Culminate LifeParties and roles
Set up parties for any team (broadcast, security, event ops) and decide what each role hears when they join and where they can talk. Templates add a whole team at once.
Intercom
NewYour crew, in each other’s ears.
A wireless intercom on the phones your crew already carry, run from one Mac, for $25 a month.
- A month, total, for up to 50 people
- $25
- To try, with no account
- Free
- iPhone, iPad, and Android for your crew
- Phones
- The Hub, Apple silicon or Intel
- Mac
Before & after
No belt packs required
| Before | With Intercom |
|---|---|
| Belt packs and a base station to buy, charge, and keep track of | The phones and headsets your crew already carry |
| Cable or radio coverage to plan for every position | Your Wi-Fi in the building, and cellular when they’re away |
| Tally lights wired to each camera | Tally from your ATEM, full screen on each operator’s phone |
| Anyone away from the building is out of the loop | A producer at home can join through our relay |
On every phone
Everything the booth needs
Talk, listen, take a cue, and see when you’re live.
A party line for every team.
Production, cameras, audio, lighting, and graphics each get their own party. Hold to talk, or tap to lock your mic on, and turn each party’s listen on or off.
- Your headset button or a foot pedal can talk too
- Voice-activated talk sends your mic only while you speak
- Keeps playing with the phone locked in a pocket
Run the show from the Mac.
The director sees every party, talks to all of them at once, and sends Stand by, Ready, Go, and Clear cues that show as a banner and are spoken in the crew’s headsets.
- Click a party to lock talk on, or hold Space
- Let in guests who ask to join, and pick their role
- iPads and Android tablets can direct too
Know when you’re live.
The Hub follows your Blackmagic ATEM switcher. Camera operators pick their camera and the phone turns full-screen red when they’re on air and green when they’re next.
- The director sees LIVE and PVW beside each operator
- Talk without leaving the tally screen
Everyone sets their own mix.
Each person sets the level of every party and the program feed. Program audio dips when someone talks, so nobody misses a call.
- Put each party in your left ear, right ear, or both
- Hear yourself while you talk, and noise cancel for loud rooms
- Typed messages can be read aloud in your headset
Reach one person, fast.
Ping someone and they hear a chime and your name. Call them and you get a private line until either of you hangs up. Their headset button answers.
- Ping or call a whole party, and the first to answer gets it
- Works with the phone locked
Private by design
Voices go from each phone to your Hub, encrypted the whole way, and nothing is recorded.
Away from your Wi-Fi, audio passes through our relay still encrypted, so the relay can’t listen in.
And there’s more
Set up once on the Hub
Program feeds
Send show audio from any input your Mac sees: your ATEM’s USB audio, a capture device, a SoundGrid or Dante driver, or an audio interface.
Only your own team
Link each group of parties to a team. People see only the parties and crew of the teams they’re on.
Your roster, ready
Crew sign in with one login. Their role and camera come from today’s schedule in Teams.
Away from the building
Phones try the Hub on your Wi-Fi first, then reach it through our relay over cellular. You don’t open any ports on your router.
A natural announcer voice
An optional download makes pings, calls, and read-aloud messages sound far clearer. It runs on the device, on iPhone, Android, and Apple silicon Macs.
How it works
On headsets before the show
Download the Hub
Install it on a Mac on your network. Your crew’s phones find it on the Wi-Fi.
Try it with your crew
They get the Intercom app and join, no account needed while you try it.
Turn on Intercom
Create a free Culminate Life account, turn on Intercom for $25 a month, and link the Hub.
Add your teams
Put your crew on teams so they sign in, see their own parties, and connect from anywhere.
Try it free
Get the Hub
Install it on a Mac and try it with your crew, no account needed.
- Needs macOS 14 Sonoma or later.
- Windows and Linux versions of the Hub are coming soon.
For your crewIntercom app
For iPhone, iPad, and Android phones and tablets. While you try it, your crew join on your Wi-Fi without an account.
App Store: coming soonGoogle Play: coming soon
Works well with
Better together
Every solution shares the same people records, so they work as one.
Soon
Teams
The teams, positions, and schedules Intercom is built on. Free for up to 50 people.
Explore TeamsApps
Every app in the Culminate Life family.
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Send the show you just called to your app and website.
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Good questions
What does it cost?
Intercom is $25 a month. It runs on Teams, which is free for up to 50 people, so most crews pay $25 a month in total. Teams with more than 50 people also pay for a Teams tier.
Can we try it first?
Yes. Download the Hub and your crew can join from their phones on your Wi-Fi with no account. The free preview has time limits; turn on Intercom to remove them.
Do we have to use the rest of Culminate Life?
No. You need a free Culminate Life account with Teams, so your crew have a login and the Hub knows who’s on which team. Everything else is optional.
What do we need to run it?
A Mac on your network running the Intercom Hub (macOS 14 Sonoma or later, Apple silicon or Intel), and the Intercom app on your crew’s phones or tablets. A headset works best, and the phone speaker works too.
Is there a Windows or Linux Hub?
Not yet. Windows and Linux versions of the Hub are coming soon.
Can crew connect from outside the building?
Yes. Phones connect straight to the Hub on your Wi-Fi, and when they can’t, they reach it through our relay over cellular. The Hub dials out to the relay, so you don’t change anything on your router.
Which switchers work with tally?
Tally reads from Blackmagic ATEM switchers. Enter the switcher’s IP address in the Hub and you’re set.
Can someone without an account join?
Yes. On your Wi-Fi, they can ask to join, and a director lets them in and picks their role. A yes lasts for the day.
Is our audio recorded?
No. Voices stream live from each phone to your Hub, encrypted the whole way, and are never stored.
Put your crew on headsets.
Try it free, then keep it for $25 a month.