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Luis Vigil

Louis Vigil has been working on live stream productions for a variety of gaming events for over 10 years! When not broadcasting an event somewhere in the world, Louis also produces educational content for people looking to get into broadcasting on his Offcast YouTube channel.64 articles

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The Best Elgato Stream Deck Plugins

The Elgato Stream Deck has slowly become quite ubiquitous as a productivity tool. What was initially designed for switching scenes and playing reggae horns during a stream is now used by coders, video editors, DJs, and more! Even I was a doubter of the stream deck, and now I use mine daily to produce videos.…

September 20, 20222 mins read

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Streaming In Small Spaces: Get The Most Out Of Your Room

For a lot of us, having our own room dedicated to streaming is a dream. Get all that RBG everywhere, and have a ton of interesting stuff behind you. People coming into the room and hanging out while you play multiplayer games, the dream! However, many times we need to start in the corner of…

September 13, 20222 mins read

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How To Prepare Your Content For TikTok

Unless you’ve accepted your Principal Skinner status as I have, you likely already know that any type of online video content also needs to include content tailored to TikTok and Instagram audiences. So in this blog post, we’re going to discuss how to prepare your live streaming content for TikTok audiences, how to make it…

September 6, 20223 mins read

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Finding A Career In Live Streaming

Despite having been in the streaming industry for over ten years, only a very small portion of my career has been as a traditional streamer. You can develop a lot of skills through the hustle of trying to climb the ladder as a streamer. Here, I wanted to discuss, can you get a career in…

August 31, 20222 mins read

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The Best VSTs for Live Streaming

VSTs are a great tool for improving the overall production quality of your stream. A VST, or Virtual Studio Technology, is a digital interface that allows you to manipulate sound. In our case, we will discuss how you can use it to make your microphone sound better. Even better, they’re fully supported in XSplit Broadcaster…

August 24, 20223 mins read

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The Best Audio Interface For Live Streaming

Upgrading your audio gear is always one of the first things we recommend you spend some money on if you want to level up your hardware. Maybe you’ve already used some brilliant USB mics on offer, and now you’re looking to get that broadcast sound. The Shure SM7B seems to be the one used by…

August 10, 20222 mins read

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The Best Work From Home Products

It’s year 2, 3, 4, or who knows how long of working from home. For some of us, it’s been even longer. We would say it’s about time to toss aside the folding chair, upgrade the shakey table and toss out that mouse with the broken right click. Today, we’re talking about the best work…

August 3, 20223 mins read

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How to Maintain Online Privacy

Online privacy as a concept has evolved and changed as time has gone on. While it still includes things like never giving out your personal information, new ways we communicate can impact your online privacy. Anything could leak information online, from screen sharing to what’s behind you in a video call, so maintaining online privacy…

July 27, 20223 mins read

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How to Hold Successful Virtual Events

Virtual events are here to stay, even as the world returns to normal. The ability to keep costs low while hosting a more comprehensive range of speakers and guests from around the world is something that event organizers will want to take advantage of in the years to come. However, if you’re looking to make…

July 20, 20223 mins read

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Why is NVENC so Important for Live Streaming

You may have noticed in pretty much every article I’ve written about streaming, that at some point I mention NVENC or tell you to buy an NVIDIA GPU. There’s a very good reason for that, NVENC is amazing for live streaming! Now that the GPU market is starting to heal, I thought it would be…

July 13, 20222 mins read

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Using VSTs for Live Streaming

VSTs are a great tool for improving the overall production quality of your stream. I mean, the people need to hear you! So today we’re going to discuss how you can use VSTs for live streaming! VST stands for Virtual Studio Technology and enables you to create a digital studio with various options. We’re going…

June 8, 20223 mins read

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How to Run a Low Latency Co-Stream with Friends

Have you ever wanted to stream with your friends? And I don’t mean streaming with them coming in on a Discord call. I mean actually pulling in your friend’s face cam and gameplay feed in as separate sources and with low latency. This is the kind of thing that can make running an online tournament…

June 1, 20222 mins read