46: Guerilla-gear for research and content creation

Buying the right gear and software for your business can cause headaches and unnecessary strain on your budget. Yet, sometimes you have to take the plunge, and we don’t blame you if you get excited about that new piece of kit. Werner’s excitement about a recent purchase, to support an upcoming project,  takes us on an unplanned detour into the world of AV hardware and the software. 

Important links

• Jono’s Twitter account @odajay
• Werner’s Twitter account @weenerdawg
• Book: AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
• Hardware:
  • Zoom H6 (Werner loves this one) – Audio Recorder
  • Zoom F1 (A small interesting alternative) – Audio Recorder
  • Zoom H4 – Audio Recorder
  • RODE Wireless Go – Wireless Microphone 
  • Blackmagic UltraStudio Mini Recorder (using your GoPro or DSLR to stream video)
• Software
  • Zoom.Us – Our favourite communication software
  • Temi – One of many AI transcription services
  • Headliner.app – Great web base solution to promotional content creation tool.
  • Reaper – Audio editing beast
  • Loopback – user testing application

Then finally a great little article we found on setting up a user testing lab, especially if you wanted to pipe in external observers. Create your own Mac-based usability testing lab with viewing room and you might also find this one useful Build your own usability lab on a budget