News for Live Production Pros & Followers

READY TAKE LIVE - THE SCIENCE OF BROADCAST TECHNOLOGY Shooting in 4k from the Live X Studio!

Producer, Rob Baynard, was back in the Live X Studio with another episode of "Ready Take Live!" Last week's installment focused on the first ever live stream from the rock and roll garage band, Severe Tire Damage. 

Audio Engineer, Nick Nagurka, took a look at the massive production of the New York City Marathon. Communication is key for an event of this scale and Nick was impressed with CPP Communications' ability to cover the ground and deliver the sound!Last weeks "Ready Takes" featured lighting from Chauvet DJ and Litepanels, along with a multirack soundgrid from Waves. Rob discussed his favorite encoding programs, TRax and Core from Teradek, and the multiracks we utilize in the Live X Studio. For "Live History", Rob paid tribute to the house band of the internet, Severe Tire Damage. They were the first band to have their album livestreamed online from Xerox Parc in Palo Alto, CA. Be sure to watch the full episode to take a listen to some of their hit songs.

Watch the full episode below and catch us again every Friday!

Ready Take Live - The First Live Stream

Spotlight Event

Live X Invited to Present for NY Video Meetup at Vimeo HQ

Live X co-founder and president, Corey Behnke, was a featured panelist at the New York Video Meetup this month, hosted by Vimeo.

After a brief overview of the current scale and scope of live streaming, he looked at existing technologies and practices used in recent Live X productions. Corey then discussed state-of-the-art technologies in the industry and where they're headed in the near future.  The audience had numerous questions in the Q&A session, especially about RTMP.  Corey pointed out that the SMPTE 2110 standards, finally released recently, make way for the eventual, complete replacement of all SDI cabling with ethernet.

Located within our Hudson Yards location, the Live X 4k studio comes fully stacked with the following features and integrations

• 360 Degree profiles with a complete pipe lighting grid, green screen, black or white curtain backgrounds, and 11-foot brandable interior window

• 4k Studio Cameras on tripod dollies with remote robotic PTZ camera controls and live SDI output

• Video and Color Correction through Davinci Panels, and Clean ISO audio recording

• Robust signal distribution and monitoring through our 20-input live switching console

• Broadcast graphics, slate or lower thirds created with our proprietary GFX system

• High-Fidelity Audio Ecosystem produced through a 32-channel mixing console with Avid Pro Tools and Waves Multitrack Integration

• Experience an open, clean and friendly office environment conveniently located in Hudson Yards, NY (between 36th and 37th St). Our building comes with loading dock access and 24/7 lobby security for private or high-profile clientele. 

Featured Gear & Services

TRAX by Teradek

High-Density H.264 Codec Technical Specifications include:

• Available in a 2RU chassis with an optional redundant power supply 

• Supports up to 8 codecs at one time

• Allows installing of encoder and decoder cards 

• Each T-RAX encoder card can encode video from the 3G-SDI input into H.264 video with support for RTMP, MPEG-TS, TDS, and RTSP/RTP protocols

• Its decoder cards output via both 3G-SDI connectors and can decode incoming streams from any T-RAX encoder card, Cube or Slice encoder