Event A/V Wishlist

[cbale2000]

Originally Posted by Metonym

I would highly suggest getting a mic just for ambient crowd audio. It makes the stream feel more alive when the GA or MC isn't talking.

The problem with this is copyright. A mic that pics up the crowd will inevitably pick up the music, which will result in streams or archives getting muted or taken down. In my experience streaming services like YouTube are HIGHLY sensitive to even the slightest bit of background music.

In fact the thing I was going to suggest adding to the list was "A way to separate audio from game announcers and field sounds from music", as this has been one of the biggest issues when running our event streams. Thankfully, basically any sound board with an auxiliary output (that can be individually adjusted on each channel) will have this capability, but it's something you have to be aware of when you're planning.