How To Record Multiple Microphones on One ComputerIf you have ever tried connecting a USB microphone to a computer (especially Windows) you will know the rabbit hole you can often find yourself descending into!It seems the whole process is designed to thwart you at every turn.Usually it ends up in war between the you, the program you are using and Windows itself … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – USB Mics and 2026 Free Assets Website
DIY Video Editor Blog
This is where you will find my weekly roundup covering all the latest news, tips, tutorials and releases in the world of shooting, editing and producing video.
The Friday Roundup – Background Designs and Useful A.I. Tools
How to Design a Background That Actually Builds a Personal BrandIf you are going to be shooting the type of video that could be described as talking head video for things like tutorials then the technicalities are pretty easy to nail down.A reasonable lighting setup, some form of decent audio recording system and an "OK" camera or smartphone and with a little tweaking … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Background Designs and Useful A.I. Tools
The Friday Roundup – Editing Setup and Canva for Thumbnails
Desk Setup for Filming, Editing & Live StreamingWhat I have discovered over the past few years of full time working with content creators is that there are certain things that need to be taken care of right from the beginning.What I mean is that no matter how inconsequential something may appear to be, if it adds any friction to the process of creating video then it … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Editing Setup and Canva for Thumbnails
The Friday Roundup – Get Your Ideas Flowing and Some A.I. Stuff
How to Get Editing Ideas FastIt seems generally to come as a surprise to most new video creators that hitting the wall as far as content creation goes is not something that occasionally occurs.In fact it is about as inevitable as death and taxes!There can be a whole slew of reasons why any creator runs out of creative juice and just can't get that mojo back and … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Get Your Ideas Flowing and Some A.I. Stuff
The Friday Roundup – Better Voice Overs and Green Screen Ideas
How to Make Your Voice Sound Better in 2026A while back now a company appeared called Riverside.fm and their main focus was as a platform for making podcasting far easier to deal with.They were offering various tools and streaming possibilities but basically because I am not a podcasty type person I kinda lost track of them.Well apparently despite my personal lack … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Better Voice Overs and Green Screen Ideas