Studio System

Miscellaneous Important Stuff Studio

I transformed a residential apartment into a modular ten-camera broadcast studio for podcasts, livestreams, call-in shows, gaming segments and experimental production.

Role: Creative Director, Studio Designer & Technical Producer
Year: 2019-2022
Project type: Studio System

Two podcast hosts seated across from each other with microphones, monitors, acoustic treatment, guitars, and Miscellaneous Important Stuff artwork in the apartment studio.

THE CONSTRAINT

Build a real production system inside an apartment.

The space had to support guests, live switching, computer sources, call-ins, gaming, projection, alternate sets, and future music production while remaining a functional home.

Two podcast hosts seated across from each other with boom microphones and headphones in the apartment studio, surrounded by monitors, acoustic treatment, guitars, and show artwork. — The primary two-shot was captured with a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K mounted to the tabletop lighting structure.

THE BUILD

Every room became part of the broadcast.

Furniture, walls, ceiling beams, cabling, lighting, and collected objects were turned into a modular ten-camera studio with distinct on-camera environments and one central operating position.

Bearded podcast host wearing headphones and speaking into a boom-mounted microphone, with production monitors and arcade cabinets lit in magenta and blue behind him. — One of several alternate visual environments created within the living room, combining practical color, arcade cabinets and production equipment as part of the frame.

THE RESULT

A flexible studio for live and recorded work.

The connected setup supported podcasts, livestreams, interviews, call-ins, projected media, gaming capture, and post-produced episodes without requiring a separate commercial facility.

Production signal-flow diagram showing ten video sources, seven microphones, an ATEM switcher, Wirecast workstation, streaming destinations, and projection system connections. — Approximate placement of cameras, microphones, furniture and production zones across the apartment studio.

Selected evidence

A closer look at the work.

Podcast host wearing headphones and speaking into a boom-mounted microphone in the compact closet set, with books, framed photos, and blue shelf lighting behind him. — A compact secondary set captured with a shelf-mounted Canon C100 inside the bedroom closet.

Wide overhead view of the apartment studio showing two hosts, multiple cameras, microphones, production monitors, arcade cabinets, acoustic treatment, and lighting equipment. — The bedroom Lite-Brite wall used Alexa-controlled LED strips to create an independent illuminated background outside the closet set.

Overhead apartment studio plan showing camera, microphone, light, ceiling-beam, projector, and production-zone placement across the living room, bedroom, closet, bar, and kitchen. — Ceiling beams supported remotely controlled lighting, selected cameras, a projector and video cabling routed back to the central production system.