The Video Switcher Compound provides the essential capabilities of a hardware video switcher, all within the Aximmetry Flow Graph.
Whether you're running a live broadcast, a virtual production studio, or a multi-source graphics pipeline, it brings professional switching control into the same environment where your compositing, keying, and rendering all happen. That means fewer points of failure, a simpler path from camera to output, and for smaller productions, potentially fewer boxes in your rack too.
Whether you are a solo creator looking to level up from OBS, a small studio wanting to consolidate your toolchain, or a larger broadcast or film production that wants a flexible and expandable mixing solution, the Switcher Compound is worth serious consideration.
Aximmetry Studio Edition is particularly well-suited to the streaming and content creator audience. For any production where four SDI inputs and four NDI inputs cover your signal needs, Studio Edition delivers the full power of the Switcher Compound without requiring a higher-tier licence. That is more than enough for the vast majority of streaming setups, small studio productions, live events, and content creator workflows.
For productions that demand more inputs, higher signal counts, or deeper integration with broadcast infrastructure, the Switcher Compound is equally at home in Aximmetry Broadcast & Film Edition. Whatever edition your production runs, the same compound, the same workflow, and the same creative possibilities are available to you.
For larger operations, there is an especially attractive option regardless of edition: run a dedicated Aximmetry license on a separate machine, used exclusively as a software mixer. Your main production machine handles rendering and compositing, while the dedicated mixing machine takes in all your sources and manages the program output. You get the clean separation of a hardware switcher at a fraction of the cost, with none of the limitations.
Forget juggling multiple applications or routing signals through external hardware just to combine your sources. The Switcher Compound accepts up to 12 inputs simultaneously, drawing from live camera feeds, video files, and real-time graphics rendered inside Aximmetry itself. Whatever your production uses, it all arrives in one place, ready to be switched.
First impressions matter. With up to four picture-in-picture windows, each freely positioned and sized (optionally keyed), you can build the kind of layered, professional layouts audiences expect from broadcast television. Smooth, customisable transition effects mean you are never stuck with a hard cut when a dissolve or a stylised wipe would serve the moment better. The transitions library gives you a growing collection of ready-made effects, and because everything lives inside Aximmetry's node-based environment, creating your own is straightforward.
The Switcher Compound goes beyond simple video mixing in a multimachine environment. It can manage transitions between entirely different virtual scenes, so switching from one virtual location to another feels as controlled and deliberate as any other cut in your production. For productions that need to move between locations, sets, or backdrops mid-show, this is a significant advantage over solutions that force you to interrupt the signal while a new scene loads.
Studio Operators do not need to understand the Flow Editor to run a show. The Switcher Compound presents everything needed in a clean Control Board interface: source selection, picture-in-picture placement, and transition control are all surfaced clearly, while the underlying logic stays out of sight. Your technical team sets it up once, and your production team takes it from there.
Because the Switcher Compound is a standard Aximmetry compound file, it is fully open and editable. Technical teams can extend it, nest it inside larger project compounds, or customise the transitions to match a specific brand or show format. It is a solid foundation that adapts as your production grows, rather than a closed black box you work around.
