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I write 512 Pixels in Byword on my Mac and 1Writer on my iOS devices. The site runs on WordPress and is hosted at WPEngine. I also have a Sony RX100 V that I use for some shots, and as my carry-it-around camera for situations where I need more power than what my iPhone affords me.
I edit my videos in Final Cut Pro X and upload to YouTube. In the rare occasions I need a lav mic, I’ve been borrowing a RodeLink Wireless System from a friend.įor lighting, I have a couple of LED panels I picked up online. The first is the Sony FE f/2.8 24-70mm, while the second is the tiny f/1.8 50mm.įor audio, I use the Rode VideoMic Pro+, which sits atop the camera. 4K looks awesome, and with the iMac Pro, I can edit it without wanting to throw my computer out the window. I am shooting in 4K on a Sony a7 III I love this camera. My YouTube channel is a single-person show, so I edit and shoot myself alone in my office, which is challenging at times. My wife spray painted the word “Relay” in gold across the front of it to make mine. It is incredibly well made, and will fit into most overhead bins without any issue. All of this gear is crammed into a Pelican 1510 case for flights.It’s built like a tank and does its job very well. I’ve joked that this is my favorite piece of tech I own, and I may mean it. If we are in a theatre, I route audio out of the headphone jack of the MixPre-6 to the house via XLR through a Radial ProD2 direct box.The device is powered via USB-C, straight into my MacBook Pro, where I capture the audio via Audio Hijack Pro. The mics are run to a Sound Devices MixPre-6, which is one of the very few interfaces that can record onto an SD card and send audio out over USB.We have them in some pretty simple table-top stands with big heavy weights to keep them from tipping over. I have a set of Shure 87A microphones for our live shows.I’ve put together a pretty robust “mobile” setup over the years: Beyond that, I often find myself recording while traveling for work or pleasure. 2″ SoundTraxLG PRO Studio Acoustic FoamĮvery year, we host several live recordings of Relay FM shows.My studio is covered in a bunch of acoustic foam, mainly in these two forms: I record my audio (and what I hear via Skype) using Audio Hijack, with Ecamm Call Recorder running as a backup. If you need something really affordable, check out this post by Jason Snell on Six Colors about the Audio-Technica ATR2100 microphone. On the microphone front, I am a big fan of the Shure BETA 87A. My go-to recommendation is the very-good-and-affordable Tascam US-2×2 USB Audio Interface. Remember when I said I couldn’t recommend my gear to most people? The USBPre2 is awesome, but it is obscenely expensive. I use them with Schiit’s Magni 2 headphone amp. They are widely used in recording environments. My headphones are the boring but reliable Sony MDR-7506s.The microphone is plugged into a Rolls mute switch, then into a Sound Devices USBPre 2 interface, via a Schiit Wyrd.A Neumann KMS 105 MT Condenser Microphone XLR microphone with this shock mount, on the K&M 23850 Microphone Desk Arm.If I’m recording in my home studio, I use this set of gear: My home network is powered by several Eero devices the company sent me.
I back up these Macs (and my wife’s MacBook Air) with portable USB 3.0 drives.
I also have a Mac mini hooked up as a home server with a big external drive for our family iTunes library music, movies and TV shows. As far as portable devices, I carry an iPhone 11 Pro and a 11-inch iPad Pro. It’s the best laptop Apple has made in years. My notebook is an 16-inch 2019 MacBook Pro with the Touch Bar and an 8-core i9 CPU. I’m keeping up with changes I make to my tower over on this page. I have a couple of Samsung EVO SSDs in the Promise J2i for extra storage beyond the 4 TB internal drive. It is the fastest Mac I have ever owned and I love it. My main computer is a 12-core Mac Pro hooked up to an LG UltraFine 5K display.
I make stuff for a living, and have been fortunate enough to upgrade equipment over time. Just because I use something doesn’t mean that I recommend it for everyone.I get a lot of questions about the gear I use, so I’ve collected it all here, on a single page.