my digital sound from my Midas air18 via USB cable into ATEM Mini pro. I Livestream now via OBS, but I want to stream via ATEM Mini Pro and avoid PC, but there are only analogue inputs. I have connected the computer (digital mixer connected to this PC via USB) to ATEM Mini Pro through HDMI and tried to forward sound, but didn't work. Only the sound of a video was perfectly there, but not the sound of the digital console 🙁 Do you have some idea, how can I solve this. Thx

[@asamghaffar3897]

Do these settings get saved to the atem or does the pc need to remain connected throughout?

[@RonnieDawg]

I’m interested in the mini pro and now seriously thinking I should have my audio (XLR), go directly into my Mackie Onyx 16, then into Protools to record (up to three mics), and bring it back into the mini. Any thoughts?

[@cire30a]

how did you get pro tools trhough the hdmii/ is it only audio coming through/

[@mattp1604]

Hey, for an all things audio post I would have expected some info on cabling. If I missed it, sorry, long video. Given the "audio split" showed two tracks (L/R) per Mic input I am guessing these 1/8" jacks are stereo unbalanced rather than mini-TRS balanced mono inputs? So 4 mic preamps total (2 per input)? You mention using digital mixer delay to fix sync between analog and digital (hdmi) inputs. What about using an hdmi audio embedder and then using an HDMI input for your external audio rather than the analog inputs? I'm guessing the sync there will be better if you can spare an HDMI port. It certainly should be cheaper than needing to buy an audio mixer with built-in delay function I would think. Downside might be is more conversions as I am guessing all the digital audio inputs are converted to analog for mixing in the Atem Mini before re-encoding for output? Or is it a digital mixer with digital-digital encoding on output?

[@oanthatakealeboga571]

Anybody know how to control the bass? I was in church yesterday and they sung and the kids love their own bass and they really went deep. On church spearkers it sounds fine but on the stream the bass just cracks up and sounds like noise... How can I rectify this for the next time we have a singing group? I basically want an equaliser just like on a mixer

[@guruaaina2858]

Bro, you're a great teacher and explainer! Thank you for tNice tutorials tutorial!

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Thanks Aina!

[@JordanREALLYreally]

I'm sorry if I missed it, but can you tell me: does each HDMI AUDIO source stay "switched on" if I switch from one cam to the next? I have 3 cams and 3 mics stretching longer than 30 meters, and I would just like to use the cam's audio inputs for all the mics instead of the line-ins in order to avoid possible signal noise w/ 30m 3.5mm cables. Thanks a lot!

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Hey Jordan! Thanks for commenting. If you have the HDMI’s audio input set to “ON” it will keep the mic on the whole time regardless of switching cameras. If you have the AFV, or Audio Follows Video selected, it will turn off the mic when you cut away from that camera, and turn it on when you cut to it. Best practice in your case is to just turn them all “ON” and leave them. Hope that helps.

[@henryvanschalkwyk2133]

You can also send your audio source into the camera so it will sync on the hdmi cable automatically.

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Yes, I did fail to mention that small fact, but I have a video coming out Sunday that addresses the delay issue in it's entirety. Thanks for watching!

[@calvarychurchofpueblo4475]

Thank you for this! We have our audio coming from the behringer x32. Headphone monitoring out of the mixer sounds PERFECT but upon hearing the audio of the saved video from the AMP the audio was pretty distorted (even though the levels showed pretty normal). After watching your video, I just realized I didn't switch the input from MIC to LINE, could that be what caused so much distortion? I realize lots of factors could be the issue but just curious if the MIC and LINE setting would make such a difference in general. Thank you for your time!

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Hi! Thanks for the question and sorry about the late reply. I took the last month of the year off from KZbin. I believe that is your issue. If it sounds good on the mixer, it should sound good on the broadcast. It was probably that line input option that was messing it up for you. It can definitely cause a LOT of distortion. Have you been able to try it with the inputs set to Line? Also, if you can, monitor your levels on the multi-view. In the ATEM Software Control, you can adjust the trim of the audio coming in by adjusting the knob at the top of the channel. Make sure you never hit the red.

[@percival23]

Can you use this to record shows/movies on Netflix, HBO, Hulu etc ..?

[@Fabriziomedia2023]

Hello, thanks for the video, a lot to learn! would you recommend to use the Rodecaster Pro as audio mixer to connect to the line input of the Atem mini Pro and to solve the audio delay issue, use between the Rodecaster and the Atem a BEHRINGER Feedback Destroyer Pro or something cheaper than that, do you think that would cause a loss of audio quality of the Rodecaster? thanks for your reply and keep up the great content

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

The Rodecaster Pro is an awesome piece of equipment and I think that is a dang good mixer to pair with the ATEM Mini Pro. I haven't checked out the Behringer piece to closely but it looks like it'd get the job done. Here's a cheaper option on Amazon that looks pretty easy to operate amzn.to/3cXhbwl. It is unbalanced, but if you're running short distances that shouldn't be an issue. Thanks for the question! Hopefully it helps!

[@TMEG.]

Love this video! super helpful! Quick question, does audio come out of the HDMI out as well? or is it just through the USB C out?

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Both. The USBC sends it to whatever computer program you are using to stream or capture.

[@maxabdullah6824]

Great video, many thanks 🙏. I think I’m going to w/ pro iso version. If I may ask you please to direct us for a document that easily explains audio feature like filters, gain and frequency so we can take advantage of such features on the device. Appreciated

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Hey Max! If you search on KZbin there are some great tutorials on EQ and Compression that might help out. But I'd say the best way to learn how to use EQ and Compression is by doing.

[@thebeastnode]

Great tips man! thank you. How do you set up the timestamps to match with titles in the video player?

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Thanks man! I appreciate that! The timestamps are automatic. If you place them in your description KZbin scans it and places them in the timeline. It's been able to see them for awhile as a timecode marker, but only recently has it put breaks actually on the GUI. The key to this though, is that you have to put a 00:00 as the first timecode to have a start or intro point. Try it out! It's pretty dope.

[@jessestuart5756]

Great ViD! Good to have a sound engineer's full run-through on the Atem's features. A few questions; can I internally sidechain the comp on say HDMI inp 1 from the analog 1 input? Am I able to plug in a stereo source into audio inp 1, and a mono source into audio inp 2? Working with a producer who has this, and encountered some odd behavior; depending on panning, the audio from jack one will appear on the mixer channel for jack 2, despite no source plugged into jack 2.

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Hey Jesse! Thanks for the kind words. It was definitely something that needed to be addressed. Unfortunately there isn't a sidechain option that I can see. That'd be cool if there was. Yes you can plug a mono source into one, and a stereo into the other. All the inputs are technically unbalanced stereo inputs, but in the software you can split the channels so each side of the stereo input acts as a single mono input, which lets you pan each side to the center. That's a weird thing happening with the sources being switched. I wonder if something is up with the ATEM. Thanks man! Hope this helps!

[@heartofamericafpv5584]

are the mic / line inputs stereo?

[@jdurso9602]

Hey, are you still available for audio consult? I need questions answered before buy an ATEM

[@IrixGuy]

Sub and Like added! Great video! I'm ninja-refreshing trying to score an ATEM Mini Pro soon! Great explanations!

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Thanks man! It is much appreciated!

[@Ptpop]

Great video. I just got the ATEM Mini Pro ISO. How do you monitor the sound?

[@streamiumlive]

As you've probably noticed there's no headphone jack on the Mini Pro (there is on the Extreme). I always plug my headphones into the monitor I use for multi-view output. It's not a great solution because if the quality of the circuitry of the screen is poor, then you'll be left a bit blind (or whatever the audio equivalent would be). An alternative would be to use a device that has HDMI feed through (In and Out) plus a headphone socket. An example would be an Atomos Ninja Blade

[@randallpatrickc]

Excellent stuff - you briefly mentioned “your hdmi audio input” - Is that how you are bringing in audio from a mixer? I am planning to mix my broadcast audio using logic or ableton fed from the house mixer - how would you bring that back in to the stream? (I was thinking of feeding the ATEM into Ecamm and adding the audio there from Dante but I like the idea of streaming right from the ATEM)

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

The HDMI audio is the audio coming from each HDMI input. On your Mac you can select the HDMI as your audio output from your computer and run it into the ATEM mini if you’d like. That might be nice because you may not have to adjust the audio delay at all. The quick and dirty way would be to get a feed from front of house and bring it into one of the 1/8” audio inputs on the back. Since the last update to the switcher included delay functionality you can easily compensate for that if needed.

[@AlanLangdon]

Much thanks for this great 2-part video, much much appreciated! Now: How do you suggest one go about monitoring, since you wisely recommend trusting one's ears? I ask because since there is no headphone/line out, I am listening to the audio sent out via HDMI to my DELL monitor (and then listening via the headphone jack on that). And what I am finding there is that I cannot trust the up-to-8-frame-delay feature: when things sound good on the monitor out (DELL monitor), they record with delay, i.e. the camera and lapel mic are out of synch by, say, 5 frames. So how can one trust what one hears, and where does one hear it? Also, the way it seems, the only way to check synch is to record to an external drive and open that file in VLC or another media player and see if audio and picture are in synch... this is very cumbersome. If audio monitoring could be trusted, it owuld be great... so is it? And where/how?

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

I use an audio extractor from Best Buy that spits out a line level signal. Then I plug it into the line level input of a cheap mixer I have. Another way I’ve done it is by using a home audio receiver with HDMI inputs. I know it’s not normal, but I had it in my studio.

[@wingowingo2928]

Any example of a low cost mixer that has the delay out function?

[@juanins]

Hello! Sorry for my english. Nice to find your KZbin channel. Thanks for the video and congratulations. The 3 more interesting parts for me have been audio splitting, switch between mic and line inputs and audio delay. Most of the people is more from video and treat as deep as you the audio things for these units. I still didn't decide from mini or mini pro... What a doubt! I have some questions I would like to share with you and your audience. First: If we enter to any atem mini or mini pro from a mixer that has XLR outputs how should be bought or soldered the connectors? I think Atems mini mic inputs are TRRS in which contacts are from tip to sleeve inL is tip - inR is ring 1- ground is ring 2 - mono input is sleeve (remember that XLR1 is ground, 2 is signal, 3 is invert signal). if the atem mini input is balanced audio it'l be signal is tip, invert signal is ring and sleeve is ground... Second: I was wondering if it could be used atems mini as usb streaming, with OBS or any other stream app or directly to KZbin or any other live video platform, I could use my digital mixer as an interface and get the audio inside de computer directly from there. Third and the most difficult one: I know it can be used atems mini by usb for online meetings or classes but what about using atem mini pro as a direct streamer to the internet router, be able to use it for those meetings with a external mixer? I would like for example to plug my ipad for the zoom class as HDMI input but also divide audio inputs and outputs to the mixer to make outside the box the multiplex connection with zoom class. How do you or any of your audience would do that? I guess I'd need a splitter from lightning to hdmi and other lightning and then an audio splitting from input and output and then plug the audio output of the ipad to a one mixer channel and to the ipad send all except that audio input from an auxiliary output from the mixer? Thanks in advace for your attention and your answers. Greetings!

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

Hi Juan! Thanks for checking out the video! That is one of the more interesting things I found was that you could actually switch between mic and line on the inputs! First Answer: Usually a TRRS is for a headphone plus microphone into a device that supports that. I would hazard a guess that these are Stereo TRS connections on the inside as it has no headphone functionality, but is a stereo (line) or balanced (mic) input. Alex Pettit has a cable he uses, but here is an XLR version I found that looks pretty good on Amazon: amzn.to/3cZY9FH Second Answer: On the original you have to go into something like OBS or a separate streaming box to get to KZbin. With the Pro you can stream direct or through OBS or straight to KZbin from the Ethernet jack. OBS is actually a great way to sync the audio from an external mixer with your stream because OBS has a delay function. I'm working on a video that will go more in depth with this. Third Answer: If I am understanding you correctly, you want to split the audio from you HDMI Zoom feed? There are ways to do that. I found a box that will extract the audio from you over an unbalanced signal that you could feed to your mixer, and it will split the HDMI so you could run to an external monitor and also the ATEM Mini: amzn.to/3ebHkb6. I think the ATEM Mini and the Pro would have to be plugged into your computer via USB to be used with Zoom, Skype, Teams and other meeting services. You might be able to do a round-a-bout setup in OBS, but I haven't delved that far into it. Hopefully that helped a little bit! Thanks for the questions and good luck!

[@SGBOI]

Can the software be installed on IOS iPad?

[@mikefavager4682]

Excellent video, thanks for the very informative overview of the sound capabilities. I have ordered, an ATEM mini, but may upgrade before delivery to the pro. I want to live stream a demonstrations from my Woodturning workshop and thought this would be a great device to use as a one man band. Would you recommend an external audio interface for a MacBook Pro or is the audio delay too insignificant to worry about. Also what mic would you recommend. Thanks again for the in depth video

[@RyanKnowsNothing]

I would recommend you go with a wireless lav mic as it sounds like you’ll be moving quite a bit with your demonstrations. This will allow you to also plug directly into your camera which negates the need for an audio interface and keeps the audio in sync with the video. Check out the Rode Wireless Go ($200) and Lav Mic Go ($100). Not very expensive and it sounds pretty good. That’s what I’ve been using in conjunction with a shotgun mic.

[@apachesim]

@@RyanKnowsNothing Thanks for the advice. looking forward to more videos