Tag: Gear

Categories
Gear

2020 Desk Setup

I’m moving to a new place in a few days, so it was the perfect time for me to work on a new desk setup. I’ve been using the desk I had got made about 7 years ago, and it was beginning to feel a little crammed. I wanted a a slightly bigger, L-shaped table to put everything I had acquired over the years.

So I got one made. And yesterday, I spent all afternoon setting things up on it.

This is what the end result looks like.

I think I did a decent job with the cable management as well. For this I bought a few cable trays and attached them under the desk with screws.

I’m quite happy with how things turned out.

This is a list of everything that went on the desk:

Laptop: MacBook Pro 16 (Late 2019) Base Model

Monitors:

  1. 2 x ViewSonic VX3276-2K-mhd Monitors
  2. VIVO Dual Computer Monitor Desk Mount

Peripherals:

  1. Logitech K380 Keyboard
  2. Logitech MX Master 2S Mouse
  3. Ktrio Extended Gaming Mouse Pad

Other devices:

  1. iPad Air (First gen, 2013)
  2. Lamicall Tablet Stand
  3. Twelve South HiRise Stand for iPhone

Sound:

  1. Mackie CR3 Multimedia Monitors
  2. Schiit Magni Heresy Headphone Amplifier
  3. Schiit Modi 3 DAC
  4. Drop x Sennheiser HD6XX Headphones
  5. Jokitech Dual Aluminum Headphones Stand Holder
  6. Kanto S2 Desktop Speaker Stands

Connectors & Chargers:

  1. Anker 7-Port USB 3.0 Data Hub
  2. Anker Premium 60W 5-Port Desktop Charger

Storage:

  1. Seagate STHP5000400 Backup Plus 5TB
  2. Seagate Expansion Drive 3TB

Cabling:

  1. Under Desk Cable Management Trays

UPS: Prolink UPS PRO1201SFC 

Categories
Musings

Uphoria

On Wednesday, we recorded our first episode with the new podcast setup.

I get excited about things like this. This recording was truly a momentous occasion, not only because we had a brilliant guest, but because for the first time ever we recorded a proper episode with a guest with 3 dedicated mic inputs. Before this, we used to share a mic between us (Himal and I), while the guest had another.

The audio interface we used previously (Scarlette 2i2 – 1st Gen, which I had borrowed from a friend) records audio at 96 kHz natively, while the new Behringer U-PHORIA UMC404HD records at 192 kHz. This should give more clarity to the sound, and I should have more room to play around with level adjustments and such while editing.