 Everyone, how are you doing? Can you tell I'm a little bit excited about the Roadcaster Pro 2? I thought I'd just do a little bit of free promo there for road. Hey everyone, great to see you all here. Hey Chris, interested to hear if you're gonna be getting an RCP. And great to see you too as well, Michael. So we've got our UK contingent in. And hey, Kath, great to see you. Another fellow, what's a UK contingent. I know you, are you back from Hawaii yet? How are you still in, back in Oz, yeah? How are you all doing? Have you all ordered yours? Are you all as excited as I am? Let's find out. So it has been, I say a big week, it has been a big week for people who have been waiting for the RCP too. It's been rumored for some time. And there was a leak that came out the week before last. I think it was some site in New Zealand or something like that, some supplier site or reseller site that inadvertently posted it on their website. And so there were some screenshots in the Rocaster Pro group. And so yeah, it was leaked out a little bit earlier, but it was officially announced on Monday. And I think the first actual official video I saw of it, I say official, was actually Tumb Box. He did a great livestream answering questions. He'd had obviously early access to it. And there's some of the functionality. I think a lot of people who had early access, there was some issue where the firmware wasn't released or something like that. So they couldn't really give demos of it. However, they did have them in their hand and could answer a few questions. So yeah, as I say, left a link for Tumb Box livestream that he did in the description of the video. So definitely go and check that one out. I've put a poll by the way in the chat. And I'm seeing that so far 67% have already placed a pre-order. 17% plan to and 17, not interested. Not interested in it, no plans to do it. So yeah, let me see where I'm up to. I have done something a little bit different with my livestream today because I'm just testing something out. So we'll see how this goes. So usually when I try something new, it ends in catastrophic failure. But first of all, what is the roadcaster for those that are uninitiated? Well, it was introduced by Rode. I forget how many, was it three years ago, four years ago now, and the caster part relates to podcasting. So it was initially for podcasters, but the new version has been completely re-engineered from the ground up, as it were. So there's no shared components, I understand. And the internals and everything like that, it's not just been sort of remodeled or anything like that. It is a completely new machine. And it is now focused not just on podcasting but also on musicians and people who want to use it as more of a sort of professional audio mixing tool. Hey, Michelle, just noticed you sneaking in here and Mr. James Hicks, great to see you two both here. So the, whoops, it's Daisy, let me get this one out of the way. So let's have a look at the comparison between the two because they do look very similar. So this is the Rokasta Pro 1, is at the bottom and the two is at the top. So they do look very similar. The RCP 2 is noticeably smaller in terms of the width, and it has got fewer sliders on. And I know when there was the initial leak, some people were a little bit concerned that there wasn't gonna be as much functionality, but it's turned out to be quite the opposite actually because as we'll see, all of these sliders are fully programmable. And so you can sort of assign whatever you want to the different sliders, as opposed to before it was, they were sort of linked to specific inputs. So it's ended up becoming a little bit more versatile. There are also some virtual mixes as well, virtual faders I should say. So those are accessed via the screen. The other thing that has changed is the screen is slightly bigger and it's also elevated slightly so that you get a sort of better view of it, which apparently does make a difference. I should say that I don't have an RCP 1. I'll come on to the story about that and how I've ended up being on the waiting list for the Rokasta Pro 2. So I'm coming to this from the point of view of somebody who's been a big fan of the Rokasta, for a long time without actually having owned one. So that's where I'm coming from with this. So yeah, it is a little bit smaller. As I say, it's got the six faders rather than eight. It does still have those eight pads, the sound pads, but they can do slightly more now. And there's also, you'll notice there's these two little buttons just at the point this way, at the very bottom of it as well. So there is sort of multiple pages, if you like, of those actions that can be assigned to those buttons. So the overall look of it, as I say, is pretty similar. They've reorganized what's going on up at the top as well in terms of the dials for the headphones and the record buttons moved over to the other side. And then there was a sort of master line out that was on the original one that's now being replaced. There is still another dial, but that's actually to give you sort of fine adjustment of stuff on the touch screen. As I say, never use the RCP one, but I understand that the touch screen on this is significantly improved as well. So I should say, if you are getting a sense of gas during this live stream, Gear Acquisition Syndrome, then, and you do feel like suddenly making that impulse purchase, I've made it all the more easy by leaving my affiliate link down in the description to order. So I make no apologies for that. So what are the changes that have been made? Well, one of the big ones was I mentioned that they're going more for not just podcasters, but also musicians and people like that. And so they've actually changed the inputs. So now, whereas before there was just XLR inputs, now we've got these Neutric jacks at the back, which accept both XLR and also the jacks that you might get on it, like a guitar or something like that. And so now you can go in, there are settings specifically for whether you're using a microphone, whether you're using a guitar instrument, something like that, or any kind of other line-in basically. So now you've got that sort of versatility of what you can actually plug into them. One of the other things that has been improved is the amps. So as I say, this has been completely redeveloped from the ground up. And one of the comments that there used to be around the original one is that there was a certain amount of hiss with the amps. So you would get this sort of hiss because of the sort of, I guess, latent noise. That's probably the wrong term, but a bit of noise associated with the signal coming in. They've now fixed that issue and they have got these, what they call revolution preamps, that's their name for them. And these, as I say, have been completely redesigned. And they not only give you the reduced noise, they also improve the gain. And so what that means is, whereas you may have heard, if you were looking at using a microphone, something like the SM7B or something like that, people talk about needing something called a CloudLifter, a Fet Head, something like that, which basically just boosts the gain of the microphone before it goes into the ROCASTER. Well, now they've increased the gain to, I think it's 76 decibels. No, I don't actually, I'm not an audio expert. I don't actually know the original version, what that was, but all I know from this one is that you now don't need any of these external devices to get the microphone input into the ROCASTER for some of the more sensitive mics. So, and in fact, what they've actually said is, if you do use one of those, it will end up degrading the signal more because of the quality of the preamps that they've got in the ROCASTER Pro 2. So I mentioned the faders. So the faders now are fully programmable. And you can assign them to anything. So whereas before it was the first four faders were for the four line-ins, now you can basically just sort of move them around, swap them around, make them whatever you want. And you've also got, as well as the main faders, you've got these three virtual faders that you can then adjust with the little dial at the side. So you've actually got nine in total. And let me have a little look where I'm going to go. The other thing about the line-in is you can actually have a stereo pair. So you can have two different cables coming into the back. So if you've got a, you know, like a, if you've got a something with a stereo output, then you can actually just plug both of those into the back and then you can assign two different channels to a single fader. Whoops a daisy, if I get the right B roll-up. And then those are then basically both linked. So I should just say, if you're finding this interesting, don't forget to hit that like button. It always helps to hit the like and subscribe button if you are following along on the replay. So then the next point I wanted to make was about the processing. One of the things with the original one is the RCP-1 is that it has sort of come to the maximum capabilities in terms of the processor that it's got on board. So what they've done with this one is they've actually improved the processor. It's now got a quad core processor. And I'm led to believe that this is going to mean that it is basically, you know, future proof for a long time to come. And what they've released in this first version of the RCP-2 is basically just the start of things. And they have got lots of headroom, as it were, in terms of processor to really just sort of add lots more features and things like that as they go along. So the other thing that they've updated is some of the audio effects. So the processing on board that they've got, they've got Apex audio. And this is basically comes from sort of an industry standard. If we have a look at the Apex website, they make original rack-mounted hardware solutions for audio. And so there's lots of these things that have been used for decades in the industry. And they've now been adapted for the RODECaster as sort of virtual effects, if you like. And in fact, Apex have been partnered with RODECaster since the RODECaster Pro 1. And they sort of highlight that on their website as well. And so coming back to the list here, where am I now? So they've basically built in these things. So the effects that they've got from Apex are the Aural Exciter, which is to apparently add Sheen and Sparkle. The big bottom which adds richness and depth. And the Compeller, I'm just reading this off, can you tell, which is a compressor and leveler. So these are basically, as I say, they are original hardware devices that have now been bought into the RODECaster Pro 2. It's also got a built-in DSR, NoiseGate, Highpass Filter and Equalizer as well. So these are all basically built in. You can see there the dial that they're using to give you sort of fine adjustment. So once you are adjusting any of these things, then you can use that little dial. So that is a new addition as well that's been added. So whereas the first version did have a touchscreen, this is now a higher quality touchscreen, but also that dial is gonna give you a better level of control. They've also added in some sort of built-in presets as well. So an audio shaping tool if you like. So if you don't want to go in and actually manually adjust these, it's a bit like the MV7 that I'm using here. This one has got some built-in processing for compression and things like that, but there are also just some presets. So they've got much the same in here. So there's three different things that you can adjust which they call depth, sparkle and punch. And you can just choose one of those and you can basically just adjust the levels with that dial. There's also some onboard effects as well. So you can add things like reverb, delay, pitch and various different things like that. So these are all sort of built-in audio effects if you like. If you find anything useful by the way, as always don't forget to head over to Buy Me a Coffee. That's the easiest place to support the channel on a one-off or ongoing basis. And moving swiftly into smart pads. So the pads that they've got on the ROCUSTER Pro have been updated. So these are the eight pads are over on the left-hand side. These are all programmable and it was previously with just audio effects. Although they also did previously allow you to control MIDI so you could send MIDI controls to your computer and to control various things. They've actually upgraded these in this version though. So they are now called smart pads and you can basically assign lots of different things to them so you can assign the effects so you could basically press a button to turn on some of those audio effects that I just mentioned. But then they can also be used for MIDI controls and you can also program mixer actions as well. So what that means is you could like have a button to sort of fade in or fade out music or whatever it happened to be. So there's lots of different things you could do there or maybe ducking as well. So if you are speaking over some music you could press a button and initiate that ducking as well. Now there are eight banks, sorry, there are eight buttons on the device but there are also sort of eight pages of buttons if you like. So whilst there are only the eight sort of physical buttons you can use these arrows to sort of page left and right. I understand as well you can actually sort of pin certain ones to the positions as well so you could be scrolling through pages but say the top button or top two buttons could be sort of fixed. So I think that that is the case. I heard that on somebody else's rundown of the features although it wasn't mentioned in a couple of the videos that I was watching but we'll have to wait and see about that. The other thing about all of this is there was a great video on the B&H YouTube channel and I've left a link to that in the description and that was kind of like an interview with one of the folks from RODE and they were talking about another feature which is that you can have profiles. So presumably that will mean that all of the buttons and effects and things like that that you've got associated with the pads will be sort of remembered on a sort of profile by profile basis. A bit like in Ecamm we've got profiles or in Stream Deck or whatever so you can kind of switch profile for a different show or whatever you happen to be recording with it and then you'll have all of those other different things as well. So in terms of the outputs there's a few new outputs that have been added. So first of all they've got the same sort of for headphone outs and you've also got a balanced line out so if you're using speakers you've got the controls there individually for the four headphones but you've also got the speaker outputs there. They've also got dual USB out. So previously there was only one USB out whereas now they've got two so that means you can connect to either two computers or a computer and an iPhone or something like that or just two iPhones if you wanted. And that's really interesting actually because one of the things that I'm developing with my studio is I will be looking to be using I'm already doing it slightly but I'm looking to basically get a second dedicated computer to use for some of the stuff I've been doing. Just recently I've been finding that it's been coming in quite handy to have two separate computers on the desk at the same time for some of the training material and stuff like that that I'm recording so it'll be really interesting to be able to just plug this directly into both and then not have to worry about sort of audio routing and stuff like that which in the past has been a bit of a bit of a pain. So that's really interesting. The other thing about the dual USB is as well as being able to connect it to two computers you can also connect an external hard drive so whilst they have still got the micro SD for recording directly on the device so I should say this, you know you can just use it sort of standalone recording directly onto the device. One now you can also plug in an external drive as well over that USB-C connection. The other thing that as they've got in there in terms of connectivity is they do also have Wi-Fi and Ethernet. Now at the moment this is for firmware updates but in the future who knows what other functionality may be coming out of this. I'm certainly going to be doing a lot of videos on this you can bet when mine arrives. And I've also set up an area in the community as well so if you head over to takeonetech.io slash discord you can join the discord server there and we can geek out as we all learn about them over there. So you find the channel dedicated to the roadcaster in there. So then there is also a few other notable points. There's a few accessories. They mentioned that there would be a bag and also a cover. So there is that I'll probably, I don't know whether I'll use the cover or not because it's something I'll probably be using just like all the time. So something like that it just be something I'd have to find somewhere for it. So who knows probably won't use that but one thing I am really excited about is the visa mount. So I've been looking already for a sort of like some sort of trail or something like that so I can have it mounted on something that I can move out of the way. But this is now got a built-in visa mount and there's also a screw on the bottom as well for a, I forget the size of it now. It's not, I think it's the larger size, not the quarter 20 but the larger size one. So you could actually literally just mount it directly and I don't think you can see it in that picture. It's basically right underneath the middle of where the visa mount is. So you could literally just mount it onto the top of say a, you know, like a mic boom arm or something like that presuming it could take the weight. But yeah, that's, I mean, I'm just so excited about this thing coming to be honest because it has been on my list. The roadcaster has been on my list since I started the channel. It was one of those things when I was going down the list of figuring out what I needed to get going. In the end, the only thing that I really like bought to start the channel was my MV7 because I knew that I needed to upgrade the audio to what I'd already got. And then, oh, thank you very much Pierre. That's very kind of you. Very kind indeed. Thank you very much, Pierre. And I can't believe we're only 11. Only, we're only 11. I'm not sure what, oh, I see the view count. I see what you're saying. Yes, well, we'll never mind. There's nothing we can do about that. Hopefully there'll be lots more coming on the replay. But thank you very much, Pierre. Appreciate it. You can tell my brains are always a little bit slow with these messages. I always find that reading messages on the live stream, my brain seems to slow down to half speed. I'm like, ugh. But so anyway, yeah, the roadcaster has been on my list since I started. And really, I actually only bought the, as I say, the MV7 and a stream deck to actually start the channel as such. It was a case of just buying what I needed to get going and not letting the gear acquisition syndrome prevent me from making a start. But the roadcaster's been on my list all this time. And in fact, so I do a lot of my sort of tech gear shopping would come from basically the Southeast Asia equivalent of Amazon, which is called Lazada. We don't have Amazon Thailand as such. You can still buy from Amazon US and other UK and whatever and have it shipped here. But usually the tax and shipping is quite high. So I don't normally do that. But Lazada is literally being on my wish list or in my car for so long. But I've just never been able to bring myself to get it because for what I've been doing up to now, it's not really an essential or it hasn't been an essential for what I'm doing because it's usually just me sitting in front of the computer like this and it's not like there's lots of music going on. I don't tend to do interview shows or anything like that. And I did officially start a podcast, but it didn't really last very long. So it's not been something that I've been needing. Well, with the rumors of this RCP2 coming along, it sort of piqued my interest a little bit more again. And also when I got to my 365 days on YouTube, I decided that I was gonna sort of take a step back and take stock and figure out what I wanted to do next in terms of evolving the channel and I suppose the brand more to the point. I was then accepted onto the Amazon influencer program as well. I'm gonna start to do a lot more stuff on there as well. And then I've also been having thoughts about different live shows and things like that. And one of them that I'm gonna be doing is an interview show. I'm also gonna be doing sort of stuff where it's kind of like more multi-camera angle things where I'm still gonna be doing stuff all in one take, but I wanna be mixing in B-roll and things like that. And then also for some of the Amazon stuff I'm gonna be doing, I'm not just gonna be sort of sitting at a desk talking to the camera like this. I will be doing sort of product demos and stuff like that. I finally convinced myself, the little tech devil that sits on my shoulder, whispering in my ear telling me all the things to buy had told me that I definitely need one of these. And so that is where I was with it. And so when the announcement came out, I was just like, right, that's it. I'm done, I'm definitely getting one of these. Then out of the blue, I got a notification, say a notification, I didn't get a notification. I got told by the fine folks at Ecamm that they were gonna be getting one for all of the moderators in the Ecamm group. And I was just, to be honest, I was just, I mean, speechless. I was blown away by it because it is such an amazing gesture of them to do that for the moderators. I can't speak for everyone else, but certainly for me, anything that I do in the Ecamm group or to help out Ecamm, it just comes from a place of like giving back for all the help and support and everything like that that I've got from Ecamm. I should say, by the way, just in case there are any people watching from the roadcaster side that aren't aware what Ecamm is. Ecamm is a live production software for the Mac. And it's basically what I use to make all of my videos. So I do all of my videos in one take with no edits. And this is basically what has enabled me to do this. You can get a free trial at takeonetech.io slash Ecamm. And I recommend all of you to do it if you're into video production or anything like that or YouTube, because what it's enabled me to do is, as I say, sit down, make these videos in one take, just get them all done and dusted, adding in, you know, things like this, even little segues like this, you can just add in and trigger it with the touch of a button on stream deck. And I originally got into Ecamm because I wanted it for producing some of the course material I was making, but then it just, yeah, it just basically blew me away. And my YouTube channel was set up in order to sort of practice this process of making videos in one take. And the idea behind the channel was, it was gonna be basically just all things related to, you know, the software that I was using on the Mac. In the end, I fell in love with Ecamm and the majority of the content on my channel seems to have been Ecamm. I've done around about 300 videos now, and I think a hundred of them have been Ecamm related. So that just goes to show what I feel about Ecamm. So for them to come and just, you know, as I say, do this as a gesture to give the moderators an RCP too, it's just unbelievable. So I am officially on the waiting list and it's, yeah, it's great. Speaking of the waiting list, I should say, and I've got to say thank you. I think, let me just have a little look at the comments because I think, I've got to say hate doc because I've got a feeling he may have been instrumental in that decision at Ecamm. In fact, let me just come over and check up on some of these comments because I have been neglecting them. I will just pop up this though, to say that this is how much time we've got. This is when the officially is launched. So there is the pre-order, like I say, I've dropped the link in the chat as well. So if you are really thinking about getting one, then you can definitely check one out using my affiliate link. That's one of the best ways to support your creators is to use affiliate links where they are available. Well, let me just catch up because the chat has been a little bit busy and I've been busy doing everything. So, hey Pierre, great to see you. Thanks for stopping by. Let me have a look. We'll have two sets of Focusrite and DBX on eBay. Oh yeah, I was funny actually because as soon as it was announced, there was all the messages coming out from people saying, for sale, Rocaster Pro one. So everyone's getting rid of theirs. I like that you've put the yet in there, Michelle. I love my original Rocaster Pro, not convinced that I need the new one just yet. By the way, if anybody does fancy just popping on and chatting about it, you can come to takeonetech.live slash join and jump on, let's have a little chat about it. Hey, Eugene, great to see you as well. Yes, watch these streams at your own risk. We're not responsible for any purchases. Oh, thank you Pierre. Always updated, oh, okay, that's great. I will definitely be checking up Tom. I love Tom. When I grow up, I want to be like Tom. I mean, he's younger than me, but I would like to be able to make thumbnails like Tom. He's one of my favorites, Tom is. I like the mount feature as well. I know there's lots of people who've used a laptop tray on an arm that can move around. So I was just looking at actually a, there's a great Ulanzi setup and it's basically like a pole that goes from floor to ceiling. I don't like stuff attached to my desk. So like my monitor is quite a large monitor in any case, which I wouldn't probably sit on my desk. It's 43 inch Phillips, but I've got it on a, like one of those kind of TV stands, if you like, the rolling ones, so it's just separated from the desk. I'm all for getting things like off the desk so there's no connection and you don't get any, you know, like if I bump the desk, although it probably goes through to the mic, but it doesn't wobble the monitor or anything like that. So there was a great stand from Ulanzi, which is basically, as I say, floor to ceiling, really big, heavy duty bar, and then it's got lots of different arms that can come off it for like a top down camera and stuff like that. I'll be adding a little bit more in terms of monitors and cameras and set up to my studio at some point soon. So I was looking at that, but that has got a, it's got a thing for attaching a visa mount, but then also just a regular, what is it? Is it a quarter inch? I forget the size of the thing now, but yeah, it's got that in the bottom of it. So I'm looking forward to that. Oh, thank you very much Pierre. Appreciate it. So just reading this one. Yeah, I don't know where that comes from. People are always funny about when there's always, there's always gonna be the haters and the people that moan about stuff, isn't there? Yeah, some people have got a real victim mentality, even when it comes to things like a piece of tech. Can you monitor all the channels into one headphone? Yeah, and I believe that you can assign different things as well. And you can also program some of the buttons so you can have like a sort of talk back button as well. So if you were say doing something like a live in person thing where you had got all your lines in, but then you've got four different outputs, you can actually have a thing so that you can, I think you could do this one on the original one actually, but you can press a button and have like talk back so you can talk back to somebody, it will sort of, your audio won't go out, but you can talk back to somebody on one of the other channels. Or that could be, you've got, you're recording something, but then there's a line going back to someone like in a booth or something like that, or you're in the booth and you've got someone going back to somebody like on a stage or wherever it is, going back to the earpiece. So you can monitor all the channels and you can control what goes out to the headphones as well. Yeah, I've got one of those as well, Michael. So we're in the same club there. That's what it was. It was indeed Ryan from RODE who was like, that was on the B&H thing. It was a really good, I felt it was a really good live stream that was that they did the Q&A. There's a few things that came out from there that weren't in the general stuff. I've left a link, by the way, the B-roll that I've used in this live stream has basically just come from RODE's official video. And I'm hoping they don't mind me just using that to promote their product. But I've left a link to all the videos that I'd sort of referenced for this. There were actually, I've been watching loads of videos about it, but there was basically three core videos that I've left a link to in the description. And oh, you're getting an ass, are you? I need to do that as well. I've still been a little bit lax in terms of my backup strategy. It's just because it's a laziness, really. What I've got has been working for me. And so, but I do need to, with the YouTube channel, it is building up quite a collection of videos, obviously, that need backing up and storing. So I'm with you on that one. Oh, there we go. I'm slow to the thing. Yeah, three-eighths inch mount is the single mount that it's got in the bottom. So as well as the Vesa mount, which is basically you have a plate with four screws in it. It's also got just a single three-eighths inch one as well. That's it, the other thing. Yeah, being able to link it to two computers, Windows and Mac. So yeah, it's quite good that it can connect to two computers. It also means, because it's not just an output as well. It is the bearing in mind that the ROCaster is also, it's not just a one-way feed using that USB as well. I know you probably know this, Michael, but you can obviously feed out from the ROCaster, but also the ROCaster becomes a destination from the computer as well so you can feed back in. So I'd be interested to have a little think about that and see how that would work in terms of, you know, you've got one computer and there's a signal coming out from that into the ROCaster and then from the ROCaster, it's going back into the other computer. So having a look at how you can mix those together, that's quite interesting if you want to, like for example, sometimes being on a Zoom call, for example, and you've got another computer that's doing some of the more of the heavy lifting that's feeding into that, but then you want a root audio, it's kind of like, you know, using InEffect like Loopback, I suppose. So yeah, that's interesting. But yes, we don't talk about PCs on this channel. So let's have a look. Thanks, James. Appreciate it. Hey, Aubrey, great to see you. Always lovely to see your face. That's okay. I fully take that. Let's have a little look. Yes, the ROCaster 2 with UK exchange rate. The thing about the UK is they've got higher tax as well, so it's kind of like the VAT is 20%, is it? Or has it gone up? I mean, I remember when I left, it wasn't that much, but it's gone up since. So we've got 7% VAT in Thailand, but there's always a massive import tax as well. So anything that's coming from outside, it can be quite high on the old tax there. And then again, as I say, it's not released here as such. So yeah, ordering from the US, you pay the shipping, but then there's usually import tax and stuff like that. Sometimes that's covered in the shipping. Sometimes it isn't. Sometimes it's, they turn up on your doorstep and ask for it. Hello, nice to see a new face. I'm gonna murder your name, very sorry. Is it me? Is that right? Where are you coming in from? Great to see you here though, and thanks for stopping by and welcome. I hope you found this a little bit useful. You see, this is the problem with me catching up with the comments after. I've lost all context for that. What? That's awesome. I'm not sure what that's in reference to. Probably one of the features of the RCP perhaps. So let's have a look. Oh, you got a Husky tool chest. Now that's interesting. I don't get Husky stuff over here, but that is one of the things for the Studio Mark II that I'm looking to do is something like that. I really loved when I saw again, the man, the myth, the legend was the tombock. When I saw his thing where he had upgraded his storage and he used Husky tool chests, and then it was like those like metal drawers with all of his tech gear laid out, I thought, now that is what I need in terms of my organization because I've got stuff everywhere. So yeah, I definitely need to do that. Let's have a look where we are going. Yeah, Paul, you and me both, Paul. We are both sitting here anxiously waiting. Let me have a look. Yeah, let me know where you are calling from. In fact, calling from, look at that. Oh, you ordered from, oh yeah, that's right. Michael, they are available in Amazon UK already. So yeah, what are they in the UK if you just get them from the UK, Amazon store them? That'll be interesting. Yeah, I reckon that they will be, when they are eventually sort of officially released here, it'll be interesting to see. So you're keeping both. That's interesting. Somebody talked about the other day. Where was it? I heard somebody mention about like, well, could you have one and then have the other one linked into it to have, give you that extra, extra mixing capability. That's it. That's what I need to do. If you want to be like Tom, but you've just got to work on the dad jokes and the puns, haven't you? I don't think I can ever be quite as good as him at those sort of things. Ne from Missouri. Great to see you here. Yeah, so that's what I had been looking at. So you've, Michelle, you've got your Rocaster One on a visa-mounted computer tray so that I can swim it back and forth. That is exactly what I was planning to do. So yeah, really interested to see this that they've added this mounting in. So yeah, I've got a few different things that I'm doing for the studio. Obviously this being one of them. But then, yeah, for some of these things that I'm doing on Amazon, I'll be doing sort of more product things obviously because that's what Amazon's about, isn't it? So when you're doing product demos, rather than just being, talking to the camera, holding things up like this and using a top-down shot, I did want to do something a little bit more and some of the things that I might be demoing, I was thinking about having like a second table. So rather than maybe just being sort of cut off from the shoulder upwards, having something where you can actually see me and the table to demonstrate products and things like that, having different angles. I'll tell you what, I added into my wish list which hadn't been on there for a while. I don't know if you've seen Keith Pelzer's demonstration of the Edelkrone jib to which is basically, let me just get this thing up actually because this is just the worst possible case of gear acquisition syndrome you could possibly imagine. But you know, the little tech devils start trying to justify these things to yourself, don't they? So the Edelkrone jib is basically, and if ever one of these finds its way into my studio, I hold Keith Pelzer 100% responsible for this. Let me just remove this little comment. Now why is my, yeah, my button doesn't seem to be working. I'll do it the traditional way. So this is basically a jib that allows you to mount your camera on it, but then it's all fully programmable so that you can put the camera in like a starting position, then you can move it to another position and say, right, I want to pan from this place to that place and it will sort of do the pan, the tilt, the move and everything. Because one of the things that I want to try and do with my channel and my content is kind of like level up the production a little bit. So all I've been doing so far is sitting here doing these tutorial style videos and things like that just in my one take. I do want to add in some of the B-roll and things like that. And that was really, one of the things that I was trying out today just by adding in these little things like this. So adding that into the video, but just doing it in a, these are basically all just scenes that I've got in Ecam with these little videos set up. And then I've just got a load of buttons on my stream deck that I can flick to the little B-roll shots. So thinking about, if I was doing product reviews and things like that, I could take a load of B-roll first, queue it all up in Ecam. And then as I'm talking about product, just be flicking to B-roll. Same with if I'm doing like live selling on Amazon, for example, then having the sort of, some of the B-roll there as well, as well as demonstrating the products, then I can sort of flick to, you know, B-roll as well. So I'm thinking like, right, well how can I level up my B-roll game as well? And so yeah, that is probably just a little bit of overkill. I'm just letting everybody know that it is on my radar. So we'll have to see how things work out. So as well as that, just doing a few different changes to the setup, a couple of different camera angles as well. So I've been looking at some more nanolites have been on my radar as well. Oh, by the way, one of the awesome things that I've got on my way is, I actually won a competition, can you believe it? And it was for the nanolite, 30th anniversary. Let me see if we can get this up. It's their 30th anniversary and they've got this, they've got a new product that came out relatively recently called the Pavo Bulb, which is, let me get this up. This is going to be a real gas show. This is, let me have a look, Nanolite Pavo Bulb, let me get this first. So these, so these are the Nanolite Pavo Bulbs and basically they just screw into a regular fitting. But then you've got the full control over, you know, it's got the warm white, the all the different temperatures of white light, but then also colored light as well. So it doesn't have a built in battery, but the idea is it's going to be screwed into a fitting. But then it does have a USB connector that you can connect to a battery. And there is also a secondary battery that you can get where it will just screw in. So if you wanted it somewhere else. So these are great for kind of like practical lights. You can actually get like a, what's that, 12, 12 kits. There's a four kit as well. Or you can get them individually. So there was this competition that they're running or a few different things on their 30th anniversary. Let me just get this up. So I've basically got one of these bulbs on the way, which I'd already planned to try anyway. So I was quite happy to win one. A little where is it? I don't know if I'm going to be able to find a picture of it. There we go. Probably not. In fact, it's probably easier if I just drag this in because we can do that. Can we? No, we can't. But yeah, it was basically the bulb, but then also there's this really cool little light fitting that they've got. I don't think we're going to be able to see this very well. Let me try and bring it up. Nope, that was a, I don't think you can see this at all. So it's basically one of those pavo bulbs and then also there's this 30th anniversary light, which is actually really nice. It's like a wooden block and then a sort of dark cube on the top. So there's one of those coming, but they also released the Nanlite Forza 60C, which is, I was already looking at getting the Forza 60B for my replacing my lighting here, 60C. And this one is basically a cob light. So the light fitting on a circuit and it's instead of being just white, it's actually full color. So looking to potentially add one of those into the mix as well. So as I get more different camera angles in here, then at the moment, all that's illuminated really is kind of like my back wall. So this would just give an easier way to illuminate more of the space with color potentially, but then also getting some lights for the front. I feel like I'm digressing here. I'm not quite sure how we got onto this. It was because of a comment from, oh, so I was talking about the mounting, wasn't I? So yeah, the different things that I'm gonna be adding into the studio. And then yeah, adding a couple of extra cameras into the mix as well. So, hey Pierre, you're from the Southwest of France. Whereabouts in the Southwest are you from? And I am in Thailand, yeah. Oh, you used to live in Kho Pung An, all right. Oh, that's a lovely place, yeah, fantastic. I actually moved to Thailand, what, 16, 17 years ago and I came on a diving holiday and the idea was that when I moved here was I wouldn't be great to live in Thailand, close to the beaches, diving every weekend or whatever. I ended up moving to Nong Khai, so I'm in the Northeast, which for those that aren't familiar with Thai geography, which is probably most of people, that's kind of like almost as far away from the seas you can get in Thailand. So we're hoping to relocate to Phuket though. But yeah, Kho Pung An's lovely island there. Keith, the Jib is legendary. That and his seven camera angle shots I don't think I'll get up to seven camera angles. I will be adding a couple more, but I'm not sure I'll get up to seven like Keith. Ah, he ordered yours from there. I've never heard of them actually. Right, gear for music makes sense. Yeah, we always suffer from squirrels. That's it, the Yulunzi Geertree. That is exactly, yeah, that is the one that I was looking at. In fact, let me get on that because it was a really cool thing. There's also one that fits onto the desk as well. Let me see if I can get the one that I was looking at. So there's the Geertree and they've got the floor, this is the one, here we go. More gas, I'm afraid guys and girls. So this is the, where is it now? See if I can make that any bigger. I don't think I can make that any bigger. But that is basically like a floor to ceiling stand. And then there is all these different things that can hang off it, all these different attachments. Let me open this one up might be easier. So yeah, they've basically got just all these different things that you can attach to it. And it just keeps it all off from the desk then. As you can see, I mean, that's a pretty beefy arm that they've got coming off there and look at the size of that camera. So there's no issue with these stuff there. It is not entirely cheap, but on the other hand, it's a pretty sturdy piece of equipment. And also, I like the fact that it is kind of like, I mean, it's all in one sort of thing rather than having amount for this thing, amount for that thing. And yeah, we'll have to see about that. But yeah, they've got all these different kinds of attachments as well. So you know, you can have there, they've got like an iPad attachment that could also be a top-down camera. They've got these arms for lights. My lights are actually just mounted to the wall anyway. I've got some little sort of basically shelf brackets they're screwed into the wall. And then I've got those little spigots that you have for, you know, that you see on the top of light stands, you can actually just get the spigots on their own. So I've just got those mounted into the shelf brackets. So two shelf brackets coming out with a little spigots sticking up. So my lights stick on that. But for all the other stuff that's hanging off, it would be good to replace it. In fact, let me just show you what I've got to the moment. In case you are interested, I should have been a bit more prepared for this, shouldn't I? How's the best way to do this? It's probably actually camo. So if I come to camo, open up camo. No, I think I'm not gonna do it. You can tell I just unplugged the wrong thing. We'll try this again, shall we? Let me just quickly pull up this. I should have been already really, shouldn't I? I should have had my thing connected on wifi already, ready to go. There we go. So if I now come to this one and I go switch over to this one, there we go, top down shot. So that is, that's my monitor. So that's a 43 inch monitor, but it's actually mounted onto one of those sort of rolling stands, don't you see that? I can even reach out at the back, that's lazy. So it's like one of those big wheeled stands there. And then on the top of that, I've just basically mounted everything to that. So my camera, I've got a ball head that I fixed to the top of the stand in there. Don't you see that? That is soon to be replaced as well. My ageing, 11 year old, 60D. And there's my Lilyput teleprompter on the top there. I've got this one, which is a top down camera shot, which is basically just an old iPhone, repurposed using Camo by ReIncubate for the, to use it as a webcam. I've also got a little Ulanzi light on here. I've got a little hood so it doesn't get into my face, but that's just a little light that basically illuminates the desk more when I'm doing anything with a top down shot. And then I've got my really old style, I say old style, cheap style, soft boxes. These are technically by color because you can change the bulbs in them. So if I want to have a different color, then I can always just change the bulbs. But yeah, looking to upgrade the lights. Do you know what, Paul? So I've just noticed Paul has asked for that clock. Paul has said, what is that clock? I always get asked what that clock is. And I have got a link to it on my, if you go to amazon.com slash shop slash take one tech, then there you'll find it in my gear list because yeah, a lot of people ask me about that. It is a non-brand. It's not a particular brand, but I just really like it because it's massive. So I don't miss it. I then don't have the clock up in the top corner. So it saves a little bit of space there of my computer. But yeah, it's just got the time, temperature and then the date as well. So, and it's powered over USB. So I've got a USB power out on my monitor. So I've just basically plugged it into that. So it's just, that's where it's getting powered from. But yeah, a nice, nice big clock. So yeah, that is what I set up at the moment. But yeah, these lights, they're just, I bought them before I even started in the YouTube, actually it was when I was, it was for improving my lighting on my Zoom calls and then also for some of the other video stuff that I was doing for like courses and so on. But they are, yeah, just really generic soft boxes with basically screws for four different bulbs. So if I want them brighter, I just put in an extra bulb. If I wanna change the temperature, I change the bulbs. I actually don't change them ever. They're fixed. But I mean, that is the level of adjustment that I've got on it. So yeah, I will be looking to upgrade both of those ones and then add some of one of those other nanolights as well into the back. Let's have a little look. The Manfrotto auto pole as well. Yeah, I've also looked at those, what they called the Vary poles as well, the ones that go across the ceiling. Because although for the stuff around my desk is fine, but then what I'm actually looking to do for some of the Amazon stuff is actually having a wheel desk that I can wheel out so that I can be more kind of, I've got bags of space behind me. I've got space for another desk on the back wall and then one over here is between as well, potentially. So I've got the space for a desk that I could move around or a table. So having it on casters. So for some of the Amazon stuff having, I'll be stood a little bit further back with different camera angles and stuff like that, but having the pole overhead, being able to have stuff hanging down from the ceiling as well. So that's called the Vary pole. And that's basically just, you stick it between the two walls and then it's got like a tensioner that's, well it's not tension actually, it's more compression that pushes against the wall and then you can hang off all sorts of things off that as well. So let's have a little look. Ah, near Bear Ritz. Very nice, nice place down there. Yeah, you know me with the old squirrels, Michelle. Where were you when the lights went out? Yeah, I inadvertently unplugged my lights. With my setup, by the way, I just always leave everything on so my computer's always on and maybe asleep, but I never switch off like the camera, stuff like that. E-cam is always open as well. And then my lights just down there, those nun lights, the nun light, Pavo tubes that are giving the light on the back wall. I downloaded the Nunlink app, which is a mobile app, but on, I forget the name of the latest release of Mac OS, Monterey, you can install iOS apps on the Mac. So I installed the Nunlink app on the Mac. So now I can control my lights over Bluetooth from the Mac, but then I also programmed a keyboard maestro shortcut to open the Nunlink app and switch on and off the lights. And then I've put that in with the stream deck. So basically with the push of a button on the stream deck, it switches the lights behind me on. And then my main key lights are just a switch just here. So basically it's like, you know, two seconds I'm ready to record a video technically. Yeah, Camo is, Camo is ordered. Do you know what? It's very, you should say that. I wish it would have two phones as well. Cause yeah, you have to, that's what I had to do just now. I had to open up the app and then go and change from one phone to the other. So yeah, that would be, that would be really good. By the way, there is a way that you can get a discount on Camo and there's actually where you can get a discount on Camo and also Ecam Live, if you're not using it, because I did make the Ecam Live masterclass and the Ecam Live masterclass is everything that you need to know from beginner through to advanced and beyond about Ecam Live. And I say beyond because it also covers how to use it with Stream Deck. So in there, there's kind of like a little mini series all about how to use Stream Deck and Loop Deck. And then also how to use it with presentation software. So using Ecam to really level up your keynote and PowerPoint presentations and then feed them into meeting platforms like Zoom. So there's a whole section in there on specifically Zoom, the settings that you need to have, how to use Ecam Live with Zoom. You can get the Ecam Live masterclass at EcamLiveMasterclass.com. Now I sort of segwayed into this because as part of the masterclass, you get a number of bonuses. First of all, you get a selection of my icon packs, which you can find on my store. They usually eat like $10 each, but I include the Zoom icon pack and also the Ecam Live icon pack with the course. If you sign up, you get those. But you also get a discount on Camo. So there's a 10% discount that you'll get on Camo. You also get two months free of Ecam Live. So if you are a new Ecam Live user, you can sign up for the trial. And then there's an offer code in with the masterclass where basically you can then sign up for a monthly contract with Ecam or monthly subscription, I should say. And basically you get the first two months free. And so you can cancel anytime within that first two months. And then you don't have to continue, you don't have to pay anything. So for those new to Ecam, it's a great way to try out Ecam. I've also negotiated a 25% discount on Speedify as well. And Speedify is what I use to make sure that I'm getting the best possible internet connection. It not only combines all of your internet connections together, so I'm linked to my wifi. I'm also linked over a LAN cable directly to the router. I'm also linked by a tethering to my mobile as well. So I'm getting the 4G Bluetooth signal there. And I've got an unlimited data plan as well. So it basically just combines all these together. And it will actually find the best possible speed for whatever it is you are doing. And it also means you've got a fail safe. So if one connection drops out, you've also got the other one as a fallback. So as part of the masterclass, you also get that discount on that as well. And the masterclass itself is $147, but there's $150 worth of bonuses. So technically you're $3 up. So if you want to try Ecam Live, that is a great way to try it out because as I say, you can get two months free, $40 a month for the pro plan on Ecam. And so you'll get two months free with the masterclass. So obviously I'm a bit biased, but I highly recommend that. So sorry about that digression, but yeah, Camo, I do also wish that it had the ability to connect to phones. I've also got, I'm forgetting what it's called now, the NDI camera. So I should have just used that one actually, because that's using NDI HX camera on the iPhone, basically just transmits it wirelessly, wirelessly, if I can say it properly. So you're using the wireless clock via USB. Yeah, that clock on the, yeah, the clock is, it's got a wire in the back of it. It's got a battery as well, but it's got a wire in the back of it that goes to the computer. Let me have a look. I've wonderful got the link to it. Let me just see, because it is, every time I do one of those things, there's always somebody who says, where did you get that clock? So let me just see if I can actually find it. It is somewhere in my lists. I'm quite sure of it. Just got to go and check my list one second. Yeah, I do like, I do like just having a big clock that's easy to see and don't like being late for meetings. So I like to just be able to know exactly what the time is. It's also for like live streams and stuff like that. It's good to have it. Here it is. Let me have a little look. It is going to be one of those things. Ah, now it says currently unavailable. Let me see if there's any other similar ones. In fact, let me just get this, because if I drop this in, then you'll be able to, whoops, not any of that. It says currently unavailable, but who knows. There you go. I've dropped a link in it to it. Is there any similar one? There are a few others that look very similar. It's one of these ones that it's not a particular brand, but that is the one that I got anyway. Now I'm not seeing any that are exactly similar or the same, but yeah. Check it out. Maybe add it into a wish list or something like that. Ha, ha, ha. Thanks for the link, Paul, for the master class. Two desks, four 32 inch screens, two computers, two laptops and no window. Cameras, lights, wall mounted. It's funny. I was looking at mounting the, oh, the thing is available, is it? Available in the US. Yeah, I was looking at mounting the camera to the wall as well. You get those other arms that, like big, who makes those? There's some big swing arms that you can get that sort of mount to a bracket and then swing out. So for the top down shot and things like that, I was looking at using those. But yeah, we'll see. I've got a bit of planning to do for my studio. Ha, ha, ha. Let's have a little look here. So yeah, I've added a, let me get this one up because amazon.com slash stock shop slash take one tech. So this is where, I haven't done any videos there yet, but this is where I will be posting my, here we go. This is where you will find, you will find a live streaming gear list in here. So this is amazon.com slash shop slash take one tech. I'm gonna be doing, as I say, a couple of actually three live shows, but then also posting, you know, product reviews and stuff like that over there. So for the time being this, all this is at the moment is just my sort of storefront, if you like, there's one list in there at the moment. I'm gonna be building this out. So one of the things for my zoom course is talking about like different equipment and things like that. In fact, I should probably just mention as well, while I'm at it, I am gonna be this week taking part in the Ecamm Live Zoom event. Now I think, here we go, this is what this is. It is from the first to the fifth. And I think I can also even, if I'm very cunning about this, drop a little link into it. There you go. This is the Zoom workshop that's been run by Ecamm. And if I get some of these things off, so that you can actually read what's on the screen. Like that. So it's a five day event. So on the first, we've got two sessions. So Dot Rock's doing a session on how to build an epic home studio. I think you already know that he's the guy you need to speak to about that. So it'd be really interesting to watch that one. Then Adrian Salisbury, the master himself, the Mr. Ecamm, how to map out your meeting with Adrian Salisbury. Then day two, we've got no more boring meetings, how to create the ultimate Zoom experience with Jan Keck. He's another great guy. Everyone's great in here. So yeah, it's going to be a really great event. Then the lovely Cat Mulvihill as well, how to leverage Zoom speakers and guests. Then the next one is me. I'll brush over him. But I'm talking about managing the tech. So I'll be talking about how to use Stream Deck and then also combining this with running presentations into Zoom, how to manage all of this stuff and basically getting the tech out of the way. Because I think a lot of people, when they're on Zoom calls, I always see this rabbit in the headlights look with a lot of people when they're in meetings and maybe they're trying to give a presentation and they're getting so bogged down in just the technicalities of like, oh, I want to share my screen, right? Where do I go to do that? Okay, which screen am I sharing? And it's like, it kind of ruins the flow of the meeting. What you really want to have is that there is a completely effortless flow to a meeting when if you are given a presentation or you're taking part in something so that basically the tech is not getting in the way and not actually stopping you from delivering your best self, your best content. And so that's what I'll be focused on. Next though, after me is Kirk, he's doing a thing all about audio and Zoom. So how to sound your best and get the best audio quality in Zoom. So that's going to be another great one. Then on the 4th of June, there is leveraging Zoom ISO with Andy Carluccio and David Paskin. So David's a great guy, always really active and helpful in the ECAM group as well. Now Andy Carluccio, he actually created Zoom ISO, his company, and then Zoom bought out his company and sort of took it in because what Zoom ISO allows you to do is if you think about like, you might have a meeting with 20 people on it and you've got all the gallery view with all the different windows, Zoom ISO lets you basically pull out any one of those participants or actually up to 100. So you can actually pull out the feeds from those individual people and then you can use them like elsewhere. So what that would mean is, you know, in ECAM, we've got up to four guests that we can have when we're in interview mode. Well, with this, what you can do is you can create scenes where you might have 10 people on the screen and it's 10 individual feeds out of Zoom, but you're controlling where you're putting them within your ECAM presentations. It's a really powerful thing, Zoom ISO. And yeah, as I say, Zoom obviously saw the benefit of it and bought the company. The name of his company is actually escaping me for a second here, but yeah, Zoom ISO is great. So it's amazing that he's coming in to do a talk about that. And as I say, David's just awesome himself as well. So those are the kind of the speaker events, but then there's also two days of workshops with like a sort of practice session where people can come into an actual Zoom call. I should say that all of the events, by the way, they're all on the ECAM YouTube channel. So you can just head over to the YouTube channel and you'll see they're all sort of queued up. So you can go and watch them live like that. You'll be able to obviously watch the replays because they're on YouTube. But then if you actually use the link that I've dropped in the chat, then with that one, you can also go and register. The full calendar will be there for reminders, but you'll also be registering for the Zoom practice sessions where you can sort of come into a Zoom call and then practice some of the things that have been talked about in the workshop. So yeah, really proud and pleased to be a part of that and really honored to have been asked to be a part of it. And so, yeah, Liminal was, Liminal is Andy's company. And then, yeah, Zoom of now, I think, own Liminal. So if I understand that correctly. But yeah. So yeah, really great. It's gonna be a really great event. I'm looking forward to speaking, obviously, but I'm also looking forward to listening and learning from all of these other awesome people because they are all great people that they've got there. So I'm very happy to be a part of that. And I'm just thinking why I digressed onto that for some reason or another. I have lots of digressions today. So that is where I'm up to. Anyway, with the Rokasta Pro, I'm really excited to get my hands on one. You can bet that there's gonna be a lot of content all around this. Speaking of content, I'm in two minds as to what to do about some of the stuff that I'll be doing for Amazon. What I don't wanna do is start just basically posting everything to the same stuff everywhere. So the stuff that I do on Amazon will be slightly different to what I'm doing on my channel. My channel is still gonna be more kind of like tech tutorials and things like that. And it's not gonna turn into like a gear channel where I'm starting reviewing lots of gear because that is a kind of different angle to what I was doing. So I probably will keep the majority of the gear review stuff on the Amazon side. So if you are not already following me on Amazon, I'll probably do a couple of live streams where I do them in two places just to sort of promote the Amazon side of stuff. But generally I'm gonna be just sort of streaming the more the product stuff over on Amazon and then the other stuff to YouTube. But I'm interested to hear from everyone else at what they think because I know that not everyone is on Amazon and that certainly is a US thing, is Amazon US. So in terms of the product stuff, it'll be interesting that I'll have to figure out a way to engage the reaction but it'll be interesting to hear your thoughts on whether you'd like to see some sort of product style stuff. So reviews of, I don't wanna become a YouTuber that is doing a YouTube channel about making YouTube channels. That isn't the way I was going. I know I've got a bit of a heavy ECAM thing. So that is I suppose kind of heading into that direction. But yeah, the sort of software and productivity stuff is what I was intending to keep the YouTube channel for. But I'll be interesting to hear from anybody in terms of if you'd like to see some gear reviews and things like that. Well, there we go. I think that that is all I've got to say about the ROCaster, but shall we just have another quick look at it? Because I'm very excited to receive mine and I've got to say once more, thank you so much to ECAM for putting me on the waiting list for one. It's totally unexpected, a unbelievable gesture on their part. And just such a wonderful company and a wonderful community as well. I should also say if you haven't already, then definitely check out the Facebook group for ECAM because that is one of the best features about ECAM is all of the community and people all they're willing to help out. And certainly the community manager, dare I say it, has had something to do with that. Doc Rock's awesome, but also all the rest of the team at ECAM, Katie and obviously Ken and Glenn. It's always funny when people ask, what is the development team like behind ECAM? It's like, no, it's just two guys, just the twins. And it's quite phenomenal actually what they've built and the community spirit that they've fostered around it. I think there's quite a lot of tech companies are probably looking on with MV at the community that there is around ECAM because it's certainly something quite unique, I think. On that note, I'm going to sign off but yeah, all go ahead and order your ROCASTER Pros. I give you full permission. If any husbands or wives come asking, you can point them in my direction and say it was my fault. Thank you all for coming and hanging out. It's always lovely. I've not been making many videos on YouTube in the last couple of weeks. Well, in fact, May, I think this is, I've only done a couple of live streams in May, but I'll be firing on all cylinders again in June and just taking stock and getting myself prepared to hit the ground running with a take one tech version two. So yeah, thanks all for coming and hanging out. Great to see you all and I will catch you all next time. And if you're watching on the replay, as always, you'll find some of the great videos over on the right hand side. Have a wonderful day, everyone. Bye-bye.