hi hey what's going on everybody welcome back to another video today i just want to talk about
my new desk setup now i've done a couple desk setup videos throughout the past couple of years
and the last one that i showed i really tried to go for a more simple setup i really tried to
like hone in my like minimalistic mindset and go one monitor basic keyboard setup nothing
fancy just basically on the desk was the computer monitors speakers keyboard mouse that was about it
you see i edit a lot i run three youtube channels i edit sometimes for a couple other youtubers i
commercial work short films feature films and surprisingly with all that i don't like editing
that much i'm i love refining an edit but every time i sit down open a new blank project and i
just stare at all this footage in just an empty timeline it takes a big deep breath for me to
get going and so i've tried to develop the most efficient editing desk setup at least this is
my most efficient thing obviously everyone's a little bit different but maybe you'll find a
couple things here that you really like so let's get in to the setup so first let's talk about the
aesthetics here because this is not a jonathan morrison canoopsy like perfectly cable managed
setup i kind of gave up on that long ago it's not like perfectly tucked away because there
are times where i have to unplug something and move it rearrange it or unplug it all
that cable management stuff i would end up having to take it apart every couple weeks anyway and so
that just gets hella annoying other things that haven't changed i'm still using the herman miller
ariane chair uh using the same fluance speakers these ones like again just like last time i don't
super recommend them there's like this idle hiss that if i turn the volume up even a little bit
and then i'm not playing anything out of the computer i just hear this like hissing noise
and i can't stand it for monitors i actually have three monitors set up now so i have my same lg
31 mu 97b this monitor i've been loving for the past like seven or eight years but just recently
uh i picked up the lg ultrafine 5k because my lg the 4k one here it's just gotten really dim
the backlight definitely has deteriorated uh it's definitely not color accurate anymore
and so it was throwing off a lot of my videos but i still want to keep it because basically uh it's
a huge monitor it's a 32 inch monitor and it's still a really good one even after seven or eight
years so i basically have my timeline on here and all resolve inspector and then the lg ultrafine 5k
in terms of video editing and resolve i use it just as a clean out so you can see behind me
that it's just showing a full screen image of the timeline or source viewer monitor so that way as
i'm color grading and editing i can make sure that the more accurate monitor is showing proper colors
and exposure and everything like that then i have this small little monitor by desk lab i forget the
model number of course all the stuff will be linked in the description down below of course
a little bit behind me i have the shure mv7 uh microphone i use that for voiceovers for any sort
of podcasts video calls for business stuff i love that microphone it's amazing i've done a whole
video on it so i'll put that in the card above or you can check it out on my channel of course in
the back i have my mac pro which again you can see a lot of the cables i'm sure easy access to the
back so i can unplug and change around thing and i never thought that on the mac pro i would exceed
all of my available ports yes of course i can there's some more pci slots i could add more but
i have completely filled up eight thunderbolt ports all uh two usb type a and basically all
the ports are taken up except for second 10 gig port that's about it to the left of that of
course i have my drobo 8d this is where i store everything currently have about 50 60 terabytes
of available storage in there and filled up about 40 of it so the mac pro has a two terabyte nvme
ssd inside that's where i edit off of so all of my current projects are on that and that's
where i'm editing them so it's super snappy fast playback but then as soon as i'm done with the
youtube video it's uploaded to youtube and i don't need those project files anymore i'm a hoarder
i'm an organized file hoarder but i don't really delete anything unless it's like really really
unnecessary so then i transfer it over to here and then that of course gets backed up to backblaze
which is an amazing service you check it out on the link in the description
six bucks a month basically and unlimited backup uh it's it's amazing so all 50 whatever terabytes
are being backed up to that now when it comes to the actual video editing i have a couple keyboards
to help me out here so of course i just have the traditional apple magic keyboard i actually really
like apple's keyboards i like the short distance and they're nice and clicky but whatever i have
a mechanical keyboard that i used for a number of years um and you know i felt all cool but i don't
know just kind of got bored of the clickety clack noise and everything so i like the apple keyboard
and then i just recently upgraded to the logitech mx master 3 i the first gen literally up until
like a month ago when i got the lg ultra fine i just picked up this from micro center as well and
it's very noticeable improvement definitely feels more refined but still the most ergonomical mouse
i've ever used i'm obsessed with this mouse i also use the apple trackpad 2 pretty much just use this
for gestures sometimes to scroll on timelines but it's definitely the least used keyboard
interface thing on the desk almost done here we have the torbox i believe neo this is basically
a box that has a bunch of dials knobs buttons of all shapes and sizes on here that you can
custom map to basically any keyboard shortcut you want so you can have a bunch of different programs
so you can have different shortcuts for photoshop then you do resolve or final cut or whatever
obviously mine are all set up for resolve and this is actually a good time to bring up if
you head over and subscribe to the edit place my second channel which is all about video editing
more on the software side on monday actually is going to be uploading basically just kind of
a more uncut version of how i actually use the shortcut keys and what key shortcuts i've mapped
to them how i edit a video and how i cut down a roll really really fast so if that sounds
interesting or useful to you definitely go check it out in the description and get subscribed to
that channel again that video is coming out monday and finally for the keyboards i have the davinci
resolve speed editor this is kind of like the tour box where it's basically just meant for efficiency
so you have keys that are designated to a specific function within resolve i don't actually use a lot
of the buttons because a lot of it is like multi-track editing which i don't really do
and then the only downside to is the fact that you can't like custom or remap any of the buttons
um like what they're labeled as is what they do and you can't manipulate it in the software
as of now but spoiler alert to the other video when it comes to the speed editor
the jog wheel and the shuttle wheel make is is worth the 300 bucks by itself
and then the last two things that really make this desk efficient for my workflows is i'm utilizing
two of the newer desk clamp stand things basically it's a light stand that clamps
to your desk so you don't have to worry about any more light stands on the ground and one of them is
holding my black magic pocket 4k since that's my least used camera and that just has an old canon
18 to 135 on it and it's always set up basically to where i'm at my desk and i'm filming that is
what i use for the edit place to film myself and then on the other clamp light stand i have the
godox ml60 with a very nice small softbox and grid on it just to light me up so when i film
the edit place videos like my main channel these videos take quite a bit i have quite
the elaborate setup and lights and you know each video is more individualized but the edit place
it's more about the tutorials and the content on the computer so i don't want to spend forever
setting up cameras and lights to film myself for a simple angle and so having that preset up if i
go to film a bunch of edit place videos all at once literally just turn on the camera turn on
the light and everything's automatically set to go i just sync up the camera and the screen recording
and the audio and post and that's basically it so there you have it guys that is basically my kind
of video editing desk setup let me know what you guys think about it down below is there any spots
where you think i could get more efficient at or kind of seem unnecessary for your own
editing workflows or something totally different i love hearing what everyone has to say so leave a
comment down below and again i'm so excited for everything to come tomorrow for you it's today
uh all this apple stuff showing up and i'm really excited to bust out some videos i think the first
one i'm doing is the ipad video that should be up by monday and then the imac video shortly after
that and try to bust them all out and get them out there too before the hype kind of goes way on all
these products because technology thanks so much for watching guys i'll see you in the next video