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Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

857: How to Look and Sound Good at $10, $100 and $1000 With Producer Randy

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

Js, Technology, Css, Html5, Tech News, Webdevelopment, News, Javascript, Html

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Wes and Scott talk with Syntax Producer Randy Rektor. From mastering mic technique to lighting hacks and choosing the right camera, they discuss the best ways to upgrade your audio and video setup on any budget.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Syntax. Today we have producer Randy on the show. I pitched him on this episode. I was like,

0:06.1

Hey, Randy, can you come on and tell us how to sound and look good on video and audio for an, I just said 10, 100,000 bucks.

0:17.2

Meaning that as the professionals, we need to look good.

0:21.6

It amazes me that we went through a whole pandemic of online conferences

0:27.6

and people talking to each other on Zoom every single day.

0:30.6

And most people still look and sound like crap.

0:33.6

It's not as easy as just like buy a really expensive camera

0:36.6

because there are a lot more

0:39.2

things you can do in how you use them that will make it make you look and sound good. So this

0:45.0

is one for you. Welcome, Randy. Thanks for coming on. Hey, thanks for having me guys. This is going to be

0:49.6

fun. Yeah, I'm stoked. I have it's broken down into three kind of sections. So there's the audio tips, the video tips, and then we'll go through some packages that people could purchase if they're interested in kind of upping their game at home.

1:02.6

Okay. And as far as looking good, do you have any makeup tips or how to dress tips? Do we have any of those?

1:09.0

I don't typically wear any makeup, but I'm sure some people would say I should probably have

1:13.4

some D-Shiner on my face because I get pretty glossy.

1:18.0

That's good. So for anyone doesn't know, Randy is the producer of syntax. It turns the knobs

1:23.8

and does all the lining and all kinds of good stuff. And he also, you also have a YouTube channel where you do a lot of audio gear, right?

1:31.3

Yeah, yeah. So I review mostly, mostly microphones. I was doing some interfaces and stuff like that, but pretty much just microphone.

1:39.3

Some talking audio, getting in the weeds about really nerdy stuff. And I love it. Honestly, it's a nice

1:45.0

creative outlet to be able to just like make videos that I would want to watch about really, really

1:49.7

nerdy stuff. Yeah. And you do it with great presentation, by the way. Oh, thank you.

1:54.3

Which should be no surprise given that we hired you to be our producer. But, you know, you do

1:59.9

such a good job on your channel that I love watching your videos when

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