Working on my hardware list for a 2 host in-person podcast with (3) Sony ZV-E10 and (2) Shure MV7+ mics. Will host virtual guests. Thinking Riverside running on the app locally, but not completely sold on that.
Would the M4 Mac Mini have enough HP or should I consider the Pro version?
Greetings. A very good friend of mine and fellow business owner are planning to start a podcast for both video and audio content. Years ago, I did an audio only podcast with a friend using a recording interface and ProTools. The quality was fantastic, however editing the content took forever. I'm very familiar with recording audio (and to an extent, video) as I've recorded music/bands for 15 years. I've used all manner of recording interfaces including MAudio, Focusrite, and UA. Just recently, I was a guest on a podcast in which we recorded all virtually on Riverside and it was a great experience, having a human producer. We all had good cameras and microphones and the content was god quality.
However, I'm looking for a more efficient way to capture and edit our content while remaining high-quality, so I've been putting together a plan and would love some feedback.
This will be a mostly "in-studio" podcast with my co-host and I. For the short term, no guests but that will likely come. Likely going to be a mix of in-person and virtual guests.
I believe I'd like to use Riverside for all capture, editing, transcribing and publishing. I've read that the Mac application for Riverside will allow the use of (3) USB-C cameras and (2) USB-C mics. We already have the Shure MV7+ mics and was looking to purchase these: https://www.nearstream.us/4k-streaming-camera-vm20pro?variant=45328380494006&totalNum=1
What am I missing? It seems to me, that the above setup will allow us to get 3 discreet video tracks (one per presenter and one overall shot) with high-quality audio. I believe that with the Riverside app on the Mac, you can assign one mic per camera so that when that person is speaking it will switch to that video feed in post, with plenty of post-production options for manual editing.
I'm planning to grab a new Mac Mini for this as well. Thanks in advance for the help!