GSG.live — Livestreaming Micro Manual — Get in to Live Streaming Now! — GSG.live/join
GSG.live — Livestreaming Micro Manual — Get in to Live Streaming Now! — GSG.live/join

Welcome!

 

GSG.live is a worldwide movement of independent electronic live musicians, forming a thriving and inclusive international community. At GSG we stream our music and visuals to the internet, share skills and knowledge, throw weekly and weekend-long non-stop events and create unique music tools, custom products, and more.

With this micro-manual we’ll lead you to the necessary steps to get your jams out there and meet new synth friends all over the world.

GSG LIVESTREAMING MANUAL

1. Join GSG.live

Join our community at gsg.live/join, . This will open a forum service called Discord, where you create an account to connect to synth musicians and live streamers all over the world. Here we can help you with any of the following steps and more.

2. Get OBS

OBS (Open Broadcaster Software)is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming, available for windows, mac and linux. Download at obsproject.com and install.and install on the computer you intend to use for streaming.

3. Connect Audio / Video

Add your video (e.g. webcam, phone) and audio (mic, audio interface, etc) to OBS by using the [+] button in the Sources tab. You can create several combinations and layouts of Sources, these are called Scenes in OBS.

4. Create Twitch account

At this time, Twitch.tv is the most advanced, engaging and fun livestreaming service on the internet, and it’s also great for interactive live music. Go to Twitch.tv and use the Sign Up button to create your account to be able to stream and join the broadcasts of our performances, shows and events.

5. Connect OBS to Twitch

Within your OBS Settings, head to Stream and set your service to Twitch using your Twitch login information.
You can have a look at the Output section to configure audio/video quality for streaming and recording.

6. Run Your First Stream!

At Twitch.tv click on your profile on the upper right to find your Creator Dashboard and Stream Manager. It’s here that you can give your stream a name, set your Category to Music and have a look at Tags and additional settings. Once you’re ready to go, hit Start Streaming in OBS.

Congratulations! You are now live! Let us know in our Discord server so we can come by, provide live feedback and cheer you on!

And What’s Next?

Watch GSG Streams and Events and get inspired by what other streamers are doing, have a look at our in-depth tutorials at GSG.live/learn and browse our Discord channels for valuable tips and tricks.Before you know it you will be rocking a worldwide audience at one of our events yourself!Happy Shrimpin’!

INFORMATION FOR STREAMING ARTISTS AT GSG EVENTS

Raiding

At SYNTHON! and other GSG events, we connect all streamers by utilizing the Twitch’ Raiding feature, where one streamer can take all their viewers to a next channel.

HOW TO RAID?

Near the end of your stream, await confirmation from GSG admins, chat or the following artist in your chat that next artist is live and streaming and use the Creator Dashboard (see below) or type this command in chat window:

/raid channelname

where it says ‘channelname’ you type/copy/paste the EXACT technical name of the next streamer in the lineup. you can find it in the channel’s url after twitch.tv/

example:

channel url twitch.tv/goldenshrimpguild
command: /raid goldenshrimpguild

press enter and wait till you are on the other side. it shows a pop-up box in the top of your chat window, you can click here to raid more quickly.

  • TIP: You can also use the Twitch Creator Dashboard for raiding, in that case, make sure you follow your raid target, and just use the ‘Raid Channel’ button and select the streamer to raid.
  • Twitch has been having some issues lately with some mobile viewers being left behind after a raid. It can help to raid a second time to get those over as well.

GSG Overlay

SYNTHON! and other GSG Events use a minimalistic overlay to communicate animated announcements, logo’s and some more fun. When playing at most GSG Events, placing the overlay in your main OBS Scenes is a requirement.

ADDING THE GSG OVERLAY TO OBS:

1.  Press the + in the bottom left of your OBS scene box.

2.  Choose ‘Browser’ to add a new browser source, and call it ‘GSG Overlay’ or something.

3.  Paste https://streamelements.com/overlay/5f64d458e3961b163c5c21a6/jdYsKiA9ubRooWVmNu-1CwQzeUEJlM4PFAwOVdKyaRK4wHCo where it says URL.

4.  Set 1920 x 1080 as Width and Height, and click ‘OK’.

5.  If necessary scale to fit the bounding box full screen (transform > fit to screen). Make sure it is on top. It might take a minute to load and show initially.

  • PRO TIP: Create a Scene in OBS with only the overlay, and add this Scene as a top layer to your Scenes instead. Create a hotkey (OBS Settings) for disabling the Overlay in only that Scene and you will be able to turn it off and on with one key command.
  • In StreamLabs OBS it is a little different than you might be used to, bottom line is to use ‘add a Browser Source’ to the layers in your Scenes.

VODs and Highlights

If you are new, we need to look at your VODs (temporarily saved streams on your Twitch page) to check if you got a stable and tested stream, so you need to turn this feature on for us to be able to check them out. Also, usually the Friday after SYNTHON! we do a special Highlight viewing of all the sets on the GSG Twitch channel. For us to be able to show and promote your stream and channel, you need to enable the VOD (Video on Demand) feature in your Twitch profile, and share your desired starting point of the Highlight.

ENABLING VOD SAVING ON TWITCH

1.  Copy this link to your browser and and replace [yourchannelname] with your actual Twitch profile name: https://dashboard.twitch.tv/u/[yourchannelname]/settings/stream – Or check out the Twitch help page about VODs.

2.  Scroll down to ‘VOD Settings’ and make sure ‘Store past broadcasts’ and ‘Always Publish VODs’ are turned on. This will save your streams for 14 days for Twitch Affiliates, 60 days for Twitch partners and 7 days for non-affiliates.

SETTING YOUR SYNTHON! HIGHLIGHT

3.  Usually a day after the event ends, a special VOD/Highlight sheet will be posted in the GSG Discord. You can use this to enjoy other peoples past performances and set your personal Timecoded VOD Link, so that your highlight starts at the point where you want it to start, otherwise, we will just select a random bit.

4.  To set your Timecoded VOD, go to your Twitch page, go to ‘Videos’ and click your VOD. At the point where you want your highlight to start, click the ‘Share’ button and make sure the ‘Skip to ..’ checkbox is turned on before you use the ‘Copy to Clipboard’ function to put your timecodes link the the VOD/Highlight sheet.

5.  Optional: You can also create a more advanced edited highlight by using the Twitch Highlighter. In order to do this, go to your VOD, click the three dots and select ‘Edit’. In the next screen click ‘Highlight’ in the top left and use the Twitch interface to edit your custom Highlight. Although we usually show about 2 minutes of your stream, make sure the Highlight is at least 3 minutes long to allow us to fade in and extend the highlight if requested by viewers in the chat.