Updates to the MKBHD Team? Studio Q&A!

[@jacobisalemon]

Thank you for hiring a person dedicated to just audio, there are not enough channels that do this and it really comes through. Hopefully after everyone hears how great it can sound they'll start to hire more of us.

[@_MJ07_]

I catch myself on a daily basis shouting at my screen, screaming "DO YOU EVEN PROOF WATCH AND LISTEN TO YOUR VIDEOS?" I'm sick of so many KZbinrs neglecting their audio.

[@FutureRideshareMillionaire]

@@_MJ07_ I can change for you.

[@tycorrell5390]

While they were talking about it @11:52, I can hear the "silent hum" pretty loudly all of a sudden. It's throughout this whole video actually and clearly an air conditioner. And I went back to the most recent main channel video, and I still hear it there. It's definitely reduced significantly compared to other top quality videos shot outside of a recording booth, not as reduced as a fully foamed room like Linus's podcasts (LMG Clips). You can hear their shirts move... But the subtle noise doesn't bother me whatsoever. I find it relaxing, just don't want it in music. All aspects of the sound design are excellent. Looking at the studio tour, how aggressive that air conditioner looks, I think he is reducing it the best he can without sacrificing voice quality. I'm curious if they use a noise reducer like Izotope RX 8. It even works well for live recording reduction. Takes a sample of white noise and uses that as baseline, like most similar plugins.

[@tycorrell5390]

Oh, okay so I went to the iPad 16 OS video the sound engineer said he worked on, and to hear the hum on that one, I have to crank my volume up to 100% where the volume makes my ears bleed and then the hum is ever-so slightly present. If I do the same with a Linus podcast video, I hear I think a computer's fan, just a bit louder for comparison. So a very solid job there. I can't get my white noise that low without cutting deep into my voice.

[@tycorrell5390]

Oh, they said the same with the cutting out of the voice. I commented too soon.

[@ScottANorman]

I would love to hear more about Andrew Manganelli…he seems to be the first and senior-most crew member but I haven’t heard the story of how he became a member of the team! He seems to avoid the spotlight.

[@kristanobeng]

Andrew has said he played Ultimate with Marques years ago and they have mutual friends. ETA: Andrew has also said in the past that he heard Marques was looking for help for his videos. Andrew has a tech background, so that and their shared history and friends is how they got connected. This has come up in past videos/podcasts.

[@Manganellia1]

Appreciate you wanting to hear more! Can really say I avoid spotlight though when I host a podcast with Marques once a week 🤣

[@siddarthpai1214]

@@Manganellia1 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@roscoes-wetsuit1]

The 2 of them have been doing the podcast together for years

[@ScottANorman]

@@Manganellia1 thanks for the reply! I didn’t mean anything negative and love the podcast! I guess I meant in these Q&A things we haven’t heard the full story of how you guys went from Ultimate acquaintances to the best tech team on KZbin.

[@JubilantFire]

Working for Marques must be a sweet deal. Seems like such a chill work environment.

[@mehulkalra2002]

As long as you do your work on time, nothing to worry about

[@dabearsfan9]

Yeah it seems like such a sick place to work. And I don’t even work in tech or video production but hell, I’d learn just to work there lmao

[@esaedvik]

10+ years ago when new devices had something interesting in them, this would've been dope as heck. I'm glad they've expanded into cars and stuff too though. Back when we had a local Google/Android blog, we did the same expansion, but making zero money and not doing articles on rumors and speculation ultimately killed our blog pretty much. Oh well.

[@sbunchukov]

@@mehulkalra2002 Yeah, that's right. I think Marques is pretty serious about his business since he one of KZbinrs that drives to the office daily. He is probably much more strict when it comes to projects and deadlines than it seems on the videos.

[@differentview4836]

I think it's quite the opposite. The pressure to always create something worth seeing by milions of people? Nah, thanks.

[@gumerzambrano]

Glad Marques hired an editor to help him with his workload 🙌🏼

[@ethanwagner]

"Real customers don't care about panel gaps" was an all-timer, Marques. Also, hearing about yall's favorite creators really made sense. Secret Base is such a powerhouse

[@engrademafias]

The Studio looks like the ideal environment to do some work. Currently studying Interactive media design

[@lismarg99]

happy to see the first female addition to the team 😻😻😻😻

[@jacobwonder6735]

If more females applied I'm sure we'd see more! ;)

[@Eazoon]

Right? It makes me feel a little less out of place being a woman obsessed with tech

[@patrickngkhaixuan]

How is gender playing into this? People job hiring based on your skills. Don’t gender everything to this

[@cantbleednow3639]

@@patrickngkhaixuan you are making this about gender she is saying that it made her happy to see fellow female in tech that's all.

[@11202]

@@cantbleednow3639 man's saw the word female and immediately went blind and started dropping shower arguments aloud in public ina frenzy

[@ani8108]

I just wanna say I’ve been ABSOLUTELY loving the studio channel. It has its own flavour, but great the great type of editing we’ve come to love and appreciate. And on top of that it’s just more fun overall. Main channel will always be one of the best out there on KZbin, but so glad to see more content coming out. Also helps us appreciate the whole team and amount of work involved in this Marques Empire lol

[@bnbowes]

An edit with Studio team members name below them throughout would help us get to know who is who better.

[@jklepek]

Brandon being actor explains so much :D he's so natural in front of camera.

[@Daphoid]

Physical office tip. In some cases, that hum you hear isn't actually HVAC/heating. It takes a lot of energy and effort to move air, and if it was moving at the speed/volume to make that much noise it'd be crazy. What you're potentially hearing is building managed negative sound. One of our offices has 60 speakers around the floor (20-30K sqft) and its tuned to the frequencies opposite natural reverb / conversations in the space. If it was off, it'd be pin drop quiet and you'd actually hear people/conversations from farther away much easier. Just like a night when you walk around your house and everything's pin drop quiet (and the hairs inside your ear have started to stand back up in the quiet environment) - that bit of noise actually makes everything blend together nicer then if it was purely quiet. Apparently our speaker system for that can play music too - though I've yet to try it :)

[@MrsRoper2015]

Fern is my new favorite part of the team!

[@nexusyang4832]

you know you're a ride or die when you watch all the way to the very end. 🙂

[@mbizozo6271]

Love to see this Studio grow. I feel like I am a part of it somehow. Continue doing big tings man.

[@Ghostxvii]

Crazy to see how far the MKBHD channel has grown into a team of extremely talented individuals. This is extremely inspiring and I'm excited to see where this goes!

[@Sleemzz]

Went to school with Ellis. He's the best.

[@akhisalaam]

He's so cute lol

[@sameerasw]

I don't think there's any other KZbin community that I feel more attached to other than you guys! Can't wait for the new content

[@boluwatifeshopelu1054]

This and Linus

[@bigphatbandlover]

Brandon seems like such a fun guy to hang around with!

[@Golddragon214]

It was great meeting everyone and hearing how much fun yet are challenged at the same time. This group has made a new standard for KZbin videos and the medium as a whole.

[@mattschaffer147]

Yes! Match Cuts was amazing, cracked up at David calling everybody “Chef”

[@why_tho_]

Dude, the sound design in your videos were always exceptional after 2018-2019, but man, recently it has reached to point of polish that I'm always wearing my QKZ VK4 (Old version) whenever I watch your videos. The sound design is so effing good.

[@JUSTINBUISSON]

I LOVE these videos. So cool to see the whole team, only great persons!!! 😎

[@velyankolev]

Hey, quick idea for the next qna. Since this feels like a podcast so mainly people talking with some visuals on screen it might be good to have someone say the questions so that the video can be watched fully through sound. Great video btw very fun to see everyone!

[@ak_hoops]

LOVED Match Cut. Definitely would love to see another one! Glad you all made this channel

[@stephenpep.mp4]

20:18 is so true! I work on a weekly video series for KZbin/Facebook and being able to make intentionally bad edits is a skill I'm proud to have after spending thousands of hours making super polished edits.

[@TheGlobalProfessional]

I’m excited to see what 2023 brings!

[@Molemanski]

huge props to Marques for cutting of that one arm he's been reluctant to do so AND giving it to a woman

[@DekiaryCarter]

This is incredible! Love seeing the folks behind the team. I love the when Marques said ' we're trying to create channels we'd subscribe to'!

[@soccerflash6]

Hey, I'm listening to this at work in the background. If you do this again, could you read the questions as they come up so I can know what you are talking about? Thanks!

[@kaziiqbal7257]

Damn I either want Ellis’s job or his connections. Great to see someone doing what I wanna do after college in the studio!

[@felicianyanor]

Is just me or David and Marques voice sound alike? It's good to see a lady on the team I hope you guys be nice to her ☺️

[@dragon2knight]

This is such a handsome crew...add in the serious talent and I'm not even remotely surprised that the production quality is insane. Keep it up folks!

[@mascal0047]

I love how you can clearly see how effort compounds over time by looking at MKBHD and Linus tech tips.

[@niklaswag]

great video! thanks for answering even my small question! Gonna appreciate the audio quality now even more, knowing there's a loud AC running all the time and Ellis trying everything to make the "humm" even more silent 🙌🏽

[@campfire2953]

yo we made it on the channel! shoutout ellis for taking on the challenge, podcasts have been sounding damn good lately.

[@mehboobshaikh477]

Following Marques❤️ for many many years... I just love this channel and all the pups Love from INDIA

[@uKoalele]

I started watching this Channel about a year ago just becouse im a huge MKBHD fan - and by nor im totally invested into the whole crew, behind the scenes and fun little things you guys do! Really inspiring, informative and entertaining content. I hope to get to a similar kind of level in terms of quality (Videos and work) as all of you!

[@alexsobrino]

I gotta say, at long last a woman on the team. Happy to see new faces to improve an already beyond the standard channel

[@roychang723]

I think you guys should do a photo shoot for the banners of The Studio. Plus I really love how you guys work together in a team with such great team efforts.

[@vncube1002]

Loved the vid & meeting the new members of the team 🙌🏾

[@raphyninja]

It's great to see the team expanding! I'm really hoping to see more of the studio's personality. Similar to a Corridor Crew vibe!

[@sayaIbnuFajar]

I'm just glued watching this episode. Kudos to all of you.

[@jacoblane6313]

I need a Mikey and Fern storytime segment where Mikey just reads books w/ Fern on his lap

[@good-tn9sr]

and mariah on his lap 😏

[@atatur123]

@@good-tn9sr bruh...

[@seemore2627]

An example of the connection and the depth of team spirit is visible at 13:00 👌💜

[@guspaz]

Random pet peeve: people talking into the top of a Blue Yeti mic. It's a side-address mic, speak into the side (with the logo/power/volume) and not the top. They even have example images featuring a yeti speaking into the mic on the product page.

[@adeniyiseriki461]

Nice to see a female addition. Love you guys!!!

[@alexisaguirrevideos]

Fr especially cuz traditionally women have been the main editors for big Hollywood producers

[@brokeguy5607]

@@alexisaguirrevideos It's not a rule though. Employees should be hired based on their skill.

[@thaminduKavinda]

Yeah

[@donjb6829]

@@brokeguy5607 well where I come from the male gender takes the Lion's share.

[@rizenfrmtheashes]

Thanks for answering my question about post-mortems!

[@epfns]

woahh i didn't even realize i've watched some of you guys before on android central before you guys were on the studio! keep it up yall

[@muhammadaminualiyu8937]

This Q&A is good. More of this please 🙏

[@topstriker8048]

Love the unity between you guys,keep the great job up.

[@AniketArora]

now you’re all ready to make your own sitcom like the office

[@vesves_4]

Love to finally see a girl on the team! Also I have a cat named Boris💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@oneloveonebeing]

marques you gotta get some more color in the studio! love you guys!

[@MessiestFort]

I think he is the color 😂

[@samisymbian7178]

Yall team members having my dream job 🥲

[@baebrum]

Love the studio channel!! Always excited when there is an upload

[@iqbalnurfauzii]

gosh i wanna join this incredible team

[@Taiokarlo]

The whole team works! Pretty cool! We love Match Cut

[@EhRon]

i always love this teams dynamic.

[@CStheThird]

Nice to see new faces in the studio and also the cat. 😁

[@BorrietheBlade]

Loved this video and welcome to the 2 newest members!!

[@rebelsagemedia]

Glad the SF guy got the blooper at the end. Remote work is lonely. Thanks for a great vid!

[@devonrumpel]

I connect deeply with David's example of Radiolab (22:55) for superior narrative storytelling. It was also an early media obsession for me and has always stayed with me. Loved this Q+A!

[@biiiiiiig_gg]

Being from Portland, ME, it's blowing my mind Andrew is wearing a Bissell Brothers shirt!

[@syedmuzzammil5739]

Just love how everyone on the team is an expert in what they do. Also need to see fern with the other office pets :)

[@MarkTomeh]

I'm familiar with Adam from Soundguys. Keep up the good work everyone. I've been an MKBDHD follower since the very early days.

[@bouncecat]

Wondering if you guys & gal have considered building a temporary (glass) wall near the air vac? I would imagine the ceiling work would be tricky but someone gotta be able to do it?

[@Lifeangelina]

thanks for sending! Angelina

[@JohnLafitte]

Really nice to meet Mariah. You guys are great but I always wondered why there was no females lol

[@ChrisVideoStreams]

The entire team is cool, in 10 years, I'll be on board.

[@thomrhodes]

This has made me want to reach out and apply for any and all positions at MKBHD. 😆

[@falejandroc_]

I really love the editing style of all the channels. Does this one looks a bit more “green” than the rest? Is that on purpose?

[@jimmyadaro]

Maybe blue-ish, following the channel brand style guide

[@PossibleJothamChin]

amazing video! Keep it up guys!

[@REVIEWSONTHERUN]

Cool! Thank you for sharing it. ✌️

[@amunityclips]

Brandon has my kinda personality and it's awesome!!!

[@wasswabatte]

Man, still no brothers..

[@domiandrob]

Mariah seems so cool!

[@COSCOSBEATS]

Love these types of videos

[@eggnoodleforsure929]

I wish to have the high quality channel just like you guys in my country

[@losisd3ad]

such a talented group of people!

[@bohemianexpress6971]

One day, I'll be there & grab a position which is still existing. Best of luck MKBHD

[@digbug3359]

Pretty sure I met one of them on the train today... If you were on the 231 Empire Service to New York this morning, that's amazing!

[@pedrosimas2642]

Mariah reminds me a lot of Marques. The way she talks and the low-key delivery is very close to his actually....

[@esaedvik]

Oh cool, David's there. The only familiar face from somewhere :D Crazy to see how big the squad's gotten. I'm curious as to why the main studio lights are pointed down when you have white walls and ceiling and now bounced? I guess I'm the only person around whose eyes lights like that just scorch tf out and the glare is insane from anything.

[@christophermitchell2879]

Mariah seems like she’s won tons of editing awards!

[@ToonDude202]

You seem like the kind of guy who would get down on he knees and bow down to those kinds of awards

[@christophermitchell2879]

@@ToonDude202 I’m an appreciator of such awards but to say that I would hold awards to a higher standard then my steadfast faith is blasphemy. Our lord and savior Roger Deakins will strike you down.

[@JacobKatzYT]

@@ToonDude202 bro i watched ur channel and idk but tbh u seem kinda jealous of chris here. i mean look at this guy's miranda rights video and tell me he isn't 100000000000x bettre than u in every way

[@christophermitchell2879]

@@JacobKatzYT better*

[@JacobKatzYT]

@@christophermitchell2879 does that make u feel good about urself? to correct people on the internet? i hope u feel so proud of urself for swapping two letters for someone well guess what bucko everybody makes mistakes and the sooner you realize that the sooner you'll see that maybe you don't need to always say something. that's right, you have the right to remain silent because apparently on the internet everything you say can and will be used against you

[@jamesaidoo]

"You come full circle" and she draws a heart 😄😄❤❤

[@rashownvilfranc7855]

i like the way he said negligible difference instead of just saying they made it worse

[@cruzanman37]

You have to get a dog that catches Frisbee's for Mkbhd

[@90zLyfeTV]

I remember the android authority guys from way back. Glad they’re doing well.

[@Hidy_Ho]

I think Brandon and Vinh can launch their own channel. They are hilarious together. Also, I kept thinking of "The Karate Kid" looking Vinh with his headband 😁 And welcome to Mariah. Is she the first lady of MKBHD?

[@thewhitesaucecompany]

Yes.

[@dirtmahoney82]

Cool to see you guys repping Bissell Brothers. Love that place.

[@napstar4427]

18:03 I fucking love that answer... what a humble attitude!

[@davidtucker2818]

Y’all should have an MKBHD Team photoshoot. Sort of like a family portrait lol

[@orionstretch]

Would have been great to see some of the stuff you talked about, like for the first work you did on the channel. Nice getting to see the team.

[@rohananilpaleri8188]

Mike's cat just sleeping through the whole video...

[@codewithAF]

Nice to see a female join the team. MKBHD has made it this far, from a dorm room to a whole team.

[@nipunsetia7]

New York buds are very expensive.. 🤣 On a side note, big thanks to Marques for introducing me to 20syl music.

[@Wraith-Kryptos]

a corridor and MKBHD collab would be amazing

[@mbizozo6271]

Props to the audio guy for that Ioniq video audio, couldn't tell that Marques was outside.

[@koncinar]

I'm no expert on audio. But I'd try to record the silent hum outside of the recording room and then subtract it from the audio. You'd need a very precisely synchronised clock to match them, or a loud beep before you start recording...

[@theoblivious2]

I am also a video producer from STL 😂good to see another one got out. Cheers.

[@izumihikaru99]

Fern is my favourite member! 🐱❤️