Studio

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I have created a studio in my lab for the purpose of making videos about electronics and such which I publish on my YouTube channel @JohnElliotV. Below are some details about my equipment.

Spaces

In my lab I have myriad workspaces.

I have my "work station" which is where I have my dual 4K monitors and do most of my computer work (programming, etc).

I have my "admin station" which has a keyboard and mouse and a few KVMs for connecting directly to a number of my servers for network administration purposes.

I have my "bench" which has most of my electronics tools and is where I do most of my electronics projects and make most of my videos. Most of my cameras are set up for recording on the bench. These cameras are connected to 'verve' for recording.

I have my "booth" which has my component drawers and an auxiliary workspace for doing projects. The booth has two cameras set up and connected to 'wonder' so I can make videos from my booth in addition to the bench. The reason this bench is called the "booth" is that I use it as my "photo booth" when I need to take pictures of things I'm selling on eBay. The name just kinda stuck, and it's handy to differentiate this workspace from my main "bench".

Equipment

I have heaps of equipment in my lab, but here are some notes about the equipment I have specifically for video recording and editing.

Computers

I mainly record videos on 'verve' and edit them on 'charisma'. I also record videos on 'wonder'. When I have the money I will replace 'verve' with either something like 'vision' or 'victory'.

When I started the YouTube channel in June 2023 I only had 'wonder' for recording videos. The thing about 'wonder' is that it's seriously anorexic and basically just kinda shit. I couldn't record good 4K videos on 'wonder' because it just didn't have enough grunt, and as it only has support for 6 USB inputs the number of cameras I could switch between was seriously limited. In December of 2023 I got 'verve' mostly to replace 'wonder', and it is indeed much better and I can now record videos in 4K. The new computer 'verve' has 25 USB ports on its back panel. If you're interested you can see how everything is connected over here: USB cabling for ‘verve’.

I still keep 'wonder' around though and it is set up and configured to record videos in the booth.

Cameras

I name my various cameras connected to 'verve':

The cameras connected to 'wonder' are:

The other cameras aren't presently in use.

Software

I use OBS Studio on 'verve' and 'wonder' to record videos, and Kdenlive on 'charisma' to edit them. I keep the video files on 'charisma' and upload them to my YouTube channel @JohnElliotV. I would rather have a Vimeo channel, but it's too expensive for me and the biggest audience seems to be on YouTube.

I use Logi Tune for tweaking settings on some of my cameras.

Converters

Switches

I use my 8K 5-in-1 HDMI switch to select between the following equipment for recording:

Hubs

Adapters

Mounts

Microphones

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