Auto Focus
A podcast by the PodcastVideos.com team focused on gear reviews, studio equipment setups, and lessons and experiences from building an audio and video content creator business.
Auto Focus
Introducing.. AutoFocus: Behind the Scenes of Podcasting
Discover the secrets behind the podcasting industry as we kick off our brand new series, Autofocus!
Dan Craft and Brooke Galligan will be your guides on this fascinating journey through podcasting equipment.
With years of experience in media and documentary filmmaking, we're here to share our experiences from the studio, evaluating equipment and gear and offering up our own mistakes and experiences to help make your podcasting experience smoother.
Tune in each week as we take a closer look at everything from state-of-the-art 4K cameras to the tools you never knew you needed, like trusty power drills. (And don't miss the head-butting over whether velcro or zip ties are better for cable management!)
Occasionally, Dan will boot Brooke to bring you exclusive interviews with industry experts who'll share their insider tips and tricks.
Whether you're a seasoned podcaster or just curious about what goes on behind the scenes, Autofocus promises to be your go-to source for all things podcasting gear.
So hit that subscribe button, and let's embark on this exciting adventure together!
Welcome to the podcast world. You have found yourselves the debut of Autofocus, the latest offering from podcastvideoscom. I'm Dan Kraft. Got Brooke Galligan here with me. Hi, brooke, hello, get used to us. You're going to see a lot of us coming out nearly every week, coming forward, talking about gear reviews. We'll also do some interviews with industry experts on a number of topics, but we're going to be pretty heavily focused on the equipment here.
Speaker 2:Yep, yep, we really want to just talk about all the gear, because to run the studio we need a lot of gear. So we're going to talk about all the gear we use, and so you know everything down to from the mics, to the cores, to the Velcro zip ties.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you're going to have to see a wonderful argument because I am zip tied to the core she likes.
Speaker 2:Velcro, because everything changes.
Speaker 1:But we're going to dive into some of the technical stuff, including you're looking at this on our brand new 4K cameras. We can go through some of the early versions the 1080p's we use, the 4K's we're upgrading. Go through some of the the early versions the 1080ps we use, the 4ks we're upgrading to some of the software that lets us see our own angles and the folks up front record. If it's got something to do with podcasting, especially on the video side of things we're, we're going to cover it yep, we will go over the, the good, the bad, the ugly and what worked amazing yep and what worked amazing for the time.
Speaker 2:But technology advanced, and so we had to advance with it.
Speaker 1:And we're also going to offer you some reviews on things that didn't work for us but might for you A use case that can be a thing. Yep, Now, why are we sitting here talking to you? Well, because we like to think we're the experts.
Speaker 2:We've been doing this just a little bit.
Speaker 1:Just a little bit Now. We've also got some background in media and cameras and all of that. You have the fancy master's degree that I don't, but your master's was in documentary film, yeah.
Speaker 2:Journalism with documentary film yep.
Speaker 1:And we are both old newspaper types. If you don't know what a newspaper is well, forget it, don't worry about it.
Speaker 2:I know it's very old technology we worked at the newspaper when it was like a paper that came to your door and you would open it up and you would read it and you didn't have to like search for it on google.
Speaker 1:It wasn't on the internet like at all.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Things have changed a little bit, just a little bit. But yeah, we'll be looking at everything from the studio lights to the Velcro. We'll even take a deep dive into, as you build your own studio, how many basic hand tools and power drills you need to get out of somebody's truck to keep things going.
Speaker 2:Yes, always have a drill on hand.
Speaker 1:Highly technical.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 1:But we will be here just about every week. Sometimes we will kick Brooke out and I'll be interviewing folks from across the industry on various other topics, but if you are looking for a deep dive into the world of podcasting, podcasting equipment and how the industry works, autofocus.
Speaker 2:You're in the right place.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's going to be awesome Come on back subscribe and we'll see you next time where we're diving first into cameras. I believe.
Speaker 2:I think we were doing cameras, mics and then Velcro.
Speaker 1:Yeah, the zip ties Tune in for that one. It's just fun. So until next time. Welcome to Autofocus. We'll see you soon. I'm Dan Kraft.
Speaker 2:And I'm Brooke McNeely.
Speaker 1:So that's our introduction to the podcast world. We'll be back soon enough with everything from. I think we start with cameras, then mics, we jump into some of the mics we've used, then the fight. We've referenced Zip tie. Velcro Danecraft.
Speaker 2:Brooke Gallagher.
Speaker 1:We'll see you next time on Autofocus, all right.
Speaker 2:Bye-bye.