Makespace Studio
Inspired by lockdown events and online training, we’ve been exploring how we can make it easy for Makespace members to record and livestream things from Makespace. The first version of the resulting “Makespace Studio” is now coming together, so here is a little about how it is shaping up: The core of the Makespace Studio setup is based around the Black Magic ATEM Mini Pro ISO which supports 4 HDMI cameras/inputs, can livestream to Youtube, output as a webcam (to input in to e.g. zoom) or record all the channels to an SSD. It is built in to a sit/stand desk, and everything is powered off a single 5m power cable, including any cameras that can plug in over their own tethers that connect both HDMI and power. It also has a shots monitor and wifi built in so it can stream directly to YouTube without any computer attached. This was put together based on the requirements that came up through discussions in the Events Club among others: Focus on “live” – initially this was more about supporting zoom or live streaming to YouTube with decent multi-camera setups for doing