My YouTube Audio & Recording Setup #Helpful Post

kay Johnson here and if you make videos

and more specifically YouTube videos you

should probably watch this now one of

the questions I get on a super frequent

basis is what is your audio setup what

microphone do you use what recorder to

use and honestly for the past year year

and a half I have been super reluctant

to answer that question that is because

the recorder I use is three thousand

three hundred and twenty eight bucks

this is the sound devices six through

through recorder which is an incredible

piece of hardware and if you've never

heard of sound devices they're pretty

much the industry standard as far as

audio and filming TV they've used sound

devices in la-la-land Breaking Bad Game

of Thrones Austin Evans and this is what

I've used to record pretty much everyone

my videos for the past year and a half

now a couple disclaimers the mix three

three and mixed precip Sarno way shape

or form intended to replace something

like a 633 and VY all means if you can

pick something like a 633 up it is an

amazing piece of hardware world-class

preamps and there's a reason why they

use it on high-end production for me

it's been worth every single penny

but at the end of the day not everyone

can afford to drop three grand on a

recorder and that is really mixed pre

three and mixed precip scum into play

also because the internet sound devices

did not pay me for this video in fact I

actually but this was my own money they

will however kind enough to give me an

exclusive first look at pre-production

models of mixed-breed three and mix pre

six but I just wanted to clarify they're

not paying me I just really really like

this stuff so the audio you're hearing

right now is being recorded into the mix

three three let's go into an SD card

then I'm syncing the audio to this video

externally with in Final Cut Pro 10 now

if you're brand new to external audio I

totally understand syncing audio might

sound super scary but I promise you it

is actually much easier than you might

expect for me because I use Final Cut

Pro 10 it is literally as simple as

selecting the audio file selecting the

video file selecting synchronize and bam

it automatically stitches them together

now for reference this is what

French audio on the camera sounds like

and I'm sorry for what I am doing to

your ears look if we jump back to the

external audio you can see exactly how

important great quality audio is now as

far as the microphone I'm using right

now this is the Sennheiser 416 which is

a little pricey at around a thousand

bucks but again like the 633 it is

industry standard and if you can afford

it it is worth every penny on the other

hand if you need something more

affordable Sennheiser has their MK e 600

microphone which is only around 330

bucks and if you pair that with the

mixed pre that is arguably the best

possible audio setup you can get on

YouTube for under a thousand bucks now

as far as the difference between the mix

pre three and mix pre six in a nutshell

what is going to get you more inputs and

more tracks to record to the mix pre 3

is a 3 input 5 track recorder whereas

the mix pre 6 is a 6 input 8-track

recorder and for the complete

differences in all those juicy specs I

will post a link down below now for me I

tend to gravitate towards the mix pre 3

simply because of how small and compact

it is when you're traveling especially

with gear space and weight adds up very

quickly so anything I can say it is

welcome and I am super stoked to be able

to take this on the road and capture

high-quality audio now a few things that

I really like about these is one they

include chord 20 threading so you can

mount these directly to your camera or

to your tripod to you have a tough

flexibility in terms of powering these

guides you can power them through

double-a batteries sony l series

batteries or thing i want to give some

device a giant high-five for is the

inclusion of USB see not only can you

power these through USB C you can

transfer files directly off the device

all without ever pulling the SD card

slot which is super handy especially if

you use a new MacBook Pro because you

don't need a dongle or an adapter and on

top of all that it's also doubles as a

super high quality audio USB interface

which makes this great not only for

youtubers but podcasters and musicians

now another really cool feature with

these is the flexibility you have to run

these either in basic mode or advanced

mode so if you're familiar with audio

you want to tweak and customize to your

heart's content you can do that but at

the same time maybe you just want

something simple where you don't have to

think about it you want to plug in your

microphone and get great audio you can

also do that too keeping the list of

awesome things rolling there is also

Bluetooth connectivity with the mix 33

mix pre-six and what that means is not

only can you monitor your audio through

your phone of your tablet you can adjust

gain it record start/stop it is awesome

now if you don't want to use your phone

or your tablet the devices themselves

are controlled through a super clean

intuitive touch interface which adds to

pretty much everything I could possibly

want in a recorder honestly I think the

only thing I could possibly complain

about is the fact you have to remove the

batteries to access the SD card slot but

again like I said you can theoretically

transfer those files through USB C which

would make this a non-factor at the end

of the day though the video or rather

the audio should speak for itself if you

guys think it sounds good make sure you

drop a like down below if you're a

youtuber out there who is constantly

striving for the best possible quality

you can quote me this is the best

recorder for the money period