A lot of folks asked for it, so here we go:
- Camera:
- Sony FX30, recording directly to my laptop via USB.
- Lens: Sigma 16mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary Lens (Sony E)
- Camera tripod is on my desk: Oben CTT-1000 Carbon Fiber Tabletop Tripod (I tried about 100 tripods and setups. This one works. Barely).
- Lights:
- I have two warm, bright lights (4000k): one to my front and right, showing my face, and the other on my back and left, bouncing off a wall and my hair. The technically correct setup has two front lights, but I ran out of room.
- Both are: Amaran COB 60x S Bi-Color LED Monolight
- Front light has a softbox: Aputure Light Dome Mini III (22.8")
- Front light has a heavy-duty stand: Impact Folding Wheeled Base Stand (Black/Chrome-plated, 11')
- Back light is connected to the ceiling (my cats kept jarring the stand)
- The orange decorative light on my back right side is: Aputure MC RGBWW LED Light
- I got blackout curtains for my office to make the lighting consistent.
- Audio:
- Rode Procaster mic
- Mic arm: Elgato Wave LP (low profile). I also tried the Rode mic arm; it is great, but low profile doesn't get in the way. I have very limited space.
- Rode PSM1 shock mount (important if you wave your arms like me)
- Triton Fet head booster (so I can move the mic away from my face)
- Vocaster two interface. I keep getting tempted to buy a fancier one, but I resist. This one is just fine.
- No desktop controllers. I tried one from Elgato. It looks like a good idea. But didn't work for me.
- Process:
- This went through many iterations, but this one seems to stick.
- Record with ScreenFlow (currently v10)
- Rough edit with Screenflow. Cut out the sections that didn't work. Right screen size, zoom-in and out, callouts, transitions between me and the screen recording.
- Fine tune with Descript. Mostly cut out all the "ehhh". Also do captions if I feel like having captions.