I think my current set up is pretty automated.
I open a recording program (either Camtasia or OBS depending on what I'm doing), hit record and talk. Then I hit stop.
That's it. At this point my audio is leveled and comes out sounding good since all of the processing happens in hardware in real time. It's also sync'd with the video.
Editing is where kdenlive falls apart which is really what my reply was about.
And OBS is in my standard kit. It's just fine as an NDI satellite. But also, for what you describe, there's a $60 1080p vMix package...and it's got most of the bells and whistles I described, too. Automation and control are easy to overlook until you don't have them!