- I've never made a desk setup tour video before
but I really like watching these.
I watch a lot of them.
It's just super interesting to see how people
manage their different workspaces
and what kind of stuff they use to get their jobs done.
But I've gotten quite a few messages from people
who were desperate to see my desk set up.
So I thought that would be a really fun thing
to share right now.
I also have done basically no preparation here.
So I walked in here this morning, turned on all the lights
and now I will share it with you.
So it's pretty clean and organized overall
but there's definitely spots that are not perfect
and that's okay.
I wanted to share that with you on purpose
so that way you don't feel like you need to have
this ultra minimal perfect desk set up
with the little IKEA plant
and that's the only way you can be effective.
There's a lot of really cool ways
you can be effective in your workspace.
So this is mine.
So let's start with the desk itself
which is not actually even a desk.
This is a Husky brand work bench from Home Depot.
This is the six foot version.
They make a whole bunch of different ones
and it's great because it's just wood and metal.
So they're super, super strong.
It's also rated to support something like 2000 pounds.
So even if your a little husky it'll support you
and I like this so much that I have my main desk here
and I also have another one over here in an L shape.
Heather also has one in her office
and we have one in the garage as an actual work bench
but I stole an idea from Heather and I took out
the crossbars that go across here and up here,
so it gives me more room to push the chair in,
to have room for my feet, have room for the dogs
if they're under here.
And it was really great about that
is now on all sides of the desk
you have room to clamp, different mounts and supports
and boom arms and all that cool stuff.
My chair is incredibly fancy.
It's from a very exclusive store called IKEA and it was $60.
I actually bought this for my classroom
but then it looks so good on camera
that I just kept it at home
because the white shows up great on camera.
I do get a lot of questions about this desk mat.
This I just found on Amazon.
I think the brand is GDBT
and the way I remember that brand name
is cause the BT reminds me of Bluetooth
and sometimes you have problems with Bluetooth
and you think "GD Bluetooth."
So GDBT I'll put links to all this stuff
in the video description.
Nothing too crazy here, I use the Apple magic keyboard
which I really liked because it has the numeric keypad
and then the Apple Magic Mouse
which I really love for editing and stuff
cause it just has all the sides scrolling
and it's small and compact and super easy to use.
My monitor is an LG curved ultra wide display.
I forget exactly which model it is
but it's the least expensive curved ultra wide
that LG makes and it's 34 inches.
I've found 34 inches to be really the perfect size
cause it's plenty big to get stuff done
but it's also not so big that it's like overwhelming
and blocking my view of everything.
And of course, probably no surprise
that the M1 Mac mini is running into that display
and then I've got my trusty Hagibis port over here.
This has a one terabyte hard drive inside of it
in addition to all these different ports.
So it basically acts as a storage for the Mac Mini,
which is only 256 and then this adds a terabyte.
Talked about this clock a couple of times
this is a nixie tube clock, these are actual nixie tubes.
This is from a company called Mill Clock.
They're in Ukraine and I really love having this thing here.
It's super fun to look at all day.
Got it cause it's Dion's gate.
And then I recently got the ATEM Mini Extreme ISO
which is not so mini
cause it's got all these ISO many buttons over here.
This thing is amazing, I'm still learning a bit about it.
So that's going here and I said that one of the benefits
of this desk is that it's easy to mount things to.
So let's talk about this whole mess over here.
First, I've got the Blue Compass Boom Arm mounted
to hold the Videomic NTG.
You might've seen my boom arm comparison video
with the Compass.
It's kind of a frustrating boom arm to position
where you need it, but for an overhead mic,
it works great just because this boom arm
naturally wants to raise up higher.
So when I'm recording a video, I normally just bring it over
and put it right out of frame in front of me.
Then I've got a super clamp with a magic arm
that's supporting this small LCD monitor over here
and this has the multi-view output
from the ATEM Mini Extreme.
This probably isn't a permanent position for this
but multiview is really helpful
and being able to have the monitor above my actual display
just makes it easy to see all of the different inputs.
This monitor itself is from a brand called Elvid
and honestly, I wouldn't recommend it.
I got it years ago and it's funky
and it has a bunch of issues and it never works quite right
but it's the one I have.
And next to that, on this little small rig clamp,
I have the receiver for the Hollyland Mars Pro 400S.
So this lets you transmit wireless video.
I just clip that there so it can run into the ATEM Mini
and then this is the transmitter for that
so I can put this on a camera or any other video source
that I want to transmit wirelessly.
I'm doing a whole video about this.
It's really fun, I like it a lot.
Now I used to have my desk pushed
all the way against the wall in an L shape
but this was again Heather's idea to kind of pull it out.
So now I have this little cart back here
which just has like some equipments, my power supplies
and then also most importantly,
my synthesizers which I need to use more
but by not lining the desks that perfectly
it gives me a lot more workspace over here
and it also gives me more space of a desk on camera.
And then I've got another PSA1
with a PodMic mounted on this corner of the desk.
This is basically Heather's mic.
That's why it's got the purple cable.
So anytime we do streams and podcasts
she can just use that one right there.
There's a little rail ridge thing that runs under the desk
so that's where I ran the mic cable all the way over
so it can go into the RØDECaster .
And speaking of the RØDECaster, it lives over on this desk
which is basically just a huge mess right now.
So I've got the RØDECaster here for easy access
under this little Monoprice Monitor stand.
That's why I've got the Focusrite Scarlett
and then I've also got Cloudlifter
under there and all the cables just run under there.
On this little stand, I've got one of my speakers.
These are Edifier speakers.
They sound really good, I don't know if they're intended
for like media editing, but they're great speakers.
I originally got them for my record player
and now they just sort of do everything.
So you have the other one on this side over here,
I've got this little stand,
this is where all charged my old MacBook.
I sold my 16 inch for my 13 inch
2013 MacBook Pro is still going strong
so that usually is there.
My main boom arm is mounted over here
so that way I can easily just move it
in front of me when I'm recording or talking
and everything is positioned nicely.
I've been using the Shure Super 55 a lot lately
and I did a video all about it.
It's, it's such a fun mic.
I've got this little Ky sampler for sound effects.
I've had this for years.
It's kind of like the sound pads on the RØDECaster
but its own separate thing.
It's pretty fun, but there's zero latency
so you can be really fast, (sound pad playing)
with your samples.
Got some of my lights here.
My control box here for the Falcon Eyes RX-818
which is my backlight.
I've still got my ATEM Mini the base model version
and it's in the 3D printed stand
that's designed by Aaron Parecki.
My plan is to still use this and actually connect it
to the Extreme over here and then I can have 11 inputs.
Now that's truly extreme.
And then I've got this little
Intellytech Pocket Cannon Mini over here.
I love these lights, I have two of these.
Super bright, sometimes I'll use it as an accent light
or rim light so it's just sort of here anytime I need it.
And both this one and the Dracast light over here
are just on onstage tabletop mic stands
and then I, actually here I'll show you what I did.
It's kind of neat.
This is a five eights to quarter 20 adapter
so it goes from the regular mic stand to a quarter 20,
and then this is a pin
that just has a light stand connector
and I screwed this into here
and then use some Loctite to glue them together
so they don't come apart.
And now this is mic stand can be a light stand.
Under here, just an absolute mess.
I have an old shelf thingy that just fits perfectly
under this desk and needs to get organized.
It's got some 3D printing stuff,
my Yamaha mixer, stuff for making videos, pens and pencils.
It's, it's sad and not amazing.
This might not be totally desk related
but it's just kind of an update.
I replaced some of my sound panels.
So I ordered this big sound pad
from a company called Acoustimac
where you can get any size you want and any color.
This is a four foot by two foot sound panel
and then I also got one that I mounted above me over here
to kind of help with some of that reverb
that was happening in the room.
So it's not perfect, but it works for me
and it's really fun to make all those little refinements
that improve your workflow
one little bit at a time, it can make a huge difference.
If you wanna know a little bit more about my setup
I do have my lighting tour set up video
in addition to a studio tour video.
So check those out and you can just hang out in here with me
all day, basically.
(sick beats play)