INCREDIBLE M1 Ultra Mac Studio Desk Setup Tour

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Meet Nicholas Militello! Nick has been a dear friend of mine since waaaaay back to the early 2000s when we attended the University of Illinois's Theatre program together. Nick has been living and working in Los Angeles for the last 15+ years creating incredible screen content for the world's top performers including Jennifer Lopez, Gwen Stefani, Britney Spears, Ariana Grande, and many more.
Join me as we take a closer look at Nick's "Command Center" approach to his edit bay and studio - hopefully you pick up a few pointers on how to improve your own post-production workflows!
LINKS (SOME ARE AMAZON AFFILIATE LINKS):
Mac Studio M1 Ultra | www.apple.com/mac-studio/
Magic Keyboard Black | geni.us/magickb
Magic Mouse Black | amzn.to/3Lqd9Ox
Behringer X32 Rack | geni.us/x32rack
Stream Deck XL | geni.us/sdxl
Stream Deck Custom Enclosure | bit.ly/3OKxK1S
Focal Twin6 BE Studio Monitors | geni.us/focaltwin6be
BenQ 32" 4K IPS Monitor | geni.us/benq4K
Samsung 43"Curved LED TV UN43KU7500 | Discontinued | Check eBay!
Samsung 43" Curved LED TV UN40JU7500 | Discontinued | Check eBay!
11" iPad Pro | geni.us/ipadprosilver
OWC Thunderbay 8 | bit.ly/3LsRiWr
OWC Express 4M2 | bit.ly/38u9qkg
LaCie 12Big (discontinued?) | 6Big | bit.ly/3EViKcW
SOFTWARE:
TouchOSC | hexler.net/touchosc
Mixing Station | dev-core.org/mixing-station/
Apple Shortcuts | apple.co/3rXe3KE
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - INTRO
01:21 - Los Angeles!
02:01 - Meet Nick
02:47 - Custom Desk
03:10 - Giant Command Center
03:41 - The Creative Flow
04:00 - iPads Breakdown
04:52 - Mixing Station
05:34 - TouchOSC
05:45 - Apple Shortcuts
06:03 - Stream Deck XL
06:36 - Mac Studio M1 Ultra
08:08 - Studio Monitors
09:17 - Investment vs Expense
10:12 - Final Cut Pro
11:14 - Storage
12:30 - Outro
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Canon 24-70mm f/4 L-Series Lens | geni.us/Qt5L
Canon 24-105mm f/4 L-Series Lens | geni.us/8JFiYuL
Canon 70-200 f/4 L-Series Lens | geni.us/ud5ALz
Manfrotto Tripod & Fluid Head | geni.us/kgZB
Deity V-Mic D3 Pro | geni.us/1P2UAC
Rode NTG-2 Shotgun Mic | geni.us/zDLi
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Apple Magic Trackpad | geni.us/l4Kaq5M
Dell Ultrasharp U2718Q 27" 4K IPS Monitor | geni.us/X1Auwa
Dell Ultrasharp P2719H 27" IPS 1080p Monitor | geni.us/hAyI
Mackie CR3 Studio Monitors | geni.us/hIaR6zm
Sony MDR7506 Studio Monitor Headphones | geni.us/EgXC
Samsung T5 1TB | geni.us/MhL4AI
LaCie Rugged 1TB Thunderbolt / USB-C SSD | geni.us/CuHS6
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@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

CHECK. OUT. THIS. EDIT BAY. Are you kidding me? What are you excited to check out after touring Nick's desk setup? I'm gonna take another look at TouchOSC for sure!

@Stairsgoup 2 года назад

Was great having you out here! Always happy to answer any questions if anyone has any.

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Yes! Glad we finally got to document your setup!

@chrisaustin23 2 года назад

Great to see that face of yours.

@Stairsgoup 2 года назад

@@chrisaustin23 Miss ya brother!

@London_drives Год назад

5:00 how do you connect the different outputs from audio highjack to the xr? Is it virtual outputs that the XR can recognise?

@AidenBridges 2 года назад

And then there's me, with a macbook air lol. Great video as usual!

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Big things often start small... 😎

@stosicmediagroup 2 года назад

PLEASE DO MORE OF THIS! YOU ARE THE ONLY GUY I CAN TURN TO, TO SEE EDITING BAYS! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Haha - certainly hope to, especially as COVID eases up. Since I can’t find any good edit bay vids either I’m just gonna have to make them myself!

@MacawAviculture 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for all the links to the storage drives! I work from home and no longer travel, so thankfully no need for a cellphone or any wireless devices in my home or studio. Matthew you are an awesome teacher, and I truly love your commitment to excellence in everything you do!

@matthewTobrien 11 месяцев назад

You’re welcome! And thank you for the kind words!

@MarcodaNewYork Год назад

that's one of the most fascinating FCP timelines I've ever seen

@matthewTobrien Год назад

They get crazy when you’re editing live concert content that spans multiple on-stage screens.

@djduane1 2 года назад

AWESOME! Great work environment! Thanks for the tour!

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!

@SonnyGreenwichJr 2 года назад

Always love your vids, man! I like broccoli! Salutations from astonishingly sunny, cold & weirdly back to normal Ireland! ☘💪🏽👀👍🏽☘

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Thanks for saying so, Sonny!

@pirii88 2 года назад

So cool and interesting to watch. Thank you!

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@hajokerkhof 2 года назад

Great video! Thnx for sharing.

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

@Jason_Hermann 2 года назад

Awesome tour Matthew, and great interview with Nick! I learned a lot as always thank you 👊My stereo speakers are actually JM Labs, which have Focal drivers and crossovers. Insane quality so those monitor speakers have got to be amazing in an edit bay like that.... Drooling! I need more actual monitors and really want monitor speakers now ;) I usually use my headphones, but it nice not having them on your head sometimes when you need to hear background noise for example. All the best, Jay

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Agreed! Definitely jealous of his monitors for sure. Thanks for watching, Jay!

@chrisaustin23 2 года назад

What a treat this was. Even though I know little of this world, your presentation keeps it entertaining. Always great to see someone great at their craft pulling back the curtain a bit.

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Yeah, buddy! Thanks for watching, Chris. I find myself watching a fair amount of "work from home desk setup" vids - they have nothing to do with video editing - but sometimes you find a piece of software or a product that solves a problem. Thanks for watching, brother!

@Brad_West 2 года назад

What an amazing setup! It looks soooo good! 😄🙌🏼

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Thought you might like it, Brad!

@RogerZoul 2 года назад

That was interesting! Thanks.

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Thanks for watching, Anthony!

@rodneyturnerphoto 2 года назад

Awesome setup. Great insight. OWC needs to see this video.

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

They sure do. Pretty awesome edit bay 🔥

@RafaelLudwig 2 года назад

Screens as far as the eye can see! Fantastic workstation and interview! And I was hoping that Mixing Station was some kind of mixer for FCP... but nope. Well done Matthew!

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Thanks, Raf! You might want to check out Audio Design Desk. Not a perfect FCP mixing solution but an extension that’s a step in the right direction.

@TimVels 2 года назад

Blown away at this thing! What an editing setup!

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Pretty epic, right???

@TimVels 2 года назад

@@matthewTobrien Indeed!! 👌👌👌👌

@philscanlan7321 2 года назад

Great video. It's always fascinating listening to other pros talk about their approach to work and what they need at their fingertips to perform at their best. His point about what he gains in his personal life by investing heavily in his work equipment was very salient, reflecting my own aspirations for the last ten years. Would love to watch more of this kind of stuff. Again, great work!

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Thank you, Phil! I love that part too, and that's what Nick really helped me understand in my early days. This concept of stepping over a dollar to save a dime when it comes to enduring pain in my workflow for the sake of "saving" money - I realized I was losing something entirely more valuable: TIME 🕰

@omarafunitv 2 года назад

As a musician and RU-vidr, I found this video fun and informative. Thanks, Matthew!

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

You're welcome, Omar! Thanks for watching!

@caffeinatedcameras 2 года назад

That was intense.

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

We were highly caffeinated. 😉

@alex_howell 2 года назад

Great video mate .. here I am thinking I’ll never need that kind of set up but at the same time also thinking .. imagine if I was that good that I needed that set up

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Hopefully some viewers find it inspiring - Nick really does a great job of finding new and interesting ways to automate his workflow and make some things that seem simple even simpler. Can't wait to go back and do an even deeper dive on his setup. Thanks for watching!

@PelicanNorth 2 года назад

I’ve been using a Thunderbay 8 with a 54TB RAID 0 (plus an old Thunderbay 4 as backup), and the OWC 4M2 with 8 TB ssd for about a month now, along with the base Ultra. It’s good to see my storage setup decision validated by this. As a solo creator, I realized a NAS was more complication and expense than I needed. Thanks for your work.

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Same setup as Nick! Nice! I would love to take the OWC Thunderblade for a spin sometime. And I agree about the NAS...unless you need to access those files remotely fairly consistently, a NAS is a bit overkill for a solo creator. Thanks for watching, Jim!

@thecinematicguy 2 года назад

Matthew, Another great video! Thank you for creating it. I’ve watched dozens of your videos and love the content you create- it’s both personal and professional and really inspiring. I also appreciate the varying levels of focus that your videos have. By that I mean that some videos are very niche (ie you made a Stream Deck for iOS demonstration video) versus another more general overview video where you discuss your new edit setup with your Mac Studio and display. One of my favorite topics that you’ve discussed in many videos is your software workflows and templates that you use. I’d love to see a video (apologies if you’ve already made it and I missed it) on Best Practices for Organizing one FCP Library to store a large amount of assets that you intend to use in multiple separate edits. For example- let’s say you have thousands of video files and tens of thousands of images and you want to organize those assets so that you can easily access them for editing. Would you create a colossal FCP library (and how would you organize your assets? Or would you store those assets in different databases? Currently in my workflow I have lots of text- scripts, notes, ideas etc (sorted in Evernote) and photos (sorted in Lightroom) and currently sort all of my videos just within a massive series of folders in Finder on my Mac. I’ve yet to find anything good for being able to organize the video assets (finder isn’t very good for tagging and you cannot set markers or sub clip like you can within FCP but worry about having an unwieldy FCP library). Naturally not asking you to solve my asset questions/ issues but wasn’t sure if others may be in a similar situation that would warrant a video on the topic. Just a suggestion of course :). Keep up the great work and love the articles on your Patreon!

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Thanks so much for the kind words! As far as managing large libraries of, in essence, stock content goes? I think Final Cut is certainly a strong option for doing this. Something I didn't cover in this video is Nick's use of FCP for the exact same purpose. He has stock content libraries, sound effects libraries, etc. that are stored in a Final Cut Pro library. Is it the perfect solution? Perhaps not. But it's certainly a top contender. Let me know what you decide and thanks for your patronage (I really need to up my game there and get more content out - planning on starting this week with some fresh Patreon content!).

@HomesickMac Год назад

Very interesting query, and I agree on all kudos about Matt's channel. His relaxed and totally focused presenting style is calming , something that him and Rafael Ludwig have in common. So hey, back to the subject. I have a customer with returning projects and edits of an existing material, but we also film new stuff that I'll need to edit, so I'm keeping everything in the same library but group in events. I bring in the original footage although many advise against it but since I don't have more HDs than the internal and one fast externa, it'll have to do for the moment. i wish you and Rafael did a video or a livestream about this, like ”FCPX storage workflow for Muggles”… Thanks!

@TheFinalCutBro 2 года назад

Great video!! Really would love to see more of this style from you.

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Here's to hoping it'll be easier to travel and connect with other editors/content creators and do some desk tour vids! Glad you liked the vid, Dylan. Thanks for watching!

@TheFinalCutBro 2 года назад

@@matthewTobrien if you want an extreme minimalist and cheapskate desk, you can always hit me up 😉

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Oh you know I will... looking forward to writing off a bunch of travel expenses for "work".

@Altabozz 2 года назад

This video was great. You gave me a few ideas…my credit card won’t be happy.

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Haha - be sure to use my Affiliate Links so I can at least be happy! 🤣 Thanks for watching!

@stevensonrf 2 года назад

Matthew! Just watching this great video right now! Just wanna let you know that I just got through setting up my new Mac Studio and I married it up with my 14-year-old, 30 inch, cinema display and it is awesome! Hope you have a great weekend! Your editing friend: Francis :-)

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Dang! That's awesome! The 30" Cinema Display lives on!

@ColePerrine 2 года назад

Need more hummingbird content

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Haha - in super slo-mo!

@skymakai 6 месяцев назад

Cool to see TouchOSC. I used to use that for my DJ performances. I like the 3 monitor arrangement. I'd like to get there, but IDK which displays to get. I like that Nick seems to have two workhorse monitors and one reference monitor, probably connected with an UltraStudio. I also would like to move my NAS/Storage out of my office as it's pretty noisy. I'm curious how Nick connects to his storage and RAID if it's in another room.

@matthewTobrien 6 месяцев назад

Nick has one RAID by his desk but it's quiet-ish. I think it's a big LaCie RAID. I believe he has a few older TB2 RAIDs, and he has a big, long Thunderbolt cable that he runs to it under the house. It was a *_very_* expensive cable.

@krishnansrinivasan830 2 года назад

Awesome & Thanks :)

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

You're welcome - thanks for watching!

@TheRealJamesWu 2 года назад

"FCP is not for professionals" my a**... Sorry I am really excited to see this, amazing unexpected content, never cease to impress!

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

A little different than the usual stuff but still FCP and filmmaking! Glad you liked the vid! And yeah, I've edited with Nick on his shows for years using FCP7 and then X. Thanks for watching!

@Plymouthmusicschool 11 месяцев назад

Wow and wow

@MichaelSchmidt_UrbnPxl 2 года назад

nice one! really thinking about switching my two Ultrawide Screens for one big 40inch or something (for my new room ... hopefully this year) ... speaking of it: the nerd that I am would have hoped for a bit more details on what Screens he uses and how everything is connected ( hubs ... how the iPads are connected and so on ;) ... but overall a nice video! keep on doing those! :D

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Yeah, we’ll save the deep, deep five for a follow-up. Plus that’ll give me a reason to go back to LA to film it! 🌴☀️

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

But Nick commented on the vid so certainly feel free to hit him up for an overview of things like his HDMI Matrix, is IR controller, the app he uses to link all the IR control to Shortcuts, etc.

@user-ih3qx1nq4h 2 года назад

wow. I accidentally stumbled upon your video and realized that I have a similar assembly))) although I am a professional composer and sound producer, I also do video production and got carried away with 3d for a couple of years))) just a striking resemblance - the same apple monitors, also 3 iPads, poppy pro, x32, art tube preamp, the storage system is simpler from synology... but it really struck me because I'm from a small town in Russia, on the other side of the planet

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Pretty remarkable that two people with zero connections would come up with an incredibly similar setup. Thanks so much for sharing the details of yours!

@JeffLansberry Год назад

It may already be answered but with my setup those speaker stands that mount to the desk and rise the speakers above the monitors, would you able able to share a link with me where to order those please? Great setup by the way.

@matthewTobrien Год назад

Let me see if I can get that info from Nick!

@dougorr1221 2 года назад

Great video and FANTASTIC edit setup! Callouts showed his browser monitor as the BENQ…and his reference monitor as the Samsung LED TV…but what is his center monitor with timeline and scopes? Thanks!

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Similar model as the reference monitor. 43” Samsung Curved. 🤘🏻 Glad you liked the video!

@Domerfly 2 года назад

Hi Matt, does he use that 43 curved tv to color correct and grade? I’m interested to get a new Monitor for my mac studio

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

No, Nick doesn’t really do any color correction and grading too extensively. We had all the grading scopes up because it looked cool. 😎 Most of the footage he gets from clients is from finished music videos, etc. And the 3D stuff he creates in Cinema4D doesn’t really get graded.

@Domerfly 2 года назад

@@matthewTobrien ah ok I see cus I was scratching my head there for a minute. While I’d love to get the studio display monitor, I’m ultimately looking for a two monitor setup or larger screen. Probably will go with two BenQ monitors.

@Stairsgoup 2 года назад

Hey Doug, I actually switch back and forth. I dont really do much extreme grading but I will use the BENQ to check final color to make sure nothing is crazy off. I like using the 43" curved for preview from time to time since its the biggest in the studio and most of my work will be going on an 80-100' wide LED wall so I try and get as much sense of the scale as possible. Thanks for watching and of course happy to answer anything.

@GJoseeph 2 года назад

It would be great yo know more about his usual workflow, files management and what apps si he connecting through to deliver an unique “artist” content.

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Agreed! Hoping to go back to LA and do an even deeper dive follow-up vid in the future. Especially if this video performs well on the channel. Certainly hoping to profile more desk setups in the future as well!

@GJoseeph 2 года назад

It would be cool, sometimes we build big workstations as yours, but we’re limited because we are so used to the “small (just video basic cuts)” projects that we struggle when we want to do a more complex “big production style” project, for example; how to merge reasonable 3D effects, how to approach the auto design, how to store the projects efficiently… Lately I had been trying to merge Krita and blender into my After Effects/Premiere/Finalcut timeline. Kinda challenging because of the compatibility.

@bwilesuk 2 года назад

Nice to see a different angle - and a different kind of video. Also I shall never be able to afford any of that stuff 😅

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Haha - yeah, some of it is a bit pricey. But apps like TouchOSC and Apple Shortcuts are accessible to most users. Thanks for watching, Ben!

@ArielBrener 2 года назад

I'm was actually missing the multi screen part where I whish he would explain why he went with this screen setup. sizes, resolutions, formation, companies, models, etc

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

I definitely want to go deeper into Nick's edit bay perhaps in a follow-up video. I was concerned that going really deep into the details would make of a video that's simply too long for the bulk of my viewers. I certainly know that those deep dives interest ME. Appreciate you watching, Ariel, and thanks for the thoughtful comment!

@ArielBrener 2 года назад

@@matthewTobrien I'm a video editor just received my Mac studio Ultra and in need of new screens as well, I heard BTW that Macs are having trouble with 4k res because there is scaling that takes constant system resources. 5k or 2k are better (because no scaling is needed)

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Interesting! I'll have to look into that. My edit bay is made up of a new Studio Display, two Thunderbolt Displays and a 1080p Dell display.

@ArielBrener 2 года назад

@@matthewTobrien which thunderbolt displays? 4k?

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

The Thunderbolt Displays are 2560x1440, and that's the only resolution offered for the limited run of the Thunderbolt Display. The Studio Display is 5120x2880. All are working great with my Mac Studio!

@csmac3144a Год назад

I always cringe a bit when I hear about people who "back up" storage devices on other storage devices located on the same property. Sure as hell hope you *also* have offsite tape backup, or cloud backup. Otherwise one fire or burglary and your data is toast, including all your backups.

@matthewTobrien Год назад

Nick's got it covered. 😎💾💾☁️