He Soul Festival One of its biggest challenges is the live broadcast of its musical performances. This event, a reference in the sector of immersive musical experiences in which both national and international artists perform, needed to use a solution to guarantee the reliability and technical and sound quality of your online broadcasts. For this, the festival organizers They decided to use Elgato broadcasting technologythrough the integration of its broadcast control tool Stream Deck Studio.
This in a context in which a solid infrastructure is needed to cover Alma Festival. This has to be able to manage the coordination of the sound and the cameras that broadcast the image, as well as the production, among other aspects. At the same time, you need sufficient capacity to be able to work with large amounts of data in real time.
Everything has to be perfectly synchronized. Not only so that the performance of the groups and soloists participating in the festival is broadcast so that those who watch it remotely can enjoy even the smallest detail, but also so that they can see how the public receives the performances, and how they react at all times. Of course, it is necessary to have tools and software that allow broadcasting to be carried out without any interruption or technical error.
As if this were not enough, since these are live performances, the broadcast has to be able to deal with unforeseen changes and technical conditions that can change at any time due to different circumstances, in a framework in which work is carried out at a frenetic pace.
Hence the need to have a versatile, reliable, adaptable and powerful solution, with which repetitive tasks can also be automated thanks to its integration with broadcast platforms such as OBS and vMix. This way, the system operator can focus on the visual narrative of the broadcast.
Elgato Steam Deck Studio offers centralized control with programmable and backlit keys, making it easy to operate in low-light environments. Additionally, it allows operators to manage cameras, audio, effects, transitions and graphics from a single graphical interface. Its ease of use allows complex actions to be executed in real time with a single press, making it easy to maintain synchronization, even in contexts where it is necessary to work under pressure.
To Israel Muñoz, CEO of Systudio and Technical Manager of the Alma Festival broadcast«Steam Deck Studio is a tool that provides speed, precision and consistency, essential elements to maintain a fluid and professional transmission. Its ability to centralize and automate critical operations turns each transmission into a safer, more precise process, free of forced improvisations. There is no solution on the market that combines so much customization, integration and control in such a compact and versatile format.«. Hence his choice for the project.
Another of the factors that has weighed in its choice for the broadcast of the festival has been its portability, given that on many occasions it is necessary to work in small spaces, and move between different points in a framework of changing conditions. Additionally, its compatibility with multiple systems and workflows makes it easy to adapt to any production environment. In the case of the Alma Festival, it worked jointly with Companion and Buttons.
Thanks to these and other possibilities, those responsible for the broadcasting of the Alma festival have been able work with fewer technical resources and optimize timesgenerating consistent broadcast quality. This has led to a more agile and reliable result, with a higher creative level, greater control of the realization and total perfection in operational security.
