Friday, May 8, 2009 at 10:29PM How Do We Produce TWiST?
We've been getting quite a few questions already about the equipment that we use to produce This Week in Startups, so by popular demand,here it is: The Studio: We shoot live each week from Mahalo Studios - our own studio that we built inside the Mahalo offices (more details about all of our gear after the jump...) Video Switcher: The core of our system is an awesome Newtek Tricaster Studio. This allows us to switch 6 cameras (or other sources), do video playback, insert graphic overlays and stream live to the internet. The Cameras: We use various cameras, including Sony FX1's and Sony XR-500V's Lighting: We use all Kino Flo ParaBeam fixtures. They are all controlled over DMX (connected to the Mac Pro via an Entec USB DMX Pro) using MiniStage Console. Audio Gear: Mics: Mostly we use Shure SM93 Lav mics, but occasionally use Sennheiser wireless lavs or other mics as needed Audio Mixer: Behringer Xenyx 1622 Firewire Interface: M-Audio Firewire 410 (for connection one of the iMac's for audio/video playback) Headphones:Sony MDR-V6 Stereo headphones Computers: 2x - 24" iMac's for video playback, research, and various production duties 1x - 17" iMac for live video streaming (used as a backup/secondary stream to the TriCaster) 1x - Quad Core Mac Pro with a 24" Dell 2407FPW Monitor - used for editing, administrating streams, running Ustream chat rooms, and general production duties Misc Studio Gear: 2x - 42" Westinghouse LCD Monitors for Playback (1 in studio, 1 at control) 1x - 24" Dell 2407FPW Monitor for feedback and communications (inside studio, is mirrored to one the of the iMac's) Internet Uplinks: 12Mbps symmetric Fiber connection (primary feed - dedicated during shows for streaming) 8Mbps symmetric radio connection (secondary feed - used for all other internet traffic) 8/1Mbps DSL line (backup, used as a failover in case either of the other feeds goes down)
