Sound for Video Session: Setup NDI Audio & Q&A

In this week's session, we'll run a little experiment. I've never used NDI to transport audio via a network to another device. So I'd like to see how easy it is for a person of moderate intelligence, referring to me, to set it up for the first time. We'll configure my Mackie DLZ to send audio to OBS running on my computer. And we'll see if we can get it up and running within 30 minutes or less. After that, we answer your sound for video questions.

If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses at https://school.learnlightandsound.com including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini and just added Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio.

Gear I often use or that we mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, DVE Store, Waves, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:

- Mackie DLZ Creator — B&H, Amazon https://geni.us/42KrX0
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon https://geni.us/8G8UdBB
- Sound Devies 888 field recorder/mixer — Trew, B&H, Sweetwater https://geni.us/zAryW4J
- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon https://geni.us/O8e0
- Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon https://geni.us/InspOl
- Teleprompter Ikan 17" high bright — B&H https://geni.us/RcuXD3
- Canon C200 Camera - B&H https://geni.us/9Zi4m4a
- Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 lens — B&H, Amazon https://geni.us/kZyU7e
- ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon https://geni.us/b8my
- Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon https://geni.us/sRxFU90
- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H https://geni.us/9ZfE77
- Universal Audio 6176 channel strip pre-amp, EQ, compressor — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon https://geni.us/505L55n

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00:00 Start
02:46 Beginning of stream
03:17 Agenda
05:03 All about NDI audio
14:30 Mackie DLZ integration
14:51 Avsono’s virtual sound card
29:59 MOTU AVB protocol
31:50 48V power sources
39:15 Ravenna network routed audio
44:31 Unbalanced stereo output settings
49:14 What makes a good sound tech?
52:34 Crestron AV solutions
1:03:57 End of stream