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Productive solutions for DIY webinars or online meetings using ZOOM or TEAMS
productive solutions for home office or remote workspace
As remote work and livestreaming become more popular and everyone works from home using e.g. teams and zoom, the standard for video setups will go up. What do you need if you want to stand out in a call ? Particularly for those who are working remotely for the first time, the streaming setup of a home office can be a perplexing one.
Working from your dining table or couch with a laptop doesn’t always work well. A work area is fundamentally different than any other area in the home. It’s important to be intentional about the space where you do the bulk of your work, designing it to be presentable for remote conferencing or surprise video chats and to create an atmosphere where you are productive and focused.
As you begin to interact with your homeoffice, you may determine that monitors should be shifted, lighting should be added or tweaked and that you actually need good quality microphones and camera. Check out our pro streaming setup to stand out in a webinar or online meeting. If you need advice let us know, we are happy to help you out.
Tailor your workspace
Video
While most laptops ship with passable webcams, they do not offer optimal quality. A dedicated camera offers not only a higher resolution camera, but is able to handle low-light scenarios and touching up one’s appearance, tweaking e.g. white balance and better mount options.
Audio
Whenever possible, avoid using the inbuilt microphone of a laptop or desktop monitor when communicating. These microphones tend to be of low quality, and do little to stop background noise. A premium microphone can offer better quality sound providing exceptional clarity and noise reduction on video calls.
Teleprompter
If you’re planning to present on a regular basis, consider a teleprompter. To create training modules or asynchronous video overviews, a teleprompter enables you to see your presentation while looking directly into the camera. This creates a more authentic connection with the audience.
Lightning
When communicating via teams or zoom or recording webinars, one needs to be more cognizant of the lighting around them. DIY solutions are relatively easy to create Elgato’s Key Light is a great example. By placing one Key Light at the edge of a desk and facing its LEDs directly into the wall, a soft, refreshing light is bounced back onto the speaker.
USB Dock
USB-C is a great thing, now more laptops than ever ship with USB-C ports that can be used for all manner of things. Whether it’s charging, display connections or your camera and lights. Effectively expand your laptop or notebook’s capabilities, it’s easy to connect your workathome setup with one cable and you are ready to go.
Accesoires
Eliminate the need to map and memorize keyboard shortcuts with a streamdeck controller and use the virtual background features to display an image or video as your background during a meeting. This works best with a physical green screen and uniform lighting to detect the difference between you and your background. You can upload your own images or videos as a virtual background.
Here's our work-from-home setup to stand out in a call.
Perfect for online meetings e.g. zoom and teams, DIY studios, webinars, podcasters, streamers the Elgato Wave:3 Premium Microphone & Digital Mixing Solution is easy to setup and offers a clean and crisp professional sound, as well as great control over your audio.
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The Stream Deck Mini integrates your streaming setup with vmix or obs, optimize your productivity with popular online meeting software like zoom or teams and helps to automatically detect scenes, media, and audio sources, enabling them to be controlled with the tap of a key. 6 LCD keys can be programmed to launch an array of actions, while a one-touch, tactile operation allows you to switch scenes, launch media, adjust audio, and more.
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