5 Things You Don't Actually Need For YouTube

Content Creators now all seem to have high tech and expensive gear, well, you don’t need to worry about that. You can start creating content for your Business on a Budget that’s not only affordable, you probably have everything you need already.

Camera

With the quality of the cameras on many of today's phones you can easily create some decent videos with your phone. A nice camera doesn’t hurt unless looking at the quality of some pricer cameras you can easily post good quality content with a Samsung Galaxy or an Iphone from the last 5 or so years.

Microphone

This one is a little tricker as many people will dip out of a YouTube Video if the audie is not up to scratch. Audio peaking, crackling background noise or just poorly edited audio can put people off of your video. Some people prefer silence in your background, others prefer music. This can be easily sorted in the edit.

For now you really need good quality audio. The microphone in your phone should be ok to begin with but a cheap mic from Amazon really wouldn’t hurt.

Editing Software

Finding good free editing software for any recorded or animated sequences can be incredibly tricky. You can jump in with Imovie or Windows Movie Maker. But over all, you are probably going to have to shell out some money on Adobe Creative Cloud. There are cheaper options on Adobe but the most useful to you will be Adobe Premiere Pro for Video, Adobe Photoshop for Images (Although Gimp is a good free alternative) and Adobe Premiere Pro for any intros.

Audio Editing

This is normally just removing background noise and can be achieved easily with programs like Audacity. You can use Adobe Audition but in this case Audacity works fine. You can also use it as your primary recording software if you have a microphone connected to your PC.

Again, audio editing is incredibly important. But when it comes to editing the video, it is down to personal choice whether or not you add music in the background.

Good Internet

It may take you longer and you may not be able to regularly Live Stream but a good internet connection is not going to be the key factor in your YouTube Channel but you will need to work towards improving internet speeds as your Channel grows. But it’s not something to immediately panic over.

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