How I built a YouTube recording studio in my garage
In the past few months, I have been busy building a YouTube recording studio in my garage. Before I get into the how, a word about why. I previously published two books (one and two) and I have been writing and publishing Medium articles here and there. Since I (as many others) have been noticing that people’s attention span has been declining and that the use of video is on the rise, I decided to try communicating through 60-second videos.
Since I wasn’t sure if this is something I would want to do in the long term, and since my understanding of setting up a recording studio and dealing with audio, video, and lighting equipment is close to zero, I turned to my good friend Dan Feld and asked him for advice. Based on my conversation with Dan and a one-page doc he shared with me (with a list of recommended equipment), I can share what I did and how I built the studio for a total cost of $353.
Step 1. Pick a location
I needed a 10’x10’ (3x3 meters) space for the studio, so the first thing I did was organize my garage. My intuition was to locate the studio area near the garage door to take advantage of daylight coming in. But getting close to the door would result in noise from the street being captured in the recording. Also, I almost never record during the day so there was no point in that…
