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pretty darn good don't it there we are back to the original lighting and still not bad considering the budget of course we've got some more money to spend so where do we start sound if you've got some money left over it is hard to go wrong with an audio upgrade or sort of many of you will already know that gaming microphones tend to compromise performance for aesthetics flashy lights and sponsorships for esports teams but while the conventional wisdom used to be well the people in the know are gonna go get a usb mic these days once you're past about the 50 point there really isn't any reason to do that even with the blue snowball being as decent as it is the thing is they just don't have the same internal space and isolation that a good dedicated audio interface and a standalone analog microphone will for 65 dollars you can get a behringer umc 22 which has dual inputs a trs jack and a combo xlr trs connector it's got midas preamps which are a little bit better than you'd find on behringer's basic units and it's got three more trs jacks for headphones and stereo studio monitors for when it's time to upgrade your listening setup of course since we're not going for an all-in-one solution now we need to choose a microphone with condenser and dynamic microphones being the go-to's for most streamers and podcasters dynamic microphones are known for their exceptional noise isolation and the sm48 which you're listening to right now is no exception it's a hammer style mic like you might see at an event or concert but that doesn't mean it's only meant for stage use dynamic microphones do have some downsides they tend to have a very tight cardioid pickup pattern which means that if you lean or turn away from your mic you'll almost immediately sound muffled but if you live or work in a room that has a lot of reverb or noisy air conditioning or something this bug quickly turns into more of a feature also because dynamic microphones don't use phantom power they can require a huge amount of gain to hear clearly that means that some mic and interface combos may require a gain boosting add-on like a cloud lifter though ours is fine without they also naturally cut off the high end fairly early which can result in them sounding somewhat flat without any additional eq'ing but we'll talk more about that later condenser mics on the other hand tend to have a more open pickup pattern meaning more background noise but their large diaphragms also mean that they tend to capture those noises with more clarity and a wider frequency response particularly on the high end if you have a room that's already quiet as is and you'll be close to your microphone but you might move around a bit well there's a reason that the hundred dollar audio technica at2020 is so popular it can sound fantastic however if you're planning on using a condenser you will need 48 volt phantom power on your interface now our behringer umc 22 did end up doing a pretty nice job with the aston spirit mic that i'm using at the moment but at 450 dollars i think the biggest takeaway here is how much bang for the buck we had with our 40 dynamic mic after a cable and an inexpensive stand then that puts us at 130 dollars for sound meaning we can now turn our attention to video and as crazy as this might sound if you're a tinkerer i would strongly recommend buying an old flagship phone and a cheap tripod on ebay rather than going with a traditional webcam apps like ipwebcam make it easy to import the video feed into a program like obs or zoom and as an extra bonus you can always use it for phone things if you're in a pinch the main drawback of this strategy is that some phones can overheat during prolonged use and you will want to get one that allows you to set a charge limit to prevent the battery from swelling or you can take your game to a whole other level with a dedicated camera if you already have a dslr mirrorless camera kicking around with an HDMI port there's a good chance that it can output a clean video feed even if it's an older model it will look significantly better than a smartphone thanks to its much larger sensor and if you don't have one already we really like the sony a5100 it's a mirrorless camera that can be had for around 300 bucks on ebay with a 16 to 50 millimeter kit lens included and if you add a cheap tripod from amazon for 20 bucks hook it into a capture card more on that in a minute how do i look pretty plug and play right actually i should point out that we are using the step down a5000 it is a hundred dollars cheaper but it doesn't support clean HDMI output without a third-party modification so if you're a tinkerer good for you but if you're not i'd recommend going for the a5100 and this should give you a pretty good idea of what to expect in terms of image quality in terms of camera settings most streamers aren't gonna have to mess around with too much 30fps is lots for a corner cam which means you're going to want a shutter speed of 1 60th then you might just need to tune your iso which is the sensitivity of your sensor to make sure you don't have too much noise in your image your white balance to make sure it doesn't look too yellow or too blue you might have to tune your tint a little bit we had to push this a little bit away from green and towards yellow to get it to look just right and then you're going to want to set your aperture as wide as possible to get that nice pleasing depth of field bokeh effect in the background if you want to avoid focus jittering with an older camera like this one set your focus to manual and you should pretty much be good to go now i want to note that there are other options other than the a5100 just make sure you do your research that 150 canon rebel might be tempting but its HDMI output might be full of menu garbage which there's no hack to get around and that's going to be pretty hard to explain on your parent teacher conference or whatever now in terms of lighting we previously recommended a basic halogen light either in a lamp you found at value village or in a clamp style work light that'll run you anywhere from a few dollars up to around 35 bucks they are power hungry and they do tend to run a little hot but with a reflector and a sheet of wax or diffusion paper i mean that's what you're looking at right now man and there's definitely an ambiance to it but i look not bad right switching over to an elgato key light for comparison certainly looks a lot better but compared to just adding another halogen light i think it's hard to justify the 200 price at least from strictly an image quality standpoint where elgato stands out though is in software control brightness and color temperature can be adjusted with a little slider in the taskbar making it easy to compensate for a cloud suddenly covering the sun outside your window or what have you and it also looks a lot more professional on your desk if that matters to you back to capture card for a moment it is crazy how cheap these things have gotten with generic usb stick size devices available on amazon for as low as 15 and these aren't even the cheap crummy ones either they have low latency they record at reasonably high bit rates for 1080p and they don't need any additional drivers or software this makes them perfect for a quick capture of your camera with that being said you do get what you pay for to an extent and a lot of cheap capture cards may suffer from signal degradation or crashing issues earlier than higher end options also warranty right another benefit of premium capture cards is low latency passthrough so that you can stream your xbox gaming for example from your pc but a good workaround to this is a cheap HDMI splitter and for your viewers it'll look exactly the same even if for you it means a little bit more cable clutter of course if you want to capture in 4k you will need to spend more money on a capture card avermedia and elgato both have solid 4k offerings around the 200 mark although for like your face camera i really can't say that i'd recommend them unless you are recording your footage locally on your pc so that you can edit it later and you want higher quality source files now let's get everything set up after taking a break to take a sip from my water bottle lttstore.com yeah love the elgatos at home but the bang for the back here just cannot be beat we're gonna need a couple key pieces of software obs and voice meter both of which happily are free with both programs open use a1 to select your preferred listening device ideally using a hardware seo engine if it's available set your first input to be your microphone and then select your desired output channel on that input to eq your mic and make it sound all fancy all you've got to do is right click on the eq above your output and well for me we might want to raise the bass and treble a bit giving it a warmer more podcasty sound let's give that a shot with audio dialed in it's time to start getting our overlay set up the overlay we're using today was generously made for us by owned pro the sponsor of today's video they have an obs studio plugin that offers 600 plus overlays alerts and tools in nine plus languages that can all be installed with just one click using code Linus you can get 50 off the yearly subscription at owned dot pro with owned it's as simple as that is that it one click hey that that was actually really easy their overlays include everything from stinger transitions which produce this cool effect to intro screens and even banners and buttons for your twitch page items are in groups in the sources panel and you just need to add your webcam setup by clicking on add source and then video capture device and your game or full display capture if game isn't working by using game or display capture resizing elements is simple just select the one you want to edit and you can resize it holding shift and control keys to change how it's resized or you can right click to gain access to a whole bunch of extra options and tools such as color keying for things like a green screen if you have one adding alerts is also really easy with owned pro on their dashboard you can easily add custom alert variations and messages and everything sticks to your alert theme without any extra hassle god i shot my teammate oh god how where is it get out of here we're running we're running boys this is the original setup not bad by any stretch of the imagination but i think the difference after our upgrade is pretty striking leveling up the stream got that better audio quality now i'm comfy oh shoot ah get him i hate that gun so much i don't know i don't know what it's called do i look like i know guns to you i'm a pacifist canadian oh god my aim is so bad well there you have it whether the upgrades are worth it that's up to you but at least now you've got a solid idea of what's out there and how to set up for different kinds of configs thanks for watching and remember to check out own pro at the link in the description to get 50 off their yearly plan if you guys are looking for something else to watch um maybe check out my home streaming setup upgrade that was more of like the deluxe version of this"}