- I'm gonna show you my YouTube studio setup.
I'm gonna show you how I get the image to look like this,
I'm gonna show you the equipment that I use,
tell you why I use it, and we're starting right now.
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Okay, so we're gonna start here in the computer area
for the main background of what it is
that you see in the videos.
This is basically my standing desk,
I'm standing up right now,
and this is where I work usually part of the day,
and then I will go over there and sit down
on the other part of the day.
But I really enjoy the standing desk
for a whole multitude of reasons,
but this is that desk.
Now, since we're doing the setup,
we'll skip the whole advantages of standing up part
and we'll go straight to the tour.
So, this right here is basically where I put my tablet
in the event that I've taken some notes
while I'm out and about at Starbucks
or something like that, and I need to
address the information that I have on my tablet,
or transfer graphics or something like that.
And this, a lot of people probably think
that I'm running a computer for this,
and then I have my laptop sitting here as well.
That's not the case.
I actually have my laptop plugged in,
or the monitor actually plugged in to my laptop,
with the laptop sitting here powering
this whole setup over here.
So it's a pretty powerful laptop.
It is an Acer, and I'm not sure
what the actual guts of it are,
because I'm not a computer tech guy,
but what I can tell you is that
if I don't put any filters on my videos,
this thing can render my projects out in real time,
which basically means for every minute of video
it takes me a minute to render.
So if I have a 20 minute video,
then it'll take me about 20 minutes to render it out.
Same thing goes for a five minute video.
However, I add a lot of, you know,
plugins, and effects, and things like that to my videos,
which ups the amount of time it takes me to render.
So, you know, it'll usually take me about
15 to 20 minutes to get through
a five to eight minute video.
These guys here are my Stormtroopers.
They are protecting a Thai lucky charm
that I have back here.
So, these guys are my Troopers to protect that.
And, as you scroll over the side,
this over here is basically a battery dump for me,
just a place that I can keep batteries laying around.
Got my extra GoPro battery,
a couple batteries for my Canon XF100,
and an extra battery for this camera,
which, as a matter of fact, this is dying,
and I need to switch cameras,
or I need to switch batteries right now.
Okay, battery change, now we are rockin' and rollin' again.
So, these lights back here are basically the lights
that project onto the blue background here
to give, you know, that nice contrast between
when you see me and you see all of this stuff
here in the background.
Just kinda helps me pop a little bit, so to speak.
But I also have my GoPro sitting here,
just so it's a quick grab if I want to
run out the door, throw it on my helmet
when I'm cruising on the motorbike or something.
Then of course, my mouse area here.
And I'm gonna take the camera off of this
and do some hand shots, just to show you
what is going on underneath the desk as well,
because I have a little bit more gear down there
and things like that to show you.
Okay, so underneath the hood here,
we have my Stormtrooper helmet, where if you've watched
any of my live streams, you know that is
definitely something that I love.
But there is my Stormtrooper helmet.
Over here on this side, just got a little hat,
this is a great area to put it,
as well as an extra lens.
That's a 50 millimeter lens that you see sitting there,
and an ND filter, in the event that
I need to shoot something outside.
A little bit lower, I have another area
with cords, cables, things like that that
I use for, you know, for whatever different purposes,
like I have some USB cables down there,
I have some GoPro mounts, I have my dead cat right here.
This basically is a windscreen for my RODE VideoMic Me.
And then, you know, GoPro mount and some things like that.
Now a little fun tip for you,
if you have a GoPro and you wanna do
some motion time-lapse footage,
I basically took a timer, an egg timer,
and I converted this into a motion time-lapse rig
for my GoPro.
So everything sits level,
and I can just crank it up to however long
I want it to do the time-lapse for,
and there you go.
Moving over to this other side,
this is just a box that I keep some junk in,
and a little thing to shoot some b-roll footage.
The little thing on wheels here,
that is fantastic for getting just nice,
sliding motion b-roll footage.
And now we'll move on to the blue light set up.
Basically, these are two cans, right,
these are basically black cans, they came this way,
and they have little switches on them.
And these switches allow me
to basically turn the lights on and off if I want.
If I just want the blue in that area, I can do that.
If I just want the blue in this area, I can do that.
But basically the lights inside,
these are just blue party bulbs.
That's all they are.
Because you know we're all about having a party here.
So, the blue bulbs are really cheap
and extremely effective for this particular set up.
So now let's get into the gear.
So, this right here is my microphone that is on a boom pole.
Right here.
It is an Audio-Technica AT875R,
and this thing is fantastic.
Normally I use this,
I'm recording right now with my RODE VideoMic Pro.
But I normally use this mic to record my videos
because the signal range is a lot wider.
So basically my highs are just a tad higher,
my lows are a tad lower,
and my mid-range just sounds overall,
this mic just sounds, this one, just sounds better.
Now if I take it back a little bit further,
I can show you the full set up here.
And you can see that
basically this is my entire set up,
as far as that is concerned.
So, in a nutshell, I have my light,
my one light right over here is my key light,
and then I have another light up here at the top,
which is basically my fill light
to add some light to the other side of my face.
And then the camera that I'm holding right now
would go over here.
It is a Canon 70D,
and then my mic is plugged in to
basically if you follow the line down here,
it all ends in my Zoom H4n audio recorder.
And with this Zoom H4n audio recorder,
you'll see this red cable coming out of the line jack here,
on the side,
and that red cable actually plugs into the DSLR
that I'm holding in my hand right now.
And one thing that I wanna go ahead and recommend,
'cause I just saw it pop up on the camera here.
If you look down here at the bottom,
I mentioned before about my standing desk.
Well, this area down here is basically foam
that I use to stand on so that my feet don't hurt.
And this is something that I can prop my foot up on,
to kinda shift my weight around from time to time,
and things like that.
It's pretty makeshift because you know,
I work with what's available to me
in the location that I'm in.
Uh, pretty makeshift, but you know it works out pretty good.
Now, let's move over to the other desk.
Kay, so this area over here is my live streaming station.
This is a new addition to my set up.
And I basically, I run this one off of a real desktop,
instead of a laptop.
Again, I'm not sure of what the specs are for this.
But I do know that it's a beast.
It cranks through video like crazy.
I have here, if we move up to the top,
I have my little tablet
because you know I do graphic work as well.
So I have my tablet, so I can, you know, sketch things out
or get in a finer detail.
Here, I'm just using the normal, relatively cheap monitor.
My camera, this is a Logitech C922.
And the reason I use this instead of the older Logitech C920
is because it records at a faster frame rate.
So I thought, but unfortunately,
I can't use that faster frame rate with my Internet speed
that I have here.
TuberTools, my website.
I have that open.
If you want any graphics for your YouTube channel,
make sure you head over to tubertools.com.
We just recently opened up a members area as well.
You can check that out at tubertools.com/members.
This mic here is a
RODE Podcaster mic.
I absolutely love this thing.
Normally, I use this one,
which is an Audio-Technica AT,
gosh what is this one?
It's an AT something.
Basically it's an XLR version of their mic.
It's not a real high-end mic,
but it definitely gets the job done.
And I am very happy with that mic.
The only reason that this one is here,
this is not the one that I am normally using,
this one is the one that I always use on my live streams
that you see there if you watch my videos
on a regular basis.
This one right here is only here because I'm testing it
for a new project that I'm working on.
Of course, over here, I have Brian G. Johnson's book,
the Tube Ritual, which is now available on Amazon.
And you can actually get that
in the description of this video.
If you're interested in that,
he's gonna basically help you jumpstart your journey
to 5000 YouTube subscribers.
I am in this book, which is cool,
but more importantly than that,
the information that Brian shares in this book
is absolutely monumental and foundational
for starting your YouTube channel.
This is extremely important.
And for the sake of credibility,
because I know that a lot of people say,
well, maybe you've never even seen Brian G. Johnson,
if this is your first time watching my videos
and you haven't seen Brian,
this is also forwarded by the Derral Eves.
So, I also have another book here that I keep on my desk
by Paul Democritou,
this is Success I.A.O.
Also a fantastic success book,
but that one is not specifically YouTube-related,
where the Tube Ritual is.
I highly recommend both of those books.
This one because you're a YouTuber.
Go and get this one right now
through the link in the description.
Very important.
The headphones that I'm using are also Audio-Technica.
I'm not sure the number on these as well.
But these are basically monitoring headphones.
And basically what that does is
that allows me to monitor the sound
without a bunch of sweetening.
Which basically means that it gives me more accurate sound
when I'm mixing my audio
and things like that, which is pretty cool.
Now when I'm running my audio for the live streams,
I run it through this,
or any type of voiceover stuff that I do.
I run it through this.
And this is a Focusrite audio interface.
So, this mic right here,
or this mic if it's plugged in,
both of them route through this,
they run down through the back and they come up in the back,
and they plug in right here,
whichever one it is I happen to be using at the time.
And one of my most favorite things about this set up
is how everything looks when it is in the dark.
Basically, when there are no lights,
and I'm just in here vibing with some good music,
and you know, just kinda relaxing and hanging out,
and working on whatever project I'm working on.
I absolutely love the vibe that these colored lights create.
You know, it's just nice and dim
and really great for the creative juices.
So that, in a nutshell, is my YouTube studio set up.
I'm extremely happy with both desk areas that I have.
They're extremely efficient for me.
And both computers, the desktop and the laptop,
are networked.
So it doesn't matter which station I'm in,
I can just pull information back and forth,
which makes it fantastic and really easy to transition
between the standing set up and the sitting set up
that I have over here.
If you have any questions at all about either of the set ups
or any of the equipment that I use or anything like that,
feel free to leave it down in the comments below
and I will answer when I see it.
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