We’ve been asked to provide a rundown of the equipment we use to produce MonoTown content. Here is the current setup, which changes fairly regularly. We use a separate machine, OS, and slightly different equipment to produce our YouTube videos and we’ve added that information below as well.
In addition to the below, we have endless clamps, poles, cables, power supplies, and other odds and ends. We’ve added some affiliate links and if you purchase one of these items through us, we’ll make a buck or two.
If you have any questions, let us know!
Software
Streaming
- OBS Studio: https://obsproject.com
- Synethesia: https://synesthesia.live
- Music:
- Pretzel Rocks for Music
- Apple Music (for royalty free streaming)
- Streambeats by Harris Heller
YouTube
- Final Cut Pro X
- Logic X
- Epidemic Sound (audio)
- MotionArray (audio / templates)
Camera Equipment
- Build Cams: 2x Sony a6400 Mirrorless Camera: https://amzn.to/2WIj0a1
- Face Cams: 3x Sony a5100 Mirrorless Camera : https://amzn.to/3poG0aC
- Room Cams: 2x Logitech C920 HD Pro USB 1080p Webcam: https://amzn.to/3rqRhsF
- Wide Angle Room Cam: 1x GoPro HERO8 Black
- YouTube Cam: Canon 6D
- YouTube B Roll Cam and Streaming Zoom Cam: iPhone 11 Pro
- 4x Camera Power Supplies: https://amzn.to/3helCG6
- 3x Amazon Basics 60 inch Tripod: https://amzn.to/38xxkYy
- Glide Gear TMP100 Adjustable Teleprompter
Lighting (and Smoke)
- Fansteck Smoke Machine: https://amzn.to/3hkcjEz
- 6x Phillips Hue Bloom Light: https://amzn.to/2KyjL34
- OMERIL Sound Activated Disco Ball Lights: https://amzn.to/2Ks53uy
- Elgato Ring Light (Workbench Face Cam)
- 6x RALENO LED Video Light
- 4x LED Floodlight 100W 8000lm Super Bright
- 3x Philips Hue White LED lights
Streaming Machine
- Built by Chillblast (Fusion Recoil 1650 Super Gaming PC) – although, I had to rebuild this with a new motherboard to install the capture card!
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X CPU, 6 Cores / 12 Threads, 3.8 – 4.4GHz
- Case: Kolink Stronghold Tempered Glass Case – Black
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB Graphics Card
- Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE ATX Motherboard
- Memory: 32GB DDR4 2666MHz Memory
- OS Drive: 1TB Seagate Firecuda 510 M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive
- Power Supply: Corsair RM550x 80 PLUS Gold 550W PSU
- Capture Card:
- Magewell 11100 Pro Capture Quad HDMI Card
- Elgato 4k60 Pro Quad Capture Card
- Keyboard: KBC Poker 3 – PBT Keycaps – Cherry Mx-Red [Metal Casing]
- Mouse: TECKNET Pro S2 High Performance Wired USB Mouse, 6 Buttons, 2000dpi
- Elgato Streamdeck, Elgato Streamdeck Mini
- BlackMagic ATEM Mini Extreme ISO
YouTube / Music Production Machine
- Mac mini 3.2GHz 6‑core 8th‑generation Intel Core i7
- RAM 32GB 2666MHz DDR4
- Storage:
- 1TB SSD storage
- 1TB Extended SSD storage
- Graphics:
- Razer Chroma eGPU
- MSI Radeon RX 5700 MECH GP
Storage / Backup
- Local:
- Primary: Synology 5 Bay NAS with 21TB of Storage in a RAID 5 Configuration
- Backup: Synology 5 Bay NAS with 12TB of Storage in a RAID 5 Configuration
- Offsite: Amazon Glacier and Backblaze
Monitors
- 1 x Neewer F100 7-inch 4k 1280×800 IPS Screen Camera Field Monitor
- 2 x ASUS MG28UQ, 4K (3840×2160) Gaming Monitor
- 1 x Dell Monitor
- iPad Pro
Audio
- Streaming Audio Intefrace– Behringer XR18 X Air Mixer
- Bench Mic: Sure SM7B with a Cloudlifter
- City Mic: Sennheiser MKE600 Shotgun
- YouTube Video Mic / Recorder: Tascam DR-40X Portable 4-Track Audio Recorder
- YouTube Audio Interface: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
- Boom Mic Stand / Random Mic Stands
Network / Internet
- LAN: Gigabit Ethernet wired with CAT6 cables
- Internet Providers (transparently load balanced by a TP-Link TL-ER5120 Load Balancer):
- Virgin Media Fiber (to the curb): ~1,000Mbits Down, ~250Mbits Up
- BT Full Fiber: 1Gbit Down, 500Mbits Up
Three 5G Wireless Connection (for backup): ~250Mbits Down, ~30Mbits Up