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Welcome to Cafe' Kev. New Studio, Same Coffee Kev.

Coffee Kev
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Celebrating 10k Subscribers With a New Studio! Mentions: Gaggia Commercial: https://bit.ly/3ybJOmc Woody's Woodwork who built the bar from reclaimed wood: https://bit.ly/3EgJd6x Meshtex printing services, in Poynton, Stockport. Digitally printed wallpaper and wall murals, they digitally print fabric too. Most of the brickwork in the studio is actually digitally printed wallpaper that they created for me from matching a photo I sent them of the brickwork! Meshtexprintingservices.co.uk Brick oven, the production guys, based at Media City in Manchester, please don't use them, I want them to myself :-). https://brickovenmedia.co.uk/ TJS maintenance (they don't have a website, I don't think they need one as they get so much word of mouth. Give me a shout if you want their details). Wayne the sparky, clearly as you can see from his photo in the video, being the very rare breed of sparky who knows how to clean up after himself, he doesn't need  …...more
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Welcome to Cafe' Kev. New Studio, Same Coffee Kev.
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2022Oct 5
Celebrating 10k Subscribers With a New Studio! Mentions: Gaggia Commercial: https://bit.ly/3ybJOmc Woody's Woodwork who built the bar from reclaimed wood: https://bit.ly/3EgJd6x Meshtex printing services, in Poynton, Stockport. Digitally printed wallpaper and wall murals, they digitally print fabric too. Most of the brickwork in the studio is actually digitally printed wallpaper that they created for me from matching a photo I sent them of the brickwork! Meshtexprintingservices.co.uk Brick oven, the production guys, based at Media City in Manchester, please don't use them, I want them to myself :-). https://brickovenmedia.co.uk/ TJS maintenance (they don't have a website, I don't think they need one as they get so much word of mouth. Give me a shout if you want their details). Wayne the sparky, clearly as you can see from his photo in the video, being the very rare breed of sparky who knows how to clean up after himself, he doesn't need a website. Ethan, who helped me whenever he was legally allowed to over the lockdowns. Arslan who has done all of my post editing over the past year or so, he's mega, comes highly recommended. https://bit.ly/3RySDNN Other Links Of Interest: Freshly roasted high-quality coffee beans from The Coffeeworks (my website): https://cworks.co.uk (use discount code yt25 for 25% off your first order). Coffee blog: https://coffeeblog.co.uk Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/coffeeblogkev Current Gear: Quick note. I'm including all of this info because when I was starting out, I found it really difficult to figure out what gear to use, so I'm hoping if there's anyone looking to set up for YouTube, this might help. If you need more help just email me, kev at coffeeblog.co.uk - if I don't know the answer I'll ask the professionals. I'm listing the current setup first that the pros are using, and then my original more budget setup. The pro stuff (new studio setup, with brickovenmedia.co.uk) Blackmagic Pocket 4K https://amzn.to/3EnYAKJ Samyang 35 mm T1.5 VDSLR II Manual Focus Video Lens https://amzn.to/3RB4Q4I VILTROX EF-M2 II Focal Reducer Booster Adapter Auto-Focus 0.71x compatible with Canon EF mount Lens to M43 Cameras https://amzn.to/3e37Qcp Glide Gear TMP100 Adjustable iPad/Tablet/Smartphone Teleprompter Beam Splitter Glass https://amzn.to/3C7hRgt Promptsmart Pro https://bit.ly/3CAhXPl (tablet prompter app, includes voice tracking, very good! If you have it more than a couple of metres away from you, just use a lav mic with an extension so it can year you). Aputure LS COB 300D II LED Continuous Fresnel Light 300D Mark II https://amzn.to/3SVy4ft Aputure Accent B7C 7W RGBWW LED Smart Bulbs https://amzn.to/3RD0ABu aputure light dome ii https://amzn.to/3M5XjcY Sennheiser MKH 60 Sanken Cos 11 Lavalier If you're interested in any of this gear but you don't want to buy new, check out https://www.mpb.com/en-uk My budget setup (prior to working with Brickoven): Canon M6 Mark ii https://amzn.to/3zoczes (quick note, knowing what I now know I wish I'd have gone for the pocket 4k, which you can get used from MPB for a few hundred more. Blue Ember Mic (used mainly for voiceovers): https://amzn.to/3pT6WR1 RØDE VideoMic Pro: https://amzn.to/3DV7xHg (note, it's good for the £, but with what I now know thanks to the guys at Brickoven, I'd recommend the RØDE NTG4 https://amzn.to/3M8nIXy or RØDE NT5. Focusrite Scarlett Solo 3rd Gen USB Audio Interface: https://amzn.to/3e3qwFn Amaran 100D LED Video Light, 130W 5500K (Key light): https://amzn.to/3oQYrqY Aputure Light Dome SE Softbox: https://amzn.to/3ESdHcJ Neewer Bi-color 660 LED Video Light and Stand Kit (Fill light): https://amzn.to/35jUtwp Neewer Portable 56 inch/142 cm Aluminium Camera Tripods (I have a few of these, very good value) https://amzn.to/3pPlCke Cayer BV30L tripod with fluid head https://amzn.to/3fJdEbr (mega tripod for the money!) A couple of very quick bits of advice I wish I'd have known prior to setting up: 1: Room treatment is the most important thing where audio is concerned, focus on this first, and gear second. Watch my first videos and cringe at the awful audio. In the new studio we've got really simple but effective audio treatment in the form of big wooden frames with cotton fabric wrapped around them, filled with rockwool. Works VERY well, they would work as wall panels too. We also have heavy-weight (1kg per square metre) wool audio curtains which help to soak up audio. 2: Shotgun mics need to be relatively close. One of the big issues I had early on in addition to poor audio treatment is I thought directional mics would work fine from a few metres away, I was wrong (especially in a room with poor acoustics). Get your mic as close as you can so you don't need to go crazy with the gain, and you won't struggle like I did for months trying to remove awful background noise. Please note, affiliate links included above.

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Coffee Kev

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