My hardware and software for audio and video production

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Loopback by RogueAmoeba

For recording (and editing) just me and a mic, I generally use Adobe Audition, I have been experimenting with demos of Ableton and Logic, but not committed to either yet. For recording a mic plus an application or VoIP call, I pretty much always use Audio Hijack, it’s a classic macOS app for a reason. In fact I have something of a chain of Rogue Amoeba software I use for audio and video, including Farrago (SFX) and Loopback (audio routing). I know there are open source and free equivalents for both, but especially with Loopback, I found its flexibility and ease of use worth the money. I don’t really use any effects on input aside from some volume overrides, but probably should.

#Audio #Audio & Music #Email Marketing 126 social mentions

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Farrago

For recording (and editing) just me and a mic, I generally use Adobe Audition, I have been experimenting with demos of Ableton and Logic, but not committed to either yet. For recording a mic plus an application or VoIP call, I pretty much always use Audio Hijack, it’s a classic macOS app for a reason. In fact I have something of a chain of Rogue Amoeba software I use for audio and video, including Farrago (SFX) and Loopback (audio routing). I know there are open source and free equivalents for both, but especially with Loopback, I found its flexibility and ease of use worth the money. I don’t really use any effects on input aside from some volume overrides, but probably should.

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Audio Hijack

For recording (and editing) just me and a mic, I generally use Adobe Audition, I have been experimenting with demos of Ableton and Logic, but not committed to either yet. For recording a mic plus an application or VoIP call, I pretty much always use Audio Hijack, it’s a classic macOS app for a reason. In fact I have something of a chain of Rogue Amoeba software I use for audio and video, including Farrago (SFX) and Loopback (audio routing). I know there are open source and free equivalents for both, but especially with Loopback, I found its flexibility and ease of use worth the money. I don’t really use any effects on input aside from some volume overrides, but probably should.

#Audio #Audio Recording #Audio & Music 63 social mentions

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Presentify

I use a small application called “Presentify” to highlight my cursor, and to annotate the screen (which I do rarely, but it’s nice to have both in the same application).

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OBS Studio

When it’s just me, Open Broadcast Studio (OBS), I think I could write a separate post on my OBS setup, so that’s all I’ll say for now 😅. If I have guests then Restream studio, which is web-based. I am not a huge fan of doing things in the browser, but it’s simple for others to join, and gives me enough flexibility for setup, quality, and graphics. I also use it deliver my livestreams (via an RMTP feed) when I use OBS, so it’s multipurpose. It’s not cheap, but worth it, and they often have discount codes.

#Video Recording #Screen Recording #Live Streaming 1061 social mentions

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iTerm2

At simplest I increase the zoom level of windows to about 125-150% depending on how they look. This is generally only possible with browser windows or Electron-based applications (which I typically dislike, but in this case brings a positive). With other applications it can be a mix of using the macOS screen zoom, or just not having a very readable interface. Fortunately the main applications I show are browser windows, Visual Studio Code (Electron-based), and iTerm, which is highly customisable, and I have a profile specifically designed for live-streaming (I should release that 🤔) that increases font size, removes background transparency, and makes things clearer for people to read.

#Terminal #Developer Tools #SSH 98 social mentions

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Iriun Webcam

Naturally at times when I am just having a call that I use the camera built into my laptop, but for recording and streams I actually use my phone camera. Uh huh, my phone camera. The phone is kind of the least relevant part as any modern phone camera is decent, but my current is a One Plus Nord. The in-built camera software does do a lot of annoying auto focusing that can sometimes make my video have this odd kind of “wishy washy” look, but most people don’t notice it. I actually much preferred using my old Essential phone, as the camera software did next to nothing. Ironically everyone complained about the camera software on that phone, and this made it a perfect external camera. There are plethora applications now that let you use a smart phone as an external camera, but mine of choice are DroidCam OBS (if only recording with OBS) and Iriun for pretty much everything else. I was suitably impressed with both, to pay for the full versions. Iriun is one of those “Virtual Camera” applications, which means on macOS, you sometimes need to jump through the unsigning hoop to get it to work in some applications.

#WebCamera Apps #Android #3D 27 social mentions

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KeyCastr

I occasionally use another small application called “KeyCastr” to show the keyboard shortcuts I’m using, but that’s something I use more when recording tutorial videos.

#Productivity #Note Taking #Hardware 8 social mentions

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Visual Studio Code

At simplest I increase the zoom level of windows to about 125-150% depending on how they look. This is generally only possible with browser windows or Electron-based applications (which I typically dislike, but in this case brings a positive). With other applications it can be a mix of using the macOS screen zoom, or just not having a very readable interface. Fortunately the main applications I show are browser windows, Visual Studio Code (Electron-based), and iTerm, which is highly customisable, and I have a profile specifically designed for live-streaming (I should release that 🤔) that increases font size, removes background transparency, and makes things clearer for people to read.

#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1002 social mentions