1 00:00:07,359 --> 00:00:12,960 Now, if you're following me on Twitter at Lionus Tech, you'll have seen my post 2 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:18,320 the other day that the old TechTip studio is no more. I was clearing it out 3 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:22,480 and done with it. I've also posted a couple preliminary pictures of the new 4 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:27,039 and improved TechTip studio, but I wanted to take you guys on a quick 5 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:29,920 little tour. So let's start with the 6 00:00:27,039 --> 00:00:34,719 TechTips rack which uh used to be in the room that was adjoining to our old 7 00:00:32,480 --> 00:00:38,719 TechTips studio. So this is our rendering machine where we do any sort 8 00:00:36,559 --> 00:00:42,960 of video editing. This is our test bench where we can well put things on a test 9 00:00:40,719 --> 00:00:47,200 bench and uh where Slick can benchmark where he won't disturb me and Diesel 10 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:51,280 over on the other side anymore cuz it used to be that his his rack was totally 11 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:54,719 in the wrong place. Then we got a KVM up here which will allow us to switch 12 00:00:52,399 --> 00:00:59,120 between those two machines. some storage here. Now, I used to have kind of a 13 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:02,879 separate room for storage, but now I'm going to keep all the storage on one 14 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:06,320 side of here. If you look down, this used to be two rooms and there was a 15 00:01:04,879 --> 00:01:11,119 door in between them, but I actually opted to have the wall completely removed so we'd have a more open space 16 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:16,159 in here. So, all the storage will be in this corner and then also in this corner 17 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:19,759 as well. So, that's cases and weird stuff, monitors, stuff like that. And 18 00:01:18,159 --> 00:01:24,159 then this is your smaller stuff. Your video cards, your motherboards, your 19 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:27,680 memory, your CPUs, all that kind of hoo-ha in this corner with all the 20 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:31,920 random networking stuff. All the networking stuff goes on the top because 21 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:37,840 I very rarely sort of use that stuff. Now, this is my green screen wall. So, 22 00:01:35,439 --> 00:01:42,640 we got special chroma key paint. And this way I can unbox things in space if 23 00:01:40,799 --> 00:01:46,079 it comes to that. And I've also got something that I need to unbox pretty 24 00:01:44,079 --> 00:01:52,000 quick here, the Node 605 from Fractal Design. So, this will be the unboxing 25 00:01:48,799 --> 00:01:54,159 table. And what we'll do is we'll 26 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:58,799 actually position the camera over there so that what can happen is you can 27 00:01:56,560 --> 00:02:04,479 either point the camera this way at the green screen or the green background. 28 00:02:02,079 --> 00:02:10,560 And if we want, we can then just turn it around and point it at what is the NCIX 29 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:12,400 tech tip set and also painted in chroma 30 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:17,760 key blue just in case we wanted to do some chroma keying on a blue background. 31 00:02:14,640 --> 00:02:20,800 So, here you'll recognize the usual NCX 32 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:23,360 Tech Tips table as well as well, here's 33 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:27,520 our TV, but we ran into a bit of sort of an issue where 34 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:31,840 the TV is kind of too big for our new set. So, you can see I've got uh 35 00:02:29,599 --> 00:02:35,760 wall-mounted outlets here. So, that I'm going to drill a hole, or rather cut a 36 00:02:33,599 --> 00:02:40,000 hole. I have one of those uh one of those handy dandywall saws around here 37 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:43,440 somewhere. I'm going to cut a hole and then I'm going to run an HDMI cable 38 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:47,440 down, but this is too big. So, we're going to replace it with something 39 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:51,760 that's smaller and something that finally has a matte screen and a matte 40 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:57,680 bezel. So, you're not going to see so many reflections in the screen, which is 41 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:59,599 sort of sort of brutal. Then over here, 42 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:03,120 this is the Tech Tips whiteboard where I usually have uh this is what you see me 43 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:08,080 glancing at of the corner of my eye when I'm trying to cheat and read stuff. 44 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:11,360 Then, we've got our portable monitoring station. So, the tripod will actually go 45 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:15,599 here in the middle of the room. So, it's just a matter of turning around the lights to shoot that way and turning 46 00:03:14,319 --> 00:03:20,319 around the camera and the lights to shoot this way, which is very cool. Then 47 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:23,040 we have another rack over here. Not sure exactly what I'm going to do with this 48 00:03:21,599 --> 00:03:26,640 one yet. This will either be another test station for Slick to work on, or it 49 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:31,440 can be something where we run things temporarily in order to uh do some kind 50 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:34,720 of a demonstration over on the TechTips table there. So, this will be just kind 51 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:39,360 of a portable rack. We might keep things like extra peripherals that we sometimes 52 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:43,519 need to film and uh you know like the tech tips shirts and all that kind of 53 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:47,840 stuff. So So this is just kind of a utility rack for the time being. So 54 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:51,200 that's pretty much it guys. Thank you for checking out my little tour of the 55 00:03:49,519 --> 00:03:54,640 Oh, and the cables bin. Hold on. You have to see the cables bin. Thank you 56 00:03:52,799 --> 00:04:00,239 for checking out my tour of the all new and improved NCX TechTip studio. Don't 57 00:03:57,439 --> 00:04:06,159 forget to subscribe for more videos. Probably not many videos like this one, 58 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:06,159 but like more videos like other stuff.