The scenarios we are considering for the home studio include the use of mobile phones and other cameras and microphones that would be used to do interviews, record performances, interviews and local talks.
# Relevance of wiki
We aim to use federated wiki as the heart of the home studio. We choose this software as the community has extensive experience in working with federated and decentralised values in a real-world social context.
In addition the focus on creating a sustainable learning model and embedding it into the home studio functions can readily be supported by wiki. We imagine supporting the evolution of the home studios by providing an ongoing stream of recommendations, tutorials and training through the integration of wiki and the media functionality provided by the home studio.
Lastly we aim to use some of the basic functionality of wiki, to create a human centred design process in which we evolve new forms of federated media archive, supported by appropriate sustainability tools such as governance and community finance.
Starting with wiki and using wiki as a way of documenting the work done, while providing the necessary functionality of a searchable federated media archive provides - is a great start. The choice of this technology is clearly not the final say, rather it is a flexible basis with which to document experiments with bespoke technologies, which we can integrate into the agile cycle of testing and documentation made possible in wiki.
# Home Studio Here we imagine the equivalent of a musicians home recording studio. There may be a considerable amount of equipment cameras, mics, and computers. We expect good internet connection.
This is the base scenario we are considering, as implemented in the Finsbury Park Studio. This is quite a high level scenario involving multiple connected rooms and green screens, with very good internet and internal wiki. With future iterations we aim to tailor the software to simpler studio requirements.
# Community Studio Here we imagine an home Studio used in the context of a local community space. We imagine transporting more or less the same equipment, and networking the technology across different rooms, in more or less the same way that we do with the home studio.
The difference with this scenario is that we have more emphasis on conventional performance space, and less of an expectation with regard to internet connectivity. We require the Community Studio to put on a good show even when the internet is down.
# Mobile Studio
A mobile studio is based around a mobile phone or tablet. We may also be using a range of external microphones or bluetooth headsets.
# TV Studio
We require all of these home studio scenarios to be able to integrate into a profession broadcast quality workflow.