Spec notes · 9 min
Sanctuary stream: cameras last, sound and key light first
The order of operations that keeps a Sunday from looking like a phone stand.
YouTube hears the PA
A beautiful ATEM cut of a muddy room still sounds like a muddy room. Fix wireless, the desk, and the speech chain before the third camera.
Four inputs disappear
Wide, pulpit, lyrics, and a confidence / IMAG eats an ATEM Mini Pro. If you know you will add a band camera, start at Extreme ISO. ISO recording is how you fix a live cut on Monday.
Light the face, not the stage wash
LED PARs that look fine in the room often look sick on camera. A bi-color COB (Amaran 200x / Aputure 300x) with a softbox is a better 'lighting upgrade' than another mover.