{"id":417476,"date":"2020-04-12T10:59:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T08:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/?p=417476"},"modified":"2020-05-05T11:53:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T09:53:27","slug":"everything-you-need-to-livestream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/gear\/everything-you-need-to-livestream\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything you need to livestream with your smartphone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Live streaming is a big part of social media interactions. People can livestream their videogame sessions, concerts, workouts: basically, everything. Say you want to start an influencer\/YouTuber career or you just want to showcase the world your art: what do you need to do a good live stream? Do you need mega-expensive cinema cameras with cables and antennas? Well, not exactly: you can achieve a lot with simple and inexpensive equipment, a great way to kickstart your career. Let’s get into it!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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DISCLAIMER<\/strong>: we intentionally covered products that can be used with smartphones<\/strong>. For more complex streaming setups (involving videocameras<\/strong>, multiple audio sources<\/strong>, OBS<\/strong> and similar desktop softwares and streaming<\/strong> keys<\/strong>, check out a few guides on the Internet HERE<\/strong><\/a> and HERE<\/strong><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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First and foremost: you need a smartphone<\/strong>! We’re pretty sure that\u00a0 99% of you have one. Next step would be getting the appropriate apps<\/strong> for streaming<\/strong>. Wether you prefer to stream on Facebook<\/strong><\/a>, Instagram<\/strong><\/a>, YouTube<\/strong><\/a> or Twitch<\/a><\/strong>, the default app will allow you to do so with little to no effort. If you don’t have them, just head to the App<\/strong> Store<\/strong><\/a> \/ Google<\/strong> Play<\/strong> Store<\/strong><\/a> and download them now for free.<\/p>\n

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Microphones<\/h2>\n

Smartphone microphones are useful for singers<\/strong>, songwriters<\/strong>, acoustic<\/strong> performers<\/strong> and in general for musicians<\/strong> that want to capture the room<\/strong> sound<\/strong> (or the singer’s voice) as opposed to other devices that allow you to pick up the sound directly from the instrument (guitar, keyboard etc).<\/p>\n\n\t\t