How We Record, Edit, and Host Our Courses

In this episode, Scott and Wes talk about how they make courses — recording, editing, hosting, best practices, and more! LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax and put SYNTAX in the “How did you hear about us?” section. Show Notes 5:42 - Recording Wes: Screenflow

Uberlayer

Loopback

Heil PR40

Heil PL-2T

dbx 286s

Focusrite Scarlett 2i2

Scott: Screenflick

iShow HD

Divvy

Principal for Mac

EV RE-20

dbx 286s

Focusrite Scarlett 2i2

Sony a7 III

Logic

33:04 - Editing Wes: Screenflow Speed up slow typing Edit out some goof-ups (but not all) Edit immediately after recording so I’m in the same headspace and can easily re-record Scott: Hire a video editor Cut out all blank spaces in audio, because I know that pauses are typically where I stop to think Normalize audio DaVinci Resolve 16

42:31 - Hosting Wes: Wistia

Vimeo

Rev

Backblaze

Amazon S3

My own course platform, with additional controls added via React Scott: YouTube

Vimeo

Plyr Video Player

Backblaze

Amazon S3

Custom course platform 52:46 - Common Questions Links Syntax 014: Our Stacks Explained

Adobe Premier Pro

Figma

VS Code

Audio-Technica AT2020

Blue Bluebird

BSW

Sweetwater

Tim Smith - Video Editing

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Wes: PicQuic Screwdriver

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