Looking to step up our production setups and hardware to produce, broadcast, and make available VOD, an "audio centric cooking show." I'm wondering if OBS, Wirecast, or even some kind of hardware solution, could help us improve.
Ive been teaching online music technology classes for 15 years, and now (INSPIRED by OFFICE HOURS! https://www.youtube.com/c/AlexLindsay/videos ) we are evolving into 'participatory media with hands-on interaction' so students are actually DOING things from home.
We're doing kind of a "Cooking Together" thing with music production classes! Following in the footsteps of Office Hours, we have been using Zoom Webinar. But after observing "Mad In the Kitchen" using Zoom Meetings (with various breakout rooms) I can see how useful that could be in our live streaming music technology classes ("shows"). For example, we can have a "Tech Support" room for students needing help and other rooms for certain students interests (like 'song writing' or 'mixing') Perhaps Zoom Webinars with offer breakout rooms in the future...
Analogous to Zoom cooks "Cooking Together" from home ==>> needing a kitchen, ingredients and a webcam, our students need a functional DAW, a webcam, microphone, audio interface and ALSO need Audio Movers ListenTo plugin inserted on the stereo OUTPUT of their DAW. This sounds MUCH better than Zoom audio (or ANY other web video conference platform), but adds another level of complexity to the show. It's NOT that difficult to integrate AudioMovers in our live streaming classes. Students unanimously PREFER AudioMovers vs. Zoom audio because the difference in sound quality is CLEARLY audible and they APPRECIATE it. Native audio in Zoom is NOT "good enough" for critical listening and REALLY being MOVED emotionally by the power of SOUND.
Every student either needs to 1) purchase a one year Audio Movers license, only $65 for students. 2) Or, use one of the multi licenses that I have purchased (and "loan" to students for a given show)
So, we need at least 8 - 16 audio sources (that we want to mix and record)
QUESTION ===>>>
I want to figure out the best way to 1) manage the different audio streams from student "cooks" broadcasting from their DAW with Audio Movers 2) Record (mix) the show live and ALSO stream live on YouTube 3) Record ISOs of everything for post production.
Currently, I record Zoom 1) in the cloud and 2) ALSO locally (for ISO audio tracks) and 3) record the AudioMovers streams from students into my browser with AudioHijack. All of these media assets are then imported into Premiere Pro (and synced up) for editing and post production
I'm wondering if something like OBS or Wirecast might be a consideration to RECORD isolated files from all the audio sources? (our kids "cooking up" music and funky beats from their DAW "kitchens.") And also, perhaps OBS or Wirecast (or some hardware/software setup) can help MIX this show for live streaming to YouTube.
Someday in the future, we might look back and laugh the the idea of using AudioMovers with every student in an online class (or event). But, at this moment in history, AudioMovers sounds amazing (and web video conferencing platforms deliver audio that is mediocre at best). For an 'audio centric cooking show' we REQUIRE "gourmet ingredients of sound!"
Ive been teaching online music technology classes for 15 years, and now (INSPIRED by OFFICE HOURS! https://www.youtube.com/c/AlexLindsay/videos ) we are evolving into 'participatory media with hands-on interaction' so students are actually DOING things from home.
We're doing kind of a "Cooking Together" thing with music production classes! Following in the footsteps of Office Hours, we have been using Zoom Webinar. But after observing "Mad In the Kitchen" using Zoom Meetings (with various breakout rooms) I can see how useful that could be in our live streaming music technology classes ("shows"). For example, we can have a "Tech Support" room for students needing help and other rooms for certain students interests (like 'song writing' or 'mixing') Perhaps Zoom Webinars with offer breakout rooms in the future...
Analogous to Zoom cooks "Cooking Together" from home ==>> needing a kitchen, ingredients and a webcam, our students need a functional DAW, a webcam, microphone, audio interface and ALSO need Audio Movers ListenTo plugin inserted on the stereo OUTPUT of their DAW. This sounds MUCH better than Zoom audio (or ANY other web video conference platform), but adds another level of complexity to the show. It's NOT that difficult to integrate AudioMovers in our live streaming classes. Students unanimously PREFER AudioMovers vs. Zoom audio because the difference in sound quality is CLEARLY audible and they APPRECIATE it. Native audio in Zoom is NOT "good enough" for critical listening and REALLY being MOVED emotionally by the power of SOUND.
Every student either needs to 1) purchase a one year Audio Movers license, only $65 for students. 2) Or, use one of the multi licenses that I have purchased (and "loan" to students for a given show)
So, we need at least 8 - 16 audio sources (that we want to mix and record)
QUESTION ===>>>
I want to figure out the best way to 1) manage the different audio streams from student "cooks" broadcasting from their DAW with Audio Movers 2) Record (mix) the show live and ALSO stream live on YouTube 3) Record ISOs of everything for post production.
Currently, I record Zoom 1) in the cloud and 2) ALSO locally (for ISO audio tracks) and 3) record the AudioMovers streams from students into my browser with AudioHijack. All of these media assets are then imported into Premiere Pro (and synced up) for editing and post production
I'm wondering if something like OBS or Wirecast might be a consideration to RECORD isolated files from all the audio sources? (our kids "cooking up" music and funky beats from their DAW "kitchens.") And also, perhaps OBS or Wirecast (or some hardware/software setup) can help MIX this show for live streaming to YouTube.
Someday in the future, we might look back and laugh the the idea of using AudioMovers with every student in an online class (or event). But, at this moment in history, AudioMovers sounds amazing (and web video conferencing platforms deliver audio that is mediocre at best). For an 'audio centric cooking show' we REQUIRE "gourmet ingredients of sound!"