How I Built My Video Podcasting Studio in 2022 (Complete Tour and Gear Walk-Through)

This video walks through how I built out a video podcasting studio in 2022 that is now: Chicago Podcast Studio chicagopodcast.studio/
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0:00 Intro
0:12 The Idea
2:34 Gear
2:43 Furniture
4:43 Audio Gear
7:05 Video Gear
8:42 Lighting Gear
10:30 Workflow
14:09 Acoustics
15:19 Wrap Up

[@TheStudioBusiness]

I uploaded a part 2! You guys can find that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHjdhoOll6iNj9U

[@CoolnConnected]

What actually records the video? Is it Rode software?

[@ktcunleashed3975]

Love your videos! Can you do a review of your table from your first video? Most people would like to know more about your table.

[@truecrimereaction]

The mics have nothing to do with having the ear, a usb mic sends the same signal as an xlr mic digitally it just depends how well they are made and comes down to the internals of the mic, because its youtube and not a radio station you can sound extremely professional with the right software. I can make a $45 mic sound like my $1000 Neumann mic with obs because the technology behind audio is basic it just has to be 16 bits at 44.1khz to sound nice to the ear. Your set up is very expensive for a podcast and looks great.

[@AMPProf]

No headset.. Ohh boyy

[@JammCo]

The most informative video I’ve ever seen on this subject. I love the gear talk, but the best part was the work flow portion. I’m sure we could all benefit with a part two that shows us how to connect everything and recording a mock podcast and up until the final product.

[@thewebgp]

It is so wonderful to share information, especially from people in your profession. Not everybody does it. Thanks a million!

[@dannissahetapy]

As simple as it is... it's brilliant. This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for this video Tom. Greetings from the Netherlands.

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Thanks for the kind words and giving it a view, Dannis! Glad it was helpful.

[@Waterislifelife]

The simplicity and clarity of this video is unmatched. Very useful information. Thank you so much.

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Thank you! Very nice comment =')

[@root_node_productions]

I am just starting up my own video podcast. Thank you for sharing, the inspiration is fantastic. I am an amateur photographer and I can really appreiciate how much you have managed to create a great atmosphere with the lighting.

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Thank you!

[@MRKBT]

This video is so well made that it is one of my resources from time to time

[@LILSLUGGZ831]

This is literally the set up I’m going for I bought all of the equipment and then came across you video and it’s the exact same idea!!!!! I feel a bit more confident about this set up now that I can visually see it I just can’t wait to put it together all the gear comes in tomorrow 😎

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Good luck! Yea this setup is pretty fool-proof. I'm seeing a lot of people go with this idea (not claiming to be the first)

[@timt077]

Hey great tips man I really appreciate you and your help! Keep up the good work 👍🏼

[@jalabi99]

Great job, nice clean simple setup!

[@ChristianMercadoAcevedo]

This is great. Love the setup and simplicity of it all. Cheers!

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Thanks Christian!

[@carlosfrias2609]

I like how I was thinking “ boom mics would be nice with this set up. Then boom you hit us with the facts about the tapping and fidgeting. Great video and even better advice. Big ups and keep grinding, love from Houston,Tx.

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Thanks Carlos! I appreciate you watching.

[@fitefeed]

Looks amazing man, very nice work and love the look of your talking shot as well

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Thanks Jake! Realizing I should have uploaded in 4k though >.< -- If you ever wanna do a podcast, just lmk! Hope you've been well!

[@garysingh4997]

Great, quite helpful video for beginners. Appreciate your efforts.

[@mrsmundenusd495LarnedKS]

Well done! Thanks. I'm building one for my high school podcasting class.

[@OgDj2024]

Very nice setup! I’m just starting out and I can see a studio like this in my future of podcasting! 👍🏾

[@raycorado]

Love the setup, great in-depth video as well!!

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Appreciate it!

[@nomadnation2490]

Thanks for the tour! I've been looking for some visual ideas to inspire my podcast studio design and I think I found it here.

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Great! Thank you for watching. Good luck with your studio!

[@CopyWhoTV]

I love how much your minimalist approach design packs a strong punch. It looks very sharp. Well done, and thank you for sharing. :)

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Glad you like it!

[@AngloSaxon1]

Love the setup, looks really professional. I Dont use the rodecaster, I use an Audient interface and a Warm Audio WA12 Mic Pre which gives me the sound I like.

[@wocapodcast6155]

Great video. Love how casual detailed you were and I got great set up ideas. I "liked and subscribed"!

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Awesome, thank you!

[@RoheemotOpeyemiAdemola]

It is an amazing piece. Thank you

[@harrisonboyd6591]

Keep up the good work, love the video

[@michaelpaulson4186]

Dude, this is gold. Thank you for sharing.

[@Gville120]

By far brother this is the best informative video I’ve seen for people that wants to start podcasting thank you so much LIKED AND SUBSCRIBED

[@coreysingletary8211]

This was literally Gold for me. Thanks a ton. Bests to you.

[@TheStudioBusiness]

🙏 I’m glad to hear it. Thanks for the comment!

[@jesussalomon3598]

Setting up a podcast myself. I was shocked to see our setups had a lot in common. Glad to see I’m on the right track! 👍

[@TheStudioBusiness]

💪 Good luck!

[@RafaelCruzPodcast]

Well done 👍🏽. Very good video, your flow and the presentation. Good luck with your projects and business

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Thanks @Rafael!

[@bostondonmtb]

This video is outstanding! I lost my server/bartending jobs during the pandemic. At now 56 years old it is tough to pivot. I started piecing together computers PC/MacBook Pro more recently and then other equipment so that I could live stream or record videos. I recently started interviewing both Pro's and Joe's about their passion for mountain biking and sharing the stoke. Right now, it is a learning process and something I am passionate about. It isn't a money maker at all. Seeing you outfit your studio has potentially given me a business idea on how to maybe use my already purchased equipment. I live in Massachusetts, so perhaps what you are doing with podcasts could be viable here. I am going to watch Part 2 now. Thank you for your video, and a wonderful presentation. All the best to you!

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Do it, Don. I'm always happy to hear of people using this info for themselves. I think it's a viable business and has been improving for me. It's still not the only source I rely on however. Best of luck!

[@StraightTalkWealthRadio]

Next be thinking about distribution and audience. It'll be the second half of the model(s).

[@arymu007]

Great stuff and thanks for sharing. Continued success!

[@j.powellnetwork]

Definitely a nice space! I would still recommend getting boom arms instead. The blue compass boom arms and rode psa booms are pretty clean looking and will help with the desk noise. Great work!

[@TheStudioBusiness]

I’m thinking that for V2 I’ll be doing a new desk and mic arm setup. This really just doesn’t have the room for the boom arms. I have a blue compass as my home and love it. Thanks for the comment!

[@jononeill5152]

This is the best video i've found on podcast set up, great work. i watched video #2 as well.

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Thank you 🙏

[@BrentBaldwin.]

Looks great man!

[@jasonsharpbucks]

This is what I've been looking for, very nice

[@MilenkoMilosavljevic]

Great system you made there, also thanks for in depth explanation!

[@TheTOBroShow]

This video is very well put together. Well done.

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Thank you Wilson!

[@GospelMusicBuzz]

Great setup and walkthrough

[@CreativeThinking52]

Absolutely amazing!! Thanks for sharing. Have a wonderful day. 🔥

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Thank you!!

[@StrokaReviews]

Short and sweet, nice setup Tom👍🏼.

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Thanks! I appreciate the comment.

[@TheAlchemistDavid]

Thank you. Inspirational & informational.

[@donovanroberts8607]

Wow Extremely transparent info. Respect!

[@bivs_setup]

Just watched your podcast videos 1 & 2 . Well done. Great business idea you brought to life. I wonder if Perth, Australia needs a similar model. Keep up the great work.

[@TheStudioBusiness]

I'm certain that in a few years, there will be at least one space like this in bigger cities. Thanks for watching and your comment!

[@kevinpaige5746]

Excellent video! Thank you! Very thorough.

[@DCCreativeProduction]

Great video, I'm a teacher looking for inspiration for our studio space over in the UK, so we can do more podcasting and video recording. Your setup is pretty much exactly how I envisaged it being. Beautifully created sir. I've subbed, so I'll "see you in the next one!" 😀💯👍

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Thank you! Good luck with your setup. Glad this was helpful. Cheers

[@KenGayJr]

Great overview and helpful, I’m using slightly different gear (Aerocaster) but will be doing a similar podcast this year

[@theb.i.standerpodcast4139]

Great insight and video. Thank you

[@aaronnoahtischhauser4859]

That was very helpful and just reduced to the max. Thank you very much.

[@AdamBucalo]

Really informative. Thank you!

[@TheStudioBusiness]

I'm so glad! There is an updated version of this video also on my channel. Our setup is a bit different now.

[@AnonymousAffiliation]

Very good video! My wife wanted to get into podcasts and this video is definitely a good way for her to start. Thank You!

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Glad it was helpful!

[@AaroHuttunen]

Excellent setup, minimalist with high-quality. I love it; at some point, I wish to always have something similar on hand.

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Thank you! Do it, it's been a good thing to have ready to go.

[@marc-alainmuteba1447]

This is beautiful!

[@thepodcasthaven]

Looks great! Rad studio

[@NeurodivergentTM]

I really love that it's all Rode stuff, with the affordable Podmics (own 2 myself) and not some fancy, expensive stuff that only a few mortals can afford. I like that it is the ideas and not the gear that are important, and yes i really love the Rodecaster Pro (1st ed.). Nice video, I am learning a lot here :-)

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Well you may be bummed to hear that this video is a bit older and I have an updated one where I purchased some of that more expensive stuff... BUT I'm glad you enjoyed this one and thanks for the comment!

[@produceahit123]

Great job on the studio set, equipment chosen and info. keep up the great work!.. remember EVERYTHING is POSSIBLE my friend. Looking forward to viewing more. BtW just subbed, liked and bell notifications on! : )

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Thank you, J! I appreciate the nice comment and sub! There's a part two to this video/series on my profile. If you had anything else you'd like to see, just let me know!

[@sazbabebe]

Nice setup 👊🏿

[@btechproductions598]

Wow this is amazing!!

[@erikjuarezdk2367]

Maaan, me and my team are looking to build something pretty similar atm, so great insight here!

[@biffyeager611]

Cool Setup!

[@antionyoreed9335]

Thanks brother. This is very informative. I’m definitely at ground zero with my podcast. This has been very helpful.

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Glad it was helpful!

[@RamahnJemahl]

I greatly appreciate this and have subscribed to hear more! :)

[@TheStudioBusiness]

🙏 I appreciate that Ramahn

[@agentbey]

Excellent video

[@pt4kstudio]

Dude amazing video. Thank you.

[@bridiemacdonald9436]

Amazing ---- Goals!

[@Ptpop]

Great video. I am opening my first video/podcast studio here in Ohio. It’s 1500 sq ft and I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with the space. This video helps a lot.

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Thank you! Good luck - send me your website, I'd love to check it out!

[@martin_minds]

looks great!

[@princearthur4946]

Excellent presentation!

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Thanks mate!

[@mrmakesavegrow]

Thanks for making this video!

[@TheStudioBusiness]

You’re welcome David! Glad you enjoyed it. Go check part 2 😏

[@LDiego]

Wife and I trying to start a podcast, this video helped a lot, thanks

[@dez5]

Great video and informative. Thank you.

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Glad it was helpful!

[@tonyantoine5823]

Thanks for sharing, great job 👍

[@SuperdangerStudios]

really helpful thanks man.

[@CanadianPodcast]

Beautiful!!

[@gerolori]

very interesting, thanks for sharing

[@themellowhost]

Hey, just as a tip, you can use an EQ to open up your voice and make it sound even better than it already is. I can hear some nasaly frequencies that dominate your voice or maybe the mic is picking it up like that but you can correct it in the EQ and make your voice sound more open, warm and even more easier to listen to! It's is one of the best ways to customise your voice. Think of it as colour grading but for audio. It makes everything pop even more and will also make the overall quality of production for a podcast better. Honestly, I can make my ATR2100X sound like an SM7B by just tuning the mic to be flat in response and then copy the sound signature of the Shure mic and I'm done! It's an amazing tool along with a ton of other effects than you can layer on top of voices to make them sound amazing like compression or limiters or maybe even doing a stereo spread or a multi channel spread that outlines where the audio is coming from like in a surround sound setup! There's a plethora of things you can do to take everything up quite a few notches but there is the added work of actually learning all those things and then applying them to the audio too. All of this is just a friendly suggestion but I would recommend that you play around with the EQ a bit!

[@TheStudioBusiness]

This is something I've been meaning to do! Atem control software has a built in system, and I need to play around with it. Just haven't yet. My ear and patience is lesser these days, but I'm sure you are right that it would help. Thanks for the tip.

[@AliArifVlogs]

can you please share more about it ? what frequencies in the Equalizer should be managed ?

[@samuelgustavsson1483]

@@AliArifVlogs I'm from Sweden, so excuse my bad English. But which frequencies you need to adjust depends on many different things. Resonance from the environment, how the microphone picks up the sound, male voice, female voice, even your clothes have an effect. So it's hard to give a specific answer, but start trying between 100-500hz. Where men's warmer voice is around 100-300 Hz and women's around 250-500 Hz.

[@gregoryross8331]

That’s dope!

[@elephantgrass631]

@@TheStudioBusiness Don’t bother with the ATEM audio software. You have a Rodecaster Pro that will take care of all that for you. There are presets that you can start from then shape from there.

[@photosbyjosef]

Thank you so much. I'm in the Long Island metro New York area. And we have quite a successful photo video business going and we just rent a day. Small space that we're gonna use strictly as a podcast studio and your video has been so helpful. Just in terms of May you get in my heads around some of the things I need to focus on to get this real.

[@juliekmunden]

Sweet setup!

[@nospeedlimitproduction7882]

Thanks for the info helped out a lot

[@AdonisAction]

Thank you for the wonderful Information..

[@CoolUnivercity]

Great video!

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Thanks!

[@MrPelomix85]

Great video. Thank you sir

[@ejikeonwunabonze]

This is great and helpful

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Medialover100]

Great, simple, straight forward, informative video. I have all the equipment, except for the video switcher. We're looking at the Atem Extreme ISO (which will also be used for other projects outside of Podcasting.) Btw.. I subscribed. Your channel is very good. Very inspirational. Thanks & stay blessed 🙏🏾

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Thank you David for your comments on my other videos. I'm glad you've liked them and thank you for the sub!

[@kennethreed6921]

Thanks for the insight.

[@everardwhangapirita3821]

Awesome. Thanks for the overview

[@TheStudioBusiness]

No problem 👍

[@snafu673]

I like the idea of the curtains that you put up to separate the space.

[@rickrez]

I love the audio, I am thinking about getting that podmic

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Funny you say that because I think the top comment on this video is people saying my audio was bad -- my fault and not Rode's. We still use Podmics occasionally and think they are a GREAT $100 option. We now use SM7Bs, but totally not needed.

[@jesusinablackman2675]

This is excellent!

[@DfmPodcast]

because of your review we bought this for our podcast setup! THANK YOU. (we talked about your video in our latest episode.)

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Glad I could help! I'll check it out!

[@chrisw5742]

Awesome setup

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Thanks!

[@TheQuietRiotShowPodcast]

love your set up. just doing the same for our studio for our podcast. currently using the stream deck as a switcher but thinking of switching to the Atem Mini Pro ISO because i am in the podcast and sometimes when conversations are flowing i forget to switch the angle. sooooo yeah the ISO would definitely help me fix the mistakes LOL. anyways great video again. thanks

[@TheStudioBusiness]

You are welcome! I did an updated version of this video on the channel if you want to see a more up-to-date walk through. Atem is still key part but we upgraded a bit. Glad it helped. Thanks for the comment!

[@LordBlackVideo]

I spent 3 days looking through youtube for exactly this. You have given me a turnkey solution; I am literally ordering everything as-is per your recommendations and having my contractor install and setup the room exactly the same. You have saved me dozens of hours of research and thousands in mistakes. I literally owe you one sir; I'll make a video of the whole process and give you credit for all on my upcoming channel. THANK YOU!

[@TheStudioBusiness]

I'm so happy to hear! Good luck and glad the video was helpful. There's an updated version of this video on the channel if you wanted to see what our setup looks like nowadays.

[@muirmustangsmediatv9464]

In my six months of research for a How-To video on setting up a podcast room for my students, this is the BEST one I’ve found! The “problem” I have is that our gear is used for other projects due to our budget. What I mean is that the lights, cameras and mics we also use for other projects or school events/activities especially if we have to stream. But your video is going to help me convince my administrators to approve a separate budget so that our podcast studio equipment is just used for that. Maybe I’ll present them an idea of having an admin podcast for weekly announcements and message to parents and such. But I appreciate you sharing and inspiring me with this setup. I do have two rooms in our class studio that are similar to yours that are now going to be used for podcast production. Thank you!

[@TheStudioBusiness]

I'm so glad to hear that! Good luck with the pitch. Please reach out to me directly on email or instagram if you need help.

[@MildredHichez]

May God always bless you. Thanks for the great and honest video.

[@hilow139]

Thanks for sharing

[@agencyscalingsecrets]

very well done, tyvm

[@TheStudioBusiness]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@donniemusick1056]

Great Video thanks for sharing

[@jr.rasentertainment4074]

I need this for my filming studio. Thank you so much for sharing your ideas 😮😀😁👍🔥🔥🇻🇺🇻🇺🇻🇺

[@ingrained2train]

My dawg!!! Definitely an awesome studio, loved our session there

[@TheStudioBusiness]

MY BOY! Of course of course

[@9to581]

You helped me out so much

[@DThornDigital]

I need to step up my video podcasting set up. I use Zoom and a Line Mic. I plan on having a setup similar to this in 2023. Thanks for the inspiration and info bro ‼️‼️‼️💯🎙️🎥🎬