Help Starting Youtube

[DimensionzNick]

Hi, I want to start a tech channel similar to Linus' but a mix between his and JayzTwoCents' channel. I would like to know three things, 1)What should my name be as I am out of ideas. PS:My name is Nick. 2)What camera should I get. I have an Iphone 5S and was thinking about just using that for the start but I am not sure. I would not like to spend too much money on a new camera. under $100 but the cheaper, the better. And 3)Which microphone should I use. I could use the one in my phone but it's pretty shitty. And I have Turtle Beach X12s that have an okay mic but it is nothing amazing. I could borrow/buy my friends Blue Snowball because the voice quality is a hell of a lot better than my headset. Again, I would like to spend as little as possible but I am willing to go up to about $100. I have a pretty good rig for editing and I have the software I would need to edit videos. Also note, I am only doing this as a hobby. I do not plan to "make it big" like Linus did. I simply want something to do in my spare time and want to put my computer to better use as I have not been in the mood for gaming lately. Thanks a lot!

[Arty]

 

First learn formatting

make it interesting to read bro.

TLDR

 

Bullet points

man ideas

 

not a BIG chuck of text.

[Guest]

1. NickTechTips

2. Under $100? LOL

[carguy86]

mic suggestion: monoprice kardioid usb mic ( http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=115&cp_id=11502&cs_id=1150204&p_id=600801&seq=1&format=2 ) or a samson meteor (

http://www.amazon.com/Samson-Meteor-Studio-Microphone-Chrome/dp/B004MF39YS ).

 

name suggestion: technick

 

camera suggestion: ( http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot-Digital-Camera-Optical/dp/B00M0QVG3W/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1437432981&sr=8-3&keywords=cannon+camera ) i know its 50$ over budget but since you are starting youtube you should invest some money so that you end up with better qality vids so that your content seems more professional. 

[DimensionzNick]

First learn formatting

make it interesting to read bro.

TLDR

 

Bullet points

man ideas

 

not a BIG chuck of text.

I will, lol, my bad

 

1. NickTechTips

2. Under $100? LOL

I don't want to copy Linus and that's about what I thought...Could I still record on my phone though? Or would it be too bad to even post

[arronleeds]

You won't get any views using an iPhone to record, it will look unprofessional.

[EposVox]

Alright, ignoring the troll posts...

 

If you're wanting to go under $100, you don't have much real options. I'd recommend using your iPhone until you get the hang of it and are sure that's what you want to do.

 

Also, the Blue Snowball is a desktop mic, not really an on-camera mic.

 

That being said... you could get a solid 1080p webcam for under $100 and use that mic and go that route to start. Here are some good options.

 

Technick (mentioned above) is a great name idea.

[DimensionzNick]

mic suggestion: monoprice kardioid usb mic ( http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=115&cp_id=11502&cs_id=1150204&p_id=600801&seq=1&format=2 ) or a samson meteor (

http://www.amazon.com/Samson-Meteor-Studio-Microphone-Chrome/dp/B004MF39YS ).

 

name suggestion: technick

 

camera suggestion: ( http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot-Digital-Camera-Optical/dp/B00M0QVG3W/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1437432981&sr=8-3&keywords=cannon+camera ) i know its 50$ over budget but since you are starting youtube you should invest some money so that you end up with better qality vids so that your content seems more professional. 

I will definitely look into the mics if I can't use my friends and I will take a good look at the camera. As for the name, it is simple but I actually like it a lot. Thanks!

[DimensionzNick]

Alright, ignoring the troll posts...

 

If you're wanting to go under $100, you don't have much real options. I'd recommend using your iPhone until you get the hang of it and are sure that's what you want to do.

 

Also, the Blue Snowball is a desktop mic, not really an on-camera mic.

 

That being said... you could get a solid 1080p webcam for under $100 and use that mic and go that route to start. Here are some good options.

 

Technick (mentioned above) is a great name idea.

Thank you for giving me a legitimate answer. I would thinking use the Blue Snowball to just either record next to the camera while I am going or record it separately and just show the product the whole video and put my audio over it. I will make sure to check out the cameras later! And lastly, I like that name too!

[TheKDub]

Thank you for giving me a legitimate answer. I would thinking use the Blue Snowball to just either record next to the camera while I am going or record it separately and just show the product the whole video and put my audio over it. I will make sure to check out the cameras later! And lastly, I like that name too!

 

If you want to do them how linus does them where he is on camera doing stuff, you're gonna wanna get something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATR-3350-Omnidirectional-Condenser-Microphone/dp/B002HJ9PTO instead of a desktop mic. (For the specific one I linked, you'd clip it on your shirt and use it like that.) or you are gonna want a mic like this: http://www.amazon.com/Rode-VideoMic-VMP-Shotgun-Microphone/dp/B004K8WPUQ/ref=sr_1_2?s=musical-instruments (except you can probs find a cheaper one that will do a plenty good job as well, this one would be attached to the top of a camera and then the 3.5mm connector would be plugged into the camera)

[DimensionzNick]

If you want to do them how linus does them where he is on camera doing stuff, you're gonna wanna get something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATR-3350-Omnidirectional-Condenser-Microphone/dp/B002HJ9PTO instead of a desktop mic. (For the specific one I linked, you'd clip it on your shirt and use it like that.)

Thank you for clearing up my stupid little brain. I would definitely want one of those clip-on mics. Thanks! PS: not supposed to be sarcastic at all, sorry if it sounded like it

[KingAceves]

First of all. TechNick is taken. My name is nick and I tried TechNick so I went with KingAceves because my last name is aceves.

Second, I would invest more in a mic than a camera because like how JayzTwoCents used to do some commentating so you just hear his voice and watch some BF4 or something

[Gale]

Your name should be NickTwoCentsTips.

[DimensionzNick]

First of all. TechNick is taken. My name is nick and I tried TechNick so I went with KingAceves because my last name is aceves.

Second, I would invest more in a mic than a camera because like how JayzTwoCents used to do some commentating so you just hear his voice and watch some BF4 or something

Aw dammit...And alright, I will try to put more into a mic than a camera but I don't have much to put into either...

[DimensionzNick]

Your name should be NickTwoCentsTips.

      I love it! That's the one! ps:not really tho 

[EposVox]

Keep in mind that any "taken" name is subjective - as long as there's not already a big YouTuber going by "TechNick," then you still can. Normal YouTube usernames are no longer available, so you can simply make your display name in Google+ "TechNick" (or whatever you want) and run with it.

You'd simply just want to avoid names that large YouTubers already use.

[SirNumbers]

Technickology 

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[Guest]

Imo for starting a iphone is fine just use a tripod and don't you dare try to film while holding it.

[Hman1250]

CPUNick?