At LiveX, a fully remote show doesn’t mean cutting corners. It means engineering a workflow where every signal is controlled, routed, and backed up like a traditional broadcast facility.
It all starts with talent. On their end, it’s simple: they join via Zoom. On ours, it’s anything but basic. We bring talent into a dedicated Zoom ISO machine — a Mac Mini connected to a Sonnet PCIe enclosure with a DeckLink Quad 2 capture card. This setup allows us to output isolated video and audio feeds for each participant while sending a clean program return back for confidence. Full control. No guesswork.
From there, video travels across SDI through Blackmagic VideoHub routers and into our centralized Ross routing system. Nothing is point-to-point. Every signal is fully routable. That flexibility allows us to send feeds to vMix for switching, HyperDeck recorders for ISO capture, auxiliary systems for return feeds, and our encoder for distribution — all without re-patching a single cable. Audio runs on a parallel but equally robust path. We de-embed SDI audio into Dante, route it into an Allen & Heath SQ-6 console, and give our A1 complete authority over the mix. Playback and music feed directly from vMix into the console via Dante Virtual Soundcard. The technical director switches video. The A1 mixes audio. Clear roles prevent chaos.
For communication, we integrate Unity intercom into our Clear-Com system using Dante, so producers, directors, and clients collaborate in real time — even from different cities.
Once synced and verified, the program routes into a Makito encoder and out to Virtual Video Control Room, where we distribute to YouTube, LinkedIn, private platforms, or anywhere the audience lives.
