Based on our record, Central Control seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 11 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
For remote hardware control, I am obviously seriously biased but Central Control has a shed load of controller support (X-Keys, MIDI, OSC, Stream Deck etc etc) and its over network so ideal for remote ops, and loads of cool features like a KVM for multiple vMix instances, Show Rundown and indeed now timeline based macros among a load of other things. Source: 12 months ago
Some great updates with Central Control, including Flex Macros - the ability to add functions to a timeline from switching cameras, to bringing up graphics. https://centralcontrol.io/. Source: about 1 year ago
What’s your budget? If I’m understanding your use case, all 9 (rounding up) camera operators need to see you all the time, and do not need to see each other. You need to see all of them simultaneously. Why are you looking only at wireless solutions? Wired solutions are going to be far better. How about each camera op has a small camera facing them, going to a splitter. There’s an ATEM mini or similar at each... Source: over 1 year ago
Some software/network control programs for pro event production that can use a StreamDeck as a controller: - Bitfocus Companion - Universe Control - Central Control - Show Cockpit. Source: almost 2 years ago
At NAB Show I talked with Joe de Max about Central Control - software that can map keys for production use. He showed how to move around with a Blackmagic Design ATEM mini Extreme and an P I Engineering X-Keys surface - https://centralcontrol.io/. Source: about 2 years ago
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