Master of the Niche: In Talks with Hainbach Earn with Streams?
Beat / How did you get the idea to make music with such fancy instruments and broadcast it live?
Hainbach / To be honest - I have always been interested in strange instruments. I used YouTube for documentation in the beginning and quickly noticed that, when pictures happen to music, people tend to stay tuned. There was more and more positive feedback and so one thing led to another.
Beat / What should a streaming beginner be prepared for?
Hainbach / The setup should be tested and stable before the first stream starts. Latency is also important, because if a stream is recorded, the computer needs some power. Additionally, with the audio routing (i.e. once into the video setup and back again), there can be noticeable delays and picture and sound can drift apart.
Even more important, however, is the video quality, because this is where the tolerance of the audience is lowest. That‘s why the first thing I got in the lockdown was an Elgato CamLink 4K, which allows you to connect a good camera with HDMI out, like a Panasonic GH5. Problem: HDMI is causing latency again, so the GH5 was running asynchronous to my Logitech C920 webcams. So I switched to a complete solution from Blackmagic, the ATEM mini. This is a small switch that allows you to switch and crossfade four HDMI cameras and displays as one webcam on your computer.
A checklist is also important because you have to do so many things at once. And
