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How to Make a TNT

The production team runs through what it takes to make a live show! Live!

Jan. 18 2013

Cast: Vinny

Posted by: Drew

In This Episode:

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What is the name of the song at ~20:30?

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I said this before and I'll say it again. I love it when they do videos like this.

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Goddamn I love mixing audio.

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Glad to hear that Vinny doesn't like Sennheusers. I just worked with a bunch of them and they were crap.

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@groverat said:

This convinced me to buy a $400 prime lens for my camera goddamit

haha, idiot. ( just kidding ! :p )

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This convinced me to buy a $400 prime lens for my camera goddamit

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Edited By megalowho

This stuff is great, thanks for doing it. I do production for live webcasts and you guys have a really nice setup, so many fun toys.

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And now we know why all live streams start late. Great video guys, always a real treat to see how stuff like this is done.

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@fisk0 said:

@Evilsbane said:

@Duffyside said:

Content Review.

This content has Vinny in it.

5/5

Well, its fucking true...

+ Drew. 8/5.

I believe when it includes both you multiply the two scores that each individual would have gotten and put the result over 5.

Vinny and Drew: 40/5

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Thanks guys, its nice to see what all the hours have been put in to. Looks like the investment paid off. A very slick operation. I'm impressed that its manageable by a single person.

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@Evilsbane said:

@Duffyside said:

Content Review.

This content has Vinny in it.

5/5

Well, its fucking true...

+ Drew. 8/5.

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Edited By OtterChaos

Great stuff, I'd like to see the Green Screen and Kinect setups and how that all works. Do LED lights run hot? I wonder if the studio lights could be changed to them. Would also like to know how often someone trips over a cable, props to Drew for moving all over while toting a camera.

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That was really interesting. Some serious amount of flips and switches that goes on I see :D

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Edited By nauticalnaught

Ok, now that I've watched this I'm qualified to work at GB correct or do I need to drink a certain number of beverages?

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I wasn't feelin' Jeff's facial hair before, but now I'm totally down.

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Edited By crcruz3

Fascinating.

You know that there is no going back from this. We will demand more of this kind of stuff.

You guys are great. Thank you Vinny and Drew.

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Edited By IcarusFoundYou

Nice camera work Drew!

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Edited By Curufinwe

Soooooooo complicated.

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This video should've been called "How to throw down".

I got more of those. Holla back for that hot collabo, GB :p

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Edited By Pestulon

Thanks! This was very insightful. Never realised how complex these setups can be. Makes me appreciate all the video content you guys put out even more!

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Haha, I don't know why, but Jeff and Alexis's "Bwaaaaah!" at 42:18 makes me laugh happily.

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Great stuff. Really enjoyed it. Thanks guys!

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The comparison between the lighting levels and prime lenses vs regular zoom lenses was really interesting. glad they don't have to have super bright lights blaring on them any more, and it looks so nice.

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In a previous life I got the wonderful experience of running live audio.

Seeing what is involved in live video REALLY makes me miss those days, but I don't have the money to even begin to play with that kind of tech.

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Holy shit, my subscription paid for maybe one of those cables in the entire setup. Shit's crazy.

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Edited By boldspud

Awesome, awesome feature.

Makes me miss my film major.

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And here I thought the whole thing was done using handycams and xbox 360 headsets.

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Holy shit. All subscribers are now primed and ready for internship.

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I always hear everything with my HD650s. I HEAR EVERYTHING

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@Nmckee503 said:

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That face is right behind Drew's Halo 4 face from his GOTY.

But thanks for the behind the scenes guys! It's cool to have an inkling of what all those switches do.

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RE: Vinny Caravella's comment about people complaining about the stream's volume being too low:

This seems, at least partially, to be the fault of Twitch. I've discovered that if you mute and then unmute the stream after the broadcast has started, the sound level jumps dramatically. I know I'm not the only one that this works for because during a recent TNT, I saw "low volume" complaints and suggested this technique in the chat. I got several replies back confirming success, including a couple of "now it's too loud" comments.

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i could watch vinny talk words at me all day!

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This was a great video. Very fun and educational. It's great to see all the parts of kit that make up their setup. I would really enjoy videos focusing on the different components. For example, with the tricaster, how all the PiP's are controlled and positioned as well as how they create their own transitions and import them. Keep up the good work.

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What watch are you wearing?

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That's a lot of complicated stuff! It's was fun watching it!

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this was really hilarious live, thanks guys. behind the scenes stuff is da bomb

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cool cool cool.

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You guys are really clever, makes me appreciate TNT so much more!

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Very interesting. Thanks Drew and Vinny!

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Wow, and 2 people are managing all these things? Great content guys. Makes me glad I subscribed :)

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Did a great job showing your set up. From my time working on film, recording, and live music (by no means a pro in any of these), there is an amazing amount of work that goes on behind the scenes to make the magic happen.

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Loved the video, would love to see more behind the scenes videos.

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@simkas: could you find it?

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Loved the behind the scenes, looking forward to the next one!

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Edited By xymox

Great feature, thaank you for doing this. And yes, some more details on why you use certain cables and how you're capturing stuff would be interesting.

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Behringer compressors? You cheap bastards!! :D

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This reminds me of Premier Guitars 'Rig Rundown' videos.

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12/5 stars

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Awesome. Thanks for taking the time to do this!