When you wanna get content creative here are some of the foundations tools within budget
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Microphones
Gimbals products
Tripod products
Streaming tools
switching software
Online switching sites
Microphones
Micing sound is important, some phones have built in phones but its always good to have an attachable mic
There are others out there and i have tried them all, even the trendy ones but this brand always always connects, the sound is not as rich but worth it when your in a hurry
Hollyland - Wireless Microphones
Diverse small ones medium ones and even builtin mic holders the sound density is pretty good too worth a try
Wireless Microphones | Shop Professional Mic Systems
BUT if you have the funds and If you want the best in the game
Microphones
Gimbals products
DJI are fire, pricey but worth it
Should I wait for DJI Osmo pocket 4?
There are alot on the game but DJI is consistent
DJI Handheld Cameras & Gimbals – Action, Pocket, & OM Series
Great product that does the job
Zhiyun
If you are looking for something afforable and diverse this product is worth a try
Feiyu Tech
Tripod products
Sometimes you just need something to stabilize things
JOBY GorillaPods
Solid product, trust worthy and will go the mileage
Manfrotto
give a monopod a go its easy to grab and transport and good for short shoots
Monopods
Streaming tools
Solid design and connects and good to go
ATEM Mini
good for a quick set up solid and reliable, comes with its own switching capability
YoloBox Pro: Multi-Cam All-In-One Live Video Productin System
switching software
does everything reliable and lots of Youtube tutorials to support
vMix
If you are doing a simple set up and want no cost give this a go the interface takes some time to understand but can achieve a simple stream easily
OBS Studio
Online switching sites
Really user friendly and easy to get going quickly nice graphic support and supports importing other items like Doc, PDF and Presentations
StreamYard
Interface has some complexitites, but this site can raise the bar on video and audio quality highly recommend
Riverside
Lighting
Keep it simple and cheap to start
Shop Selfie Lights & Sticks
Spend a little bit more and still works great
Mighty Ape
Upgrade and still within price
PhotoShack NZ Limited
Audio Editing
Basic functionality and free i can not fault this well built easy to operate tool
Audacity
This is the absolute gun in the game of content editing and intergrates into the video editing but comes with a pricey subscription
Adobe Audition - Audio recording and editing software
Though this is not a primary audio editing tool the audio editing features in the free software are pretty intuitive not many AI assistive tools but if you like the finiky intracacies of audio editing this is the tool for you
DaVinci Resolve 20
Video Editing
Davinci offers a free to use tool and a paid tool the free to use tool is great can take a little getting used to but at no cost it is worth the effort, heaps of youtube tutorial tools to support
DaVinci Resolve 20
I love the ai assistive tool and the templates when your in a hurry,, there is a subscription but its far less the the guns of the trade and does most things you would expect of a video editing tool
Filmora
what can you not say about the guru of the editing trade, audio, video, graphic, ai support and enhancements its pricey but if you are a professional knowledge in this space is industry standard
Adobe Creative Cloud | Professional Creative Software
Another industry tool if you want to step your game up to professional price is pretty good too
Final Cut Pro for Mac
Headphone gear
when mastering sound for content its important to use headgear that is real true sound, corded gives you direct not delayed sound and they don't go flat
Great Pricew great sound quality
Headphones for Studio, Gaming & Daily Use
Sennheiser are top of the game for sound and reasonably priced
All Headphones | Sennheiser New Zealand
AKG top of sound too sometimes you need the flexibility of quick ear plugs always go corded flat earplugs are no use
Samsung AKG EO-IC100 Wired In-Ear Heaphones - Black
AI Tools
Editing video, scripting this tool is very intuitive especially when your dealing with languages other than English, also has tools too seamlessly bring edits together worth the subscription.
Descript
Audio enhancement of course Adobe is up there, i have tried others but this enhancer is cleaner.
Enhance Speech from Adobe | Free AI filter for cleaning up spoken audio
Video Image creation: When looking for auto image, video generator LTX is cheap and pretty good
LTX Studio
The tools are endless voices sound fx eleven labs is a must for content creators
