Three affordable pieces of gear transform your Zoom presence: Raylon LED panels ($60) for lighting, ATR2100X USB microphone ($100) for clear audio, and Logitech C930E webcam ($120) for sharp video. Together they cost under $300 and make a dramatic difference.
A critical element of the recession response has been the virtualization of business. You're probably doing more online presentations and meetings than ever before. And I presented some my gear. But I want to show you the three critical elements. And you can see mostly exploring stuff. So here's my setup for my desk. But I can get overwhelming. And I'm actually experimenting with a drop mic and some other things right now. But I want to show you the three things that you must have. First of all is lighting. You need to get something that lights your face so you can be seen and you don't get blurred out in the background. In fact, I have my overhead light on and turn it off because when I'm broadcasting it would so you don't get that glare of my shoulder. And that's kind of the lighting you get if you look at the screen without that light beam from there, you'll see that's the lighting you get where you see me there. So the lighting I use, I use this thing called Raylon. Can you see that? I hope so. Rayon LED lights. They're 60 bucks. Make sure you get them with either desk mounts or standing mounts. I have mine attached to my desk down there, if you can see that. The second element I want to show you that's absolutely critical is the microphone itself. For 100 bucks, I got the ATR2100X mic. It even comes with a sound guard like that or pop screen or whatever they call that. But what's so great about this microphone is the quality of the audio for a USB mic is pretty exceptional. You don't need a compressor. All this different gadgets, you plug it right in. You probably want to get an arm for it. But it is really a high quality mic for a very low cost point. And the last element is I have a Logitech C930E. That's this camera right up here. And what's so great about that camera is it's wide angle so you can be very close to it. I'm probably about a foot and a half away from it right now, maybe two feet. And that's the kind of clarity you get. And it's very inexpensive. Also, it costs, I think around $120 or not. Even so, those are the three elements. Light yourself properly. I would get LED panels. Get an excellent microphone. That's absolutely critical. And then get a high quality camera, web camera like the Logitech, and you'll do pretty darn well. Those three elements, and I would say rough to the races and price superior to what most people are doing. Hope that helps. For more tips like this, go to recessionresponse. Com.
