So today I’m going to talk a little bit about my YouTube studio and how I make my
videos. So I’ve been building this setup for the last couple years. Each of these monitors
has been added as I buy them. And I think this top one’s like 4 years old, and then
this side one here is a 4K monitor that I bought a couple months ago. I built the computer
myself. In the past I did have a wall mounted computer. I did move and I took down that
wall mounted computer and put it in a tower and then I did upgrade my computer and I’ll
talk about that in a second. I do have JBL 308 studio monitors. They’re on both sides.
I have those attached to the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2. I did build the desk myself. I posted
a video about a month ago on that. I just took a solid wood door from Home Depot and
then sunk granite and marble blocks down into it. I will link that video so you can check that
out if you want to. On the side there I just have a brother printer. This is the camera
that I use, it is the GH4. And one of the really cool things about this camera, like
some other cameras have as well, is that it connects to this monitor here. So camera itself
is a 4K camera and when I turn it on, anything that the camera’s seeing will pop up on
my 4K monitor over here. So as I’m making a video I can see up close and in more detail
on the monitor than I can with my own eyes. Also another cool feature this camera has
is something called “focus peaking”. So you can see if the image is out of focus,
as soon as it comes in focus it’ll put little blue dots around whatever is in focus. And
that is really helpful when I’m working on small things like cell phones. So we have
the GH4 on top, we have the speed booster here. And then the actual lens is a Sigma
18 and 35, and it can zoom in and out; has a focus ring down here. As far as the lights
go, I have these two LED lights that I can position wherever I want. And then I have
these two other desk lights. That is a 5000 color temperature light. So it gives off a
white light which helps make the white balance on the piece of paper a little bit better.
Learning little by little as I go along. When I first started, I actually just had a cell
phone hanging off the edge of desk with the camera lens pointing right down onto where
I was filming. So my first 100 or so videos are all done with a cell phone. Here’s a
shelf. It’s a little cell phone grave yard with a bunch of tool kits. I have some watches.
I’m actually going to be doing a video on the Moto 360 and the Fossil Q that will be
posted in about a week or so. My keyboard is a Corsair K70. It’s a mechanical keyboard
if you’re into those. I’m using the brown keys. This is my computer tower and my sound.
I will show you how I do my voiceovers in just a second. So this is my desktop. It’s
one I just put together a couple months ago. This isn’t the wall mounted rig that I took
down and put in a case. This is an upgraded system. If you want to pause the video you
can check out all the specks here. I will also link everything down in the video description
that I use, including the tripod and the camera and stuff. So the tripod that I use is called
a Ravelli, and I like it because I can take my camera and actually mount it underneath
the tripod legs. So when I’m working I can just sit right here between these two legs
and tear apart or durability test any phone that I’m working on at the moment. I also
have a huge vinyl world sticker up there at the top to remind me who my audience is. And
I got a special gift from YouTube a couple days ago. Thanks a ton for subscribing everybody!
So when I do my voiceovers I have a microphone, it’s a Samsung media mic. And then I have
this little sound wall right here that kind of helps dampen the sound for it. And then
I lay down a towel to help dampen the sound that’s going to reflect off of the wood
table. So when I’m doing my voiceover I’ll watch the video on the top monitor and then
record down here below the top monitor. And then the little pop filter helps kind of filter
out any of the popping sounds that your mouth makes when you’re speaking. Thanks a ton
for watching. If you’re interested in starting your own YouTube channel, you really don’t
need all this stuff to get going. Most cameras on smart phones these days are way more powerful
than what I had when I started. You can accomplish a lot with just your cell phone. If you have
any questions about my set up or what I do, leave them down in the comments. I do respond
fairly regularly. And thanks for subscribing. I hope to see you around!