Live Stream Church w/ Audio from Soundboard! | A Guide to Webcam and Audio Interface Setup

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I put together a cheap live stream setup for our church using mostly old analogue gear. I routed audio from the sound board mixer to an audio interface using a spare set of main outputs. It's a super low maintenance way to get decent sound without having to setup a separate mix. For video I used the HuddleCamHD webcam and boom we had a great looking feed for our online services--all for about $300.

[joshuapeterson]

As a worship leader of a church who is using a cell phone to live stream, I've been looking for a video that gave good insight on how to go live in more professional manner. This was the only video I could find that explained in detail about how to connect it all together with good information for each step. Top notch video, my brother. Liked and subscribed! Oh, and great song at the end!

[kwamegyanofficial]

Watched tons of tutorials but this is just exactly what I need esp about the Audio Interface

[mysterybeliever]

Yup good advice for small churches with little money to spend also I’m realizing if you don’t have much of a monitor setup and can free up a monitor mix you could send a monitor mix to your livestream and then you can mix a separate mix for the live stream.. Im so glad I found this. I have a lot of family members running minimal setups and the more expensive options I’m used to definitely are too much for them

[skymegatoronto]

If u can spare a monitor line out from mixer console, we use an aux out for live stream and therefore won’t interfere with adjustment to the main fader/volume control made for folks in the sanctuary

[urbannpa]

Note to board-op. Make a cheat sheet. Just in case it someone else at the board on Sunday. What goes where, don't move this fader during service.

[johnwiggins]

I have been struggling to understand this for a couple of months and you cleared it up in 15 minutes.

[emi]

Thanks so much bro! Finding this video was a blessing because you have the exact same make of the analog soundboard we have. I purchased the audio interface and cables you recommended and everything works great! This paired with the visual quality of our black magic camera is amazing!

[passionate]

Hi great video and thanks for sharing, I also do sound for my Church and live streaming, but instead of coming out of the main mix i use an AUX channel which allows me to do a separate mix for the streaming.
That way i can make any adjustments on the main mix and not affect my live stream mix. Just thought to share that but everyone has they own preference. Keep up the good work all to the glory of God.

[brotherlykindness]

Bro, this video is I dare say the best video I've ever watched about how to set up the sound system for live streaming. God bless you bro! This is brilliant !
Was watching you from Gabon (Central Africa).

[juanl]

OMG! One of the most thought out and clear Analog to Live Stream Tutorials! Thanks Eric!

[vcrtzdc]

This has been extremely helpful. I have a podcast and want to change the overall quality… so I’ve been thinking about getting an audio interface but the main issue was live-streaming the whole thing. I also got a gig to livestream Dj sets at a local club, so this is very helpful. Just need to go buy everything now 😭

[StringfieldRidgeFarm]

Best explanation I have found! My pastor just asked me to get our church set up to live stream on YouTube. I do lives for my channel at home but wasn’t sure what we needed for the church.😢

[titusbaugus]

this was extremely helpful. Ive been in IT for years but very new to AV. My church has a small budget and other priorites. So the AV side has to work with what we got or like you said a shoe stirng budget. I am going to take what i learned here and see if i can make my church livstream audio sound better. Thanks Eric!

[mpbeats]

I don't have much to say, May God Bless You, no-one knows how I'm feeling now after watching this video, it's gon make a huge difference in my church
God Bless

[alexanderthegoat]

You my good man, are a lifesaver. I've been going on YT for WEEKS looking for this! What's ironic is how your setup is exactly like mine, the issue for me was the sound not coming out and I always had to use the alternative of using the aux sends (which isn't a good a option, trust me) thank you man, God Bless!

[wandahart]

ERIC! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I am about to return to service after three years of live streaming in a stationary location and this video is just what I was looking for on how to hook everything up for a small church. I am so glad you went into detail about the analog board because that was the piece I really needed. I will be the only one doing AV so this was so helpful! Thank you for taking me step-by-step through the process so I can do it with confidence!

[jenniferhastings]

Eric thank you very much, my name is Michael and I am a pastor, I am using my wife’s iPad lol, I have searched for a long time and have not found what I was looking for UNTIL NOW. All other ones were about 1 mike one camera. You have made my day.. blessings

[tct-usa]

you do have 2 separate ways to run 2 boards, the analogue with speakers out in the church and all the software on the laptop is a separate sound so the monitor out of the scarlet is your secondary audio sound to monitor the online sound which you can change in obs eq and filters..

[guildaquintero]

Eric, you saved my life! This is exactly what I needed to do at my church. I am not a sound engineer but this video is perfect. Thank you so much for posting this on YouTube. God bless you.

[johng.]

Thank you for this video. I am the "A/V" guy at my little church in the South. Our setup is much the same as yours; a few differences in equipment. We learned how to make sounds and light come together by a lot of trial, (much) error, and a whole lot of guesswork. But it all did come together, and that's the point. So thank you for your video, it validates that what we did not only works, but why it works, in language that is straight up and to the point and stays away from the excesses that other church video basic setups seem to go towards. Keep on sharing!