- Let's talk gear.
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So for the last two days I've done
some live streaming here in Madison
and I used a very professional quality mobile set up.
And in this video I wanna walk you through
what that set up actually looks like
and the different gear that's involved in it.
And then how I kind of put it all together
for those two events.
So the first event that I did was for
the American Marketing Association.
I gave a presentation there all about live streaming
and the five strategies to get started live streaming.
If you wanna see that video you can actually see
the full live stream by, I'll include a link
in the description or tap it up there,
you'll be able to see that entire livestream.
Now, with that set up,
let's kind of walk you through everything.
I knew that I was gonna be onstage so I wasn't gonna
have multiple cameras or anything like that.
And I was gonna be presenting the whole time,
didn't wanna be focusing on the livestream,
but I wanted to make sure we had
a nice quality video and nice quality sound
and that the stream was there and solid
and I was able to monitor the stream the entire time.
So what I did was we had kind of a little set up
in the back of the room with the camera zoomed in,
had a high-quality, I had the lavalier microphone on.
So I wanna walk you through what
that setup actually looks like.
And the first main piece of that is this camera.
This is the XA10 Canon, it's just a video camera.
And so it's an actual video camera,
but it's what I like to use for streaming.
I use it, actually, on most of our presentations,
streamings, when I'm doing more
of a mobile setup it is the only camera.
When I'm doing a more multiple camera set up
then I'll actually include multiple,
I'll include this as kind of
that wide angle shot in that setup.
It works really well, the reason I got this camera
is 'cause the quality is high enough
for what I wanna be doing.
Usually when I'm doing these streams
I'm only putting out a 1080p video
so I'm able to do that, which is awesome.
It has the ability to take XLR cables,
and this one, actually, channel two,
so it's supposed to take two channels, which I loved,
because then I could plug in two XLR mics in there
and then be able to, say, have the lav on me
and then hand off a handheld mic to everybody.
But actually, this week, the channel two stopped working
so I had to use the channel one,
or I actually just ended up switching to the internal plugin
'cause then I didn't need another adapter.
But this works really great, and the reason I love this
is because it's just gonna keep running.
I will often record these live streams
right to here, as well, so I usually get
a couple hours of recording.
And then it has a dual SD card slot for backup immediately,
so I always know at least, if anything,
if anything were to happen to the stream, at least
I'm getting a very solid recording with this camera.
So that's kind of the main focal piece of that gear.
The second major piece is going to be your audio.
Audio is gonna be extremely important
when you're recording video
or when you're doing a livestream.
So you wanna make sure you have good microphones
to capture that audio.
In our, the kind of very mobile stream,
we had a very mobile stream
for Social Media Breakfast, Madison, you can see,
in the description I'll put a link to that video,
basically it was a networking event this month.
And so we wanted to be able to livestream it
as we traveled around throughout the event
going from different areas, bringing people on
to kind of interview them, talk about their business,
and allow people who are on the livestream
to interact with the people
who are actually attending the event.
So I wanted, there was gonna be two of us on there,
and like I mentioned, one channel broke on the camera,
so I love to use just a wireless handheld microphone.
What I really like is the Audiotechnica System 10.
So I use that for both the lavs
and for the handheld microphone, here.
It works really well, high quality audio,
definitely recommend this microphone.
So that's what we used in the SMB Mad.
And then when I was doing the livestream of the AMA event,
I just had a System 10 wireless lavalier,
and so I have both of those, which allows me
to be very versatile if I wanted to use just the handheld
or if I wanna do a lav, and you can just kinda switch
them back and forth, use one or the other,
and it works really great.
Highly recommend the System 10s.
I have tons of microphones, these ones have been
super solid for me and they're very easy to use
but yet still get real high quality and have
very little issue with interference or anything like that.
All right, the next piece is going to be
what your camera is actually mounted on.
So let's talk about tripods, or in this case,
let's talk about monopods.
This is the iFootage Cobra 2.
It is an amazing monopod and I love it so much
because of these feet right here.
This is a very sturdy monopod,
so it's gonna be pretty solid, like it's not gonna,
the camera, I fully trust it to be able to have my camera,
have the gear, and then be able to walk away
from this without any big issues.
So I highly recommend this monopod.
This is what I used during the SMB Mad
where I knew I needed to be moving around.
It's very easy to grab this with one hand
and still walk, you can still keep things pretty stable,
and then just plop it right back down.
Very little fuss, makes that super easy,
whereas at the AMA presentation, because I knew
it was just gonna be stationary the entire time,
I actually used the Peak Design Travel Tripod.
Really love this tripod.
It is amazing, probably my favorite tripod, ever.
But the reason I didn't wanna use that for SMB
is because I knew I was gonna need
to be moving around and the tripod
just takes up more space than a monopod.
So I wanted something slimmer for SMB Mad,
and then I wanted something a little more stable
when I know it wasn't gonna be moving around,
just in case someone happened
to bump it or anything like that.
I trust the Cobra 2 a lot.
Like, I've been out on pretty windy days
and still have been using this monopod
and it just sits great, so this is what I use
whenever I'm moving around doing a kind of behind the scenes
of a live event or at an expo or anything like that.
If I know I need to be moving the camera
but I still wanna be able to set it down
and get further than an arms length distance
away from the camera and have an interview with someone,
I turn to this monopod everyday.
Now, with a livestream, kind of the biggest thing,
the biggest difference between live streaming and recording
is gonna, of course, be that you need
a solid internet connection.
And to do this, I love to use the LiveU.
So this is the LiveU Solo.
What this box does is it helps make sure
you have a solid internet stream.
It'll allow you to connect up to four different sources
and kind of combine them all together
to create one big stream, and it just grabs the data
from all those different sources
to make that super powerful stream.
So what I'll do is I will connect to the wifi
if the venue has the wifi, so I'll connect to that
because this can connect to wifi.
You can also plug it into ethernet,
that doesn't always happen.
If we're doing a big, multiple camera event,
then a lot of times I'll be able
to connect to the ethernet, but not always.
But then I have two other modems that I will use.
So I have a Verizon plan here,
this just a modem that allows me 20 gigabytes of data
that will, I can use every single month
before they start throttling it.
So I'll connect this and so that makes sure
we have a solid Verizon signal.
But then I have a Nighthawk here,
and this makes sure I have a solid AT&T signal.
So I'm able to kind of combine those together
and create that super solid stream.
When everything's working, have very little chance
of a dropout from that stream.
So that's the gear that I use at the events
and what I'll do is actually kind of combine everything
into one unit and it works really well,
especially when doing something like the SMB Mad livestream
where I need to be moving around all the time.
And you basically just take the camera,
you're gonna use an HDMI cable
and plug that into the live view,
and then I will attach the live view directly
to the monopod or the tripod just to help make sure
it's all kind of together and can be easily moved around
and all just in one spot, that works really well.
And then the modems all get kind of attached
to the live view right there, as well.
And I'm gonna include links to every single item here
that I mentioned in the description.
So jump on down there and you'll find
all the gear to the exact things that I have.
And hopefully you can check them out and see
if they are right for you and the professional
mobile streams that you wanna be creating.
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I'll tell you the gear and the software
that I use to make those happen.
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