GO:LIVECAST

I expect more from Roland… so i bought the gadget this aps is a let down and poor support from the tech dept.. they just keep sending me link thats already on their website tht doesn't help at all… installation guide was very poor…. And they didn’t seems to know that IOs was still not supported…

I’ve used this for 4 of DJ live streams now, the concept is great but it is let down massively by the app software. The app crashes constantly on my iPhone SE (there’s goes my second camera).. it works on my iPhone 8. I haven’t been able to enjoy the other features on the unit due to fear of it crashing. Its a very light plastic box and the mic port is faulty already and will need replaced. When you go live, it doesn’t auto rotate to landscape which is frustrating. Also it would be handy if the unit could charge your phone while connected, I get 2 hours on a full battery and that’s it. I have a pile of Roland stuff and this unit is not the typical standard you would come to expect from them... i note the new update gives you more options for streaming to pages etc now which is good.... I want to like it, but as it is I’m looking to move to something else as soon as possible and then try to return or sell the unit. It hasn’t crashed while I’ve been live which is a blessing. I get the feeling if I was to push the unit then it would tho and as I’ve stated once I’ve replaced the equipment I will try to return it for a refund. Expensive for what it is.

Ver 1.0.4 So, the premise is great and this product has every potential of being fab! However, the software is a bit patchy. I’ve been working with this product for a few weeks and I have been able to get it to produce some great live content, but with a number of work around. Here are a few things I’ve had to do. 1. RTMP It’s advertised as being able to integrate with FB and YouTube, at the time of review the functionality didn’t really work, you only had the option of broadcasting directly to your main FB page, not groups or pages, as far as I could work out, and could not connect with YouTube although I am happy to confess that might be user error, or that I don’t have over 1000 followers so may have had issues because of that. All of that aside I managed to use the RTMP process pretty seamlessly, (however one little niggle is that you have to ‘go live’ twice every time, ie connect then cancel then connect again, before you actually connect) 2. Second Camera This was very patchy when using the WiFi method, however I am going to trial the hotspot method which are both detailed on Rolands good instructional videos online. People have complained about the comping of the stereo signal to mono, but it doesn’t effect the work I’m doing too much. I’ve made the app fall over when trying to allocate video files above a certain size to one of the allotted video buttons. I’m running this on an IPhone 11 Pro, in summery it’s patchy, but when it works it’s good. Keep an eye out on the version number, hopefully Roland will keep developing the software for it and stop it becoming obsolete in 6 months.

I’ve had the LIVECAST for about a week, last evening I eventually started using it, I made an intro with a piece of music from the selection in the app [Dramatic] and also one of the featured sound FX [Game Over] however, today when I set out to carry on with my project, the two afore mentioned music and fx pieces have now gone from the app? also the music pad [1] and FX pad [2] now make a whining noise when pressed. What gives Roland?