7a. The Mixer Page - Basic Operation

This is your vision mixer. When you open your mixer page and once you have inputs connected, it will look something like this:

In this case we have 4 useable inputs, visible as 4 input panels in the lower section of the mixer page.

Each is a guest who has connected using the Pre-defined Guests feature and their names have been populated automatically. The features of the input box are detailed below.

As a default, the large window shows what is currently being broadcast to the Live Feed.

To add or remove an input from the Live Feed, click on the [+] or [-] icon on that intended input.

Inputs will arrange automatically on the Live Feed to the most comprehensible layout.

Auto-arrangement is supported for up to 25 inputs on screen at the same time.

You can create more Mixer real estate on your screen by clicking the Collapse icon at the bottom-left of your screen. This hides the main menu panel on the left.

You can also click and drag the sizing bar between the Live Feed window (upper section) and Input sections to create more space for Live Feed or more space for Inputs. 

Even more space can be found by clicking on the Fullscreen Mixer button (11. below)

And yet more information can be displayed on your screen by selecting Smaller Inputs on the Mixer settings (13.)

Mixer Page Quick Guide

1. Navigation Menu - Find your way around your workspace. 
2. Room Selection - You can quickly jump between your rooms from here. Your current room will remain unchanged if you leave.
3. Open Live Feed - This will open a new window of your current Live Output.
4. Copy Link - A URL of your current Live Output will be copied to your clipboard.
5. Comfort Monitor page - This will open a new window of your Comfort Monitor page.
6. Collapse top bar - The menu bar featuring items 2-5 will sweep dramatically out of your way creating more space for your mixer.
7. Sends a request to all participants to unmute their microphones.
8. Global Mute - Mutes the audio feed of all inputs to the Live Feed Output. (Like lowering the Master Faders on a sound desk.)
9. Presets Menu - From here you can select, cue and edit layout presets. Presets are covered in more depth in another section. 
10. Add Placeholder - Adds a dummy input to your inputs list so you can test layouts and presets even if you don't have any connected guests. Guests can be assigned to the placeholder at a later time using the Assign Placeholder icon.
11. Fullscreen Mixer - Removes all your browser bars and borders so you have more space to enjoy mixing your show.
12. Disconnect Mixer - Disconnects you from your mixer. The layout will remain unchanged and your room will remain active.
13. Expand your Settings menu.
14. Expand your Text Chat menu.
15. Expand your Producer Text Chat menu.
16. Expand your Producer Video menu.
17. Expand/Collapse the Navigation Menu (1).
18. Quick Help - Opens a text assistant.
19. Big Help - Opens this How-to Guide.
20. Submit Feedback - Anywhere you see this is a way to tell us about bugs or offer suggestions. It sends a message to the clever folks that made this thing. (Not me, I just wrote the how-to guide.)
21. Sign Out - Signs you out. Cheerio. See you soon.

Input Panel Quick Guide

1. Drag & Drop - Use this to reorder the inputs on your screen.
2. Ask to Unmute - This sends a prompt to the participant to manually unmute their microphone from their end.
3. Participant's Name - This is initially populated by the participant when they join the call. You can edit it (see number 9).
4. Audio Meter - A visual representation of what sound you are receiving from this input.
5. Live Preview - This is a live feed of the video you are receiving from the participant. When this input is live on the broadcast it will update with a Live label. 
6. Add/Remove Input from Live Feed.
7. Pin Feed - If multiple inputs are live on the Live Feed, selecting this will remove them and focus on that input. Unpin to go back to the previous layout.
8. Mute/unmute an input's audio. Operation of this will depend slightly on whether the participant has enabled Producer Control of their microphone. A producer can always mute a participant's microphone. If the participant has granted Producer Control from their guest page, the producer can also unmute remotely.
9. Edit Input - This will open the Guest Data window where you can update details. For example you can change the Name of the input, which will show on the input window (see number 3) and could appear on a Lower Third if you are using them.
10. Magnifier - This will show you an enlarged window of the Live Preview. Click it again to remove.