Which supposed "must-haves" can you drop from a show without much trouble, and which "creature comforts" have you found surprisingly necessary?
ASKED BY · Josh Kaufman · PITTSBURGH, PA, USA · 03 NOV 2026 · ▶ 00:52:10
Moved from SDI cables to NDI workflow and wireless audio to simplify setup while maintaining quality; dropped hardwired solutions in favor of wireless microphone systems and iPad-based audio control for portability.
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52:09Let's go to the next question. This one's from Josh Kaufman in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Which supposed must-haves can you drop from a show without much trouble, and which creature comforts have you found surprisingly necessary? Ooh, that's an interpretable question. How do you interpret it? I think he's asking about what things in the production should I drop. and what things am I, uh, like I'm comfortable with that.
52:36I don't want to drop at least if I'm understanding the question, right. Um, you, since a lot of these guys, you guys are broadcasters, you understand this in my background being broadcasting, I have software switchers, but I am, I am a fan of hardware switchers. I am, I love NDI, but an old SDI cable, you can't beat it, man. And like, I, I am right.
53:01I, I maybe, I like to be hardwired with everything as much as I possibly can. But lately I've, again, to let go of things, I've moved to a completely NDI workflow. I'm moving more and more to, I hate to say it, but wireless audio. I have a rack mount personas that I use. So everything's wireless. I just throw that in and use the iPad to control the audio.
53:26I've I've certain things I've gone through and I'm like it pains me but those are some things that I you know I had to I had to get rid of the old snake the 50 foot snake you know and uh podcast mic with a countryman I had to go to a wireless you know so it is what it is we have one more question to get to before we wrap things up
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