One of those videos that keeps you glued. Loved it. That cheap monitor (4:00) is the second I have 🤣 together with my iMac 5K. Wishing you and your family all the best for 2025 🎉 Maybe I’ll see you in February at the BSC in London 👍
Darren absolutely amazing content and overview of your equipment. Would love to see a video showing grading with a Client, and how that works when they come to your studio. Happy New Year.
I cover that on my Masterclasses in detail. Its hard to get client consent on a live job and also my focus is on the job at that point, not worrying about UA-cam - wouldn't be Pro at all. Most of my clients have no idea I have a UA-cam channel. Great idea though. Thanks.
Got tangled and lost in all that cabling...!!! 😵💫😅 Great setup, great channel and great teacher...!! Wish you happy and blessed new year in advance, Sensei...! 🙇
Hey Darren, Just wanted to share my heartfelt thanks for all of the educational content you put so much effort into. Over the past two years my skills as colorist have vastly improved thanks to your content. I recently finished coloring a feature length documentary that premiered at a local film festival. It was a massive undertaking, but I'm so happy with how it turned out and I can't wait for the next big project I get to be a part of. Thanks for the tour of your setup! One investment I'll be making in 2025 is a set of color wheels. I just want to make sure that I'm getting a good enough mix of editing and color work to justify the expense before I do so.
Thank you for sharing your journey. It makes me super-happy to hear that the effort I put into my tutorials goes some way to helping individuals and makes it all the more worthwhile. Wish you even better on that big project in 2025! Happy New Year, Darren
Hi Darren, Happy New Year! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and so many helpful tips! You have a great setup. I wish you lived next door to me in Dubai. Wishing you all the best for 2025!
haha - luckily the AKA desks have discreet cable management but I need to have a re-wire - there is probably 20 unused cables in that desk trunking!! I do like to label them and it could be improved a bit - some more could be hidden - maybe you just gave me a nudge to do that!
Very interesting tour Darren thanks for sharing. Good to see you still have those 3.5" Premiere disks. Thanks for all the terrific content, Happy New Year!!
As always, very useful and impressive. Try not to forget, but I appreciate you are a very busy chap, the idea around getting aview to grade some of their footage and you then showing them how it should be done. It would be a real big wow to see the effect of all the nuances and the years of experience to the finished video.
I have that same tripod, and of all the tripods i have i use that one the most. so versatile, and sturdy. i put a video head on it, so i cant use the horizontal center bar as often, like you have yours set up, but still i do love that tripod.
Amazing!!! Thanks for showing us. I’ll never have anything like this but I sure enjoyed seeing how a real pro does it!! Thanks again!!! BTW, I love what you do for us!!
40 seconds in, and I can see that this is a guy who knows exactly how to operate a successful UA-cam channel. Clearly earmarking the sections that specific audiences will be interested in - even if not working in this particular industry.
I didn't even think about it BTW - That just came out of mouth! i dont really overplan things like a tour - I just do the tour. But appreciate it and this video is doing well on my stats for day 2 so Im pleased. Thanks for watching and the kind words. Happy New Year.
Hi Darren thank you for this absolutely great and interesting behind your scene video i loved it really to watch. I wish you a healthy and formidable 2025 and always good work at your studio, Roland
Some smooth moves right at the end. 😂 I’m still using my MX keyboard after your last review and think it’s the bees knees. Hope you and your family have a happy new year.
Love the outtakes!! 😂😂 What a dream suite, seriously! And I’m very curious about ur experience with BM Cloud, can’t wait for that episode in 2025! In this spirit, wishing you a fantastic New Year and happy holidays🤗 See you next year!
Great to see this current state of your studio Darren!! Thanks so much for sharing. So I'm so fascinated by the fact that you find the Speed editor so valuable. Are you editing as well these days? As a pure colorist I'm surprised this would be so valuable to you as it's so limited in the Color panel - if applicable at all. Just want to make sure I'm not missing some application that you have for it in Color Grading.
Im editing all my own UA-cam content. I used to be an editor so I appreciate its versatility but Im a full time colourist so its only out when Im making youtube videos. For colour you can use the scroll wheel as a stills wipe! and play stop start and some more functions too. Also sometimes I like to sit away from the suite and I can control the timeline easily using it as a large remote control.
Agreed - it doesn't even feel that solid but the sound is far superior to the small 'loud technologie' and a yamaha (MG06X) I have in the other suites.
Timely video. I’m trying to decide whether I want a regular 27” or an ultrawide for my GUI monitor and you seem happy with the former. I found out how to put my scopes on my iPad so that’s sort of similar to your setup and it’s good to see a working pro using a regular monitor for gui. Happy new year too
Id say if you rely on using the stills gallery a lot then you may want second GUI monitor. I dont need that feature heavily. Scopes on ipad is a fantastic use of an ipad.
Happy new year! Love your video. Not that I can afford to get any of the equipment you’ve got but i think it might be helpful for others if you put (affiliate) links in the description box for the products you mentioned for purchase or research. Keep up the great work.
I was not aware they had color grading stations on Federation Starships but now I am. Going to have to write you up for being out of uniform, however. Have a great 2025!
Whoah that looks amazing! I'm new the the game after 10 years working as a special effects artist. I'm using a BenQ PD 2700U (500€) as my primary Reference monitor as well as a Panasonic TX-42LZ1500E (900€) as my HDR Clean Feed secondary that I calibrated myself at 720nits peak using a Calibrite Pro Checker Display Plus (300€) with the Callman Panasonic software (150€). Not perfect but usable when mostly relating on the scopes and very cheap alternative for the making of HDR content. I also use my Ipad Pro to check some higher HDR values and display the scopes. I recently bought the new DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel wich is a bargain for its price (560€). I will eventually bought better hardware in the future but to begin my venture as a colorist It's okay, I guess. My pc could sometime be a little slow when working with neat video or using relight though.
you dont need two - I just always have a backup system as broadcast schedules can be tight and demanding - I have 2 of everything! So, it is convenient for me to use it as a scopes system and thats why 2 I/O boxes - just helps for backup really - I could have sold them really.
because I have them anyway and it keeps all my processing on the resolve machine just for resolve. Its really not essential though. One mac is also a backup in case of failure during a tight turnaround broadcast grade session. My scopes run faster on a dedicated machine but its just easy for me. Hope that explains.
Happy New Year! As a beginner, working with a decent but not ideal monitor, how would you approach HDR content? Looking at your setup I can see why you end up with all the gear you have - how can the rest of us approach getting acceptable results on a budget? I've been 'fine' working in SDR but recently received some HDR footage to edit and grade. It took me a long while to work out why my rendered output looked nothing like the view in Resolve - turning on 10-bit in settings helped. Your previous tutorials on Colour Managed settings was also a life-saver too! It doesn't help when the footage you're sent isn't carrying metadata and the client has no clue what it was recorded on - MediaInfo to the rescue.
agreed! Even the smaller ones are hard to beat. These have Genelec stands too. I missed that - it keeps the feet on rubber mounts on points and have a huge solid round base. It makes a slight difference that is worth it. I have a pair or Presonus in the edit suite - great but not as good - certainly cheaper though!!
@@DarrenMostyn well as they say cheap things no good and good things no cheap. I first got a pair of 8030's loved them ... loaned them to my brother the Audio engineer who just got stated back then. never got them back LOL, got a pair of 8020's which I still have to today. He has since added 8351's to his lineup.
Curious on your thoughts on the eye drops? Things to consider when shopping? I’m kicking myself I never thought of this to fight eye strain! Great work as always
Yep. Just regular ones. Im not an eye specialist, but 'daily' type eyedrops that are weaker is what I use. I dont use every session, I use when Im needing an eye refresh - please consider Im 56 years old too and this is not medical advice! Works for me.
Great video, Darren. A few quick questions: 1. How long does it take from all power being off to starting a session? 2. When booting up, does everything work by default or do you need to make any settings changes each time, like monitor input selection? 3. What’s the ambient noise level like? Happy NY 👍
Hi Andrew. Great questions!! 1. About 2 minutes. I didn't show but I have an app that powers up some kit like the advanced panel and ultrastudios, speakers etc so thats instant. 2 macs via MX Keyboard and USB switcher takes no time. Flanders I like to give 5-10 minutes to be sure but Im usually in at least an hour before I start grading and clients. 2. Everything remembers its settings - I just have to point the M2 Mac Studio to the Pegasus drive which is annoying and probably easily fixed but it takes 10 seconds. 3. Whisper Quiet. I insist on it. I sent a G-Tech raid back once because I could hear it. Ultrastudio 4K rack mount is noisiest part of the system. The 4K Extreme is silent. I could put all the kit downstairs as I have three suites here but there is no need. You get fan noise on heavy renders sometimes but thats fine when we've finshed the grade. All the kit is on when i record UA-cam so you are hearing it for real. Thanks Andrew, hope that answers for you. All the best, Darren
@@DarrenMostyn Thanks for such a detailed response. That’s good to know about the Ultrastudio Extreme as I was looking at one for my next piece of hardware. I agree completely on the need for quiet running. Best decision I made with my home suite was to drill a hole in the wall and put every drive that clicked and whirred into the adjoining room, now totally silent save for when the computer fans are spinning. Bliss 😌.
Hi sir, I'm just wondering, how to color grading from film roll, I mean coloring 35mm film from analog camera(ex:Panavision Panaflex Millennium XL2) which is using 35mm film? what and how the process to do it?
They are blackout blinds on a motorised roller so i can press a remote switch to activate. I dont know the brand - they were custom made. Happy New Year too
Warm and useful tour, thank You Darren))) Got inspired for next year, got distressed for rest of the year listening to these 23 mins))) Why won't You use one of the "😮" thumbnails? 😅
Im so jelly jealous of your suite in general but foremost your new fsi monitor!!!! 😂😂 luv the bloopers at the end~ one more thing tho☝🏻 which colorimeter and software, lut box do you use to calibrate your monitors? Klein k10? And i also wonder if you do DIT jobs on field and which gears you pack out
No LUT box needed. XMP310 stores data internally. You can calibrate it directly using a Klein or others too. No software even required - its all internal menu driven. See the XMP310 video I made - goes into more depth. Hope that helps.
Hi! Thanks for the tour of your setup! How do you manage fan noise from all of your hardware? In my setup, I have a lot of fan noise from different converters, boxes, etc. I'm curious about how you solve this:) ?
Love it. You say you use your speakers for playback with the clients; do you experience a latency issue with your Flanders? I have the DM220 fed by Blackmagic Ultrastudio and the audio has always been out of sync with the video (it’s fine on the GUI monitors). This is almost always distracting for clients and I would love to know if there is a way to fix this.
Gorgeous setup! Would a BenQ Screenbar Pro to light the desk be a cherry on top? The Screenbar Halo would be overkill since you already have the back lighting. Plus the Halo doesn’t have the proximity sensor as the Pro has.
Thanks. The screenbar from BENQ is not good for colour grading as it shines light on the monitor. They are great for edit suites, graphics, admin etc. I only recommend MEDIALIGHT as a company.
Darren would you please make another video bout colour management settings? My problem is that considering my monitor supports rec709, can I still colour grade in davinci wide gamut? Or I should set rec709 as my colour space ?
ambient nits is measured using a guide from medialight and I adjust my BIAS lighting accordingly. Wall is based on N5 but a copy version mixed to guidelines I got via a professional calibration engineer. The acoustic panels were a lucky match TBH! It may not be 100% perfect but Im still in business since 1999. The monitors are calibrated!
Hey Darren, Thanks for those insights. It really gives inspiration for my own setup. I have a quick question though: Is your StreamDeck running through the Elgato Software or through Bitfocus Companion? Happy New Year!
Thanks for sharing and well deserved suite!! Question about working hard drive: isn’t 10GB/s (ethernet) too slow ti handle UHD footage with color correction, plug ins, DCTLs, noise reduction, film grain, etc playing in real time ?? I mean, why not Thunderbolt 3 or 4 for this ??
size and budget depends, but LG C4 or G4 OLEDS are popular and crazy good value, EIZO and ASUS good options too. I have an ASUS in the edit suite - great monitor. ASUS UCX 32
I also got an Netgear 10GbE switch but it is the XS708E and it is soooooo loud and noisy that even my Synology 1821+ seems to be silent. Is your 508 quiet enough for work and for clients visiting you and don't be annoyed by the sound of the coolers?
IMO yes. I hate using mouse for anything. Its like holding an avocado when i could be holding a pen. Not for everyone though - its takes a bit of getting used to.
I would hate to think what that lot cost, I remember when I first purchased a Mac set up many, many moons ago I dumped £25K on it and all I had was a monitor a Mac the very first Wacom tablet to be imported into the UK software and a printer scanner, imagine what the same money would get today. It paid of over time so was a good investment.
How do you get around the gamma 1.96 issue on Apple computers? I know, it's not an issue on your grading monitor, but what about your other computers? Laptop, tablet, etc.? Maybe make a video about that?
@DarrenMostyn I know somewhat, what you do/how your setup is, but if you know anything on the topic, UA-cam desperately need a guide on how to do color grading/color check, on Apple products. People think it's enough to just slam the Rec.709A on their clips, and problems solved, while all they did was to ruin their videos for non Apple users.
@memcrew1 The Rec.709-a fix, is only meant as a temporary solution, like if your client use an Apple product - tablet, phone or Mac, and you want to send a video for review. A lot of software in Apple's various OS, support the color management of Apple, so Quicktime, all browsers, besides Firefox, etc. VLC doesn't, and is supposedly build with gamma 2.2, but therefore won't work with 1.96 or 2.4 gamma. As I understand it, Quicktime *will* display the video correctly with regular rec.709, but only if the entire pipeline is tuned for the correct workflow, and only if color graded in Resolve, as Avid, Premiere Pro etc. don't add the Rec.709 meta tag into the video. But it requires that you use a professional setup, like Daren Mostyn uses, with a clean feed to a grading monitor, and most Apple users of Resolve (or any grading software) only use one monitor. And yet, if you use the correct workflow, it's only MacOS that supports this, and not their tablets and phones. So, the video will always be wrong on these products. The only way to "fix" this - and it's not really a fix, is to use Rec709-a. This will display the video correct on all Apple devices, but wrong on TV, Android, Windows, Linux, DVD, Blu-ray etc. All this lead to confusion . Like for example many Apple users use a wide gamut setting, to color grade videos, so, they are really working in gamma 1.96 (I suppose but am not entirely sure, that if you use the correct setting on a Apple monitor, it will work in gamma 2.2). And if they do a color grade on a wide gamut setting, the video will look incorrect, on any non Apple display they have connected. Therefore they assume, all non Apple displays are bad, as they don't display the colors correct, as they use the correct gamma 2.2, unless anything else is manually set. And you can't set the gamma to 1.96 on just about any other display. Those more expensive monitors that can change gamma, usually only supoort 2.0, 2.2 or 2.4. I've seen many returning expensive monitors on UA-cam videos and comments, because they are "cr@p", and don't display the colors "correct", or at least that's what they think. They simply don't understand the issue or don't know about it. This is the info, I've gathered over the last months, and as I'm not a pro color grader or Apple user, I was hoping Daren knew something about the topic, and could make a video about it. My understanding is, that even in the pr Color grading community, there are discussions on how to fix this, and what the right solution is, other than of course Apple stop being Apple and adapt to gamma 2.2 on all their devices or at least support it.
@@akyhne My understanding is non QuickTime devices….android, windows etc, are not effected by 709A because they do not recognized it, and will play the file correctly on those devices.
I hate that you can't change the battery of the Speed Editor. I saw someone doing it on the forums but it's not super easy. The battery of mine died after about a year :|
Sir, how do you manage your power solutions? Do you receive 230V like in India or 120V? Do you have inverters? In case of a power shutdown, how do you manage your work? These questions arise from the perspective of understanding that these gears represent a significant investment and safety is paramount. Thank you for this wonderful video, Sir. It was quite a learning experience. 🙏🕊
@@DarrenMostyn Forgive me Sir 🙏🕊. I wasn't clear enough. APC UPS will have battery powered socket as minimum as two, which might cover computers & storage. Rest of the gears are not in regulated power supply or battery backup grid .Sometimes in India (230 V) , the maintenance shutdowns could last 8 hours. 8 Hours of inactivity can be pricy for a project in demand. I don't have such projects or power solutions...But I wanted learn from your POV / Curious one could say. ! In my experience I learnt, Inverters can over shoot power sometimes. People have used,Generators here - Just incase of a movie release in short time etc...Forgive me Sir, I'm trying but couldn't put my doubts in proper words. Thanks for your valuable time 🙏🕊
@krishnansrinivasan830 OK I understand your question now. Very rarely do we get power out for any length of time to be concerned in UK so its not something I have to consider. All the best, Darren
I have a roster of freelancers I use - Had staff previously but now I use freelancers. I have a colleague with keys to the suite and they know how it works if client needs something when Im working away. I have an independant book-keeper and thats all I need!
Love the little disclaimer at the end
Its important!! If you are new to this game then build it up slowly. I started on a very simple set up and grew it only as my business grew.
@@DarrenMostyn i really appreciate your integrity and sure sharing your experience and lessons on UA-cam
@@DarrenMostyn That was the best advice in the video. Far too many newbies/amateurs think if they just have the gear, they'll get the results.
So that's a PRO Grading Suite /UA-cam Setup
Amazing professor, thanks for the videos in 2024 and happy new year !
Happy new year to you too. Thanks for your support.
This was both inspiring and super practical. Loved seeing how a full professional grading suite is put together. Thanks for taking the time to share!
Glad you enjoyed it Stefan! Wishing you another great year in 2025 and keep them Mononode DCTL's coming!
The video must have a disclaimer mentioning that beginners could fall into depression after watching 😅
I did summarise at the end that this is over 15 years of kit, some of it about 20 years old! Accumulated over time - but yes, I see what you mean!
not sure, depends on your goals
I’m only making videos for work; perfectly happy in my weight class. Micro and Speed panels 😔
@@equisetuminc your panels are already a great weight class!
@@TimetoTalkwithYevgen that’s true
Thanks!
Very Kind of you. Thank you so much!! Appreciated. Wish you a Happy New year!! All the best, Darren
@@DarrenMostyn Wondering what your choice is for a mouse?
This man has style! look at the shirt, the trousers.... Everything screams coolness!
I'll show this comment to my daughters!🙏
One of those videos that keeps you glued. Loved it. That cheap monitor (4:00) is the second I have 🤣 together with my iMac 5K. Wishing you and your family all the best for 2025 🎉 Maybe I’ll see you in February at the BSC in London 👍
Hi Ruben. Nice to hear from you! I'll be at BsC for sure. Hope to see you. Happy New Year.
Darren absolutely amazing content and overview of your equipment. Would love to see a video showing grading with a Client, and how that works when they come to your studio. Happy New Year.
I cover that on my Masterclasses in detail. Its hard to get client consent on a live job and also my focus is on the job at that point, not worrying about UA-cam - wouldn't be Pro at all. Most of my clients have no idea I have a UA-cam channel. Great idea though. Thanks.
Even the little things are reviewed 😄It's so cool that you have a fully equipped studio!
glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for the studio tour. I really appreciate your channel. I've learned so much!
You are most welcome Brandon. Appreciated back.
That is amazing Darren. Thanks for the insight and for your videos in general, that helped me a lot.
Great to hear!
Thank you for letting us in. Great working space.
I wish you a happy and prosperous new year. All the best.
Happy new year to you too. Thanks for watching!
@DarrenMostyn
Thank you. Great thumbnail by the way!
Aww I love the fact the chair went out filming ❤❤😂
Love you daren we have a great year ahead
Thanks John! Have a great 2025 too!
Got tangled and lost in all that cabling...!!! 😵💫😅 Great setup, great channel and great teacher...!! Wish you happy and blessed new year in advance, Sensei...! 🙇
Thank you. Happy New Year to you too.
Hey Darren, Just wanted to share my heartfelt thanks for all of the educational content you put so much effort into. Over the past two years my skills as colorist have vastly improved thanks to your content. I recently finished coloring a feature length documentary that premiered at a local film festival. It was a massive undertaking, but I'm so happy with how it turned out and I can't wait for the next big project I get to be a part of.
Thanks for the tour of your setup! One investment I'll be making in 2025 is a set of color wheels. I just want to make sure that I'm getting a good enough mix of editing and color work to justify the expense before I do so.
Thank you for sharing your journey. It makes me super-happy to hear that the effort I put into my tutorials goes some way to helping individuals and makes it all the more worthwhile. Wish you even better on that big project in 2025! Happy New Year, Darren
Very nice Darren. Thanks for sharing! You’ve helped me design my studio. Got to study your upgrades now and see what else I may “need”!
Hi Darren,
Happy New Year!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and so many helpful tips! You have a great setup. I wish you lived next door to me in Dubai.
Wishing you all the best for 2025!
Happy new year to you too. I used to do lots of work in Dubai back in early 2000’s.
Sick setup , i love the cable management so many people overlook that and just don't care and it drives me crazy :)
haha - luckily the AKA desks have discreet cable management but I need to have a re-wire - there is probably 20 unused cables in that desk trunking!! I do like to label them and it could be improved a bit - some more could be hidden - maybe you just gave me a nudge to do that!
Very interesting tour Darren thanks for sharing. Good to see you still have those 3.5" Premiere disks. Thanks for all the terrific content, Happy New Year!!
Cheers ray. Happy New Year to you too! Thanks for all your support on the channel as ever.
As always, very useful and impressive. Try not to forget, but I appreciate you are a very busy chap, the idea around getting aview to grade some of their footage and you then showing them how it should be done. It would be a real big wow to see the effect of all the nuances and the years of experience to the finished video.
Happy New Year ! Yes of course - it would be a great idea to do. Will get around to it one day!
Great video Darren, i really enjoyed) Happy new year!
Happy New Year to you Jeremy
Very helpful, Darren! It’s great to look behind the curtain. Well done and Happy New Year!
Glad you enjoyed it! Happy New Year to you too!
Great video Darren :) Awesome to see how you have your kit set up.
Glad you enjoyed it. Happy New Year to you both!
I have that same tripod, and of all the tripods i have i use that one the most. so versatile, and sturdy. i put a video head on it, so i cant use the horizontal center bar as often, like you have yours set up, but still i do love that tripod.
Amazing!!! Thanks for showing us. I’ll never have anything like this but I sure enjoyed seeing how a real pro does it!! Thanks again!!! BTW, I love what you do for us!!
Thank you.
40 seconds in, and I can see that this is a guy who knows exactly how to operate a successful UA-cam channel. Clearly earmarking the sections that specific audiences will be interested in - even if not working in this particular industry.
I didn't even think about it BTW - That just came out of mouth! i dont really overplan things like a tour - I just do the tour. But appreciate it and this video is doing well on my stats for day 2 so Im pleased. Thanks for watching and the kind words. Happy New Year.
Love the tour Darren. Fantastic.
Glad you enjoyed it
Hi Darren thank you for this absolutely great and interesting behind your scene video i loved it really to watch.
I wish you a healthy and formidable 2025 and always good work at your studio,
Roland
Thank you Roland. Happy New Year to you too.
The out takes was funny! Was a pleasure watching Darren.
Glad you enjoyed them Mark. There were a lot more believe me!! It took us 6 hours to record that day!
Some smooth moves right at the end. 😂
I’m still using my MX keyboard after your last review and think it’s the bees knees.
Hope you and your family have a happy new year.
And a happy New Year to you and yours frank. Yes love my MX keys.
Great walkthrough Darren, thanks for sharing. Got some good ideas from your setup that I can use in mine. Cheers!
Great to hear Cody.
RIGHT ON TIME!!!
Love the outtakes!! 😂😂 What a dream suite, seriously! And I’m very curious about ur experience with BM Cloud, can’t wait for that episode in 2025! In this spirit, wishing you a fantastic New Year and happy holidays🤗 See you next year!
Thank Chi. Happy New Year to you too and thanks for all your support on the channel this year. Darren.
Suite dreams are made of this 😂
Great video. I love the outtakes!
Happy New Year🎉
Happy new year
Great to see this current state of your studio Darren!! Thanks so much for sharing. So I'm so fascinated by the fact that you find the Speed editor so valuable. Are you editing as well these days? As a pure colorist I'm surprised this would be so valuable to you as it's so limited in the Color panel - if applicable at all. Just want to make sure I'm not missing some application that you have for it in Color Grading.
Im editing all my own UA-cam content. I used to be an editor so I appreciate its versatility but Im a full time colourist so its only out when Im making youtube videos. For colour you can use the scroll wheel as a stills wipe! and play stop start and some more functions too. Also sometimes I like to sit away from the suite and I can control the timeline easily using it as a large remote control.
Coool setup !! Thx for sharing 🥰
Thanks for watching!
Fantastic setup!
Thanks!
The soundcraft spirit is an absolute classic, I love mine, I had it fixed up multiple times! 😂
Agreed - it doesn't even feel that solid but the sound is far superior to the small 'loud technologie' and a yamaha (MG06X) I have in the other suites.
Timely video. I’m trying to decide whether I want a regular 27” or an ultrawide for my GUI monitor and you seem happy with the former. I found out how to put my scopes on my iPad so that’s sort of similar to your setup and it’s good to see a working pro using a regular monitor for gui. Happy new year too
Id say if you rely on using the stills gallery a lot then you may want second GUI monitor. I dont need that feature heavily. Scopes on ipad is a fantastic use of an ipad.
@ thanks for that and RIP my wallet 😂 now I want a third monitor! I love my clean feed monitor I have running off an Ultrastudio too
TRUE feed off ultrastudio as you have done is a sound investment!
Thanks, it was quite interesting to see your work settings!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Happy New Year 2025!!
Happy new year!
Happy new year! Love your video. Not that I can afford to get any of the equipment you’ve got but i think it might be helpful for others if you put (affiliate) links in the description box for the products you mentioned for purchase or research. Keep up the great work.
I dont have affilliate links with the kit.? I have listed every item as a graphic for you. Hope that helps.
I was not aware they had color grading stations on Federation Starships but now I am. Going to have to write you up for being out of uniform, however. Have a great 2025!
and a great 2025 to you!
My compliments for your workstation.
Thank you
very good lookin studio man ! i love it
Glad you like it! My clients often compliment on how comfortable it is to work in.
Thank you Darren!
you are welcome
Love your channel mate🙌🏽😎
Thank you Stephen
Love to see the Biffy Clyro representation! Great setup 🔥
Its a doc I graded for Amazon. All edited in my facility too.
Amazing Sir
Daren, thanks for the tour 🤘. Can you please suggest, another tv(client) similiar to your panasonic, maybe a big smaller ?
I hope we will see your 'tweets' on BlueSky too in 2025. Best wishes for the new year!
no intention to do that. Happy New Year too.
@@DarrenMostyn Thank you for the response. I shut down my X account. Will keep following your channel on UA-cam.
Quite Amazing
👌👏👏👏 It was a very different video. I liked it very much :)
Snap! Got the same Mac Studio 🎉
Whoah that looks amazing!
I'm new the the game after 10 years working as a special effects artist. I'm using a BenQ PD 2700U (500€) as my primary Reference monitor as well as a Panasonic TX-42LZ1500E (900€) as my HDR Clean Feed secondary that I calibrated myself at 720nits peak using a Calibrite Pro Checker Display Plus (300€) with the Callman Panasonic software (150€). Not perfect but usable when mostly relating on the scopes and very cheap alternative for the making of HDR content. I also use my Ipad Pro to check some higher HDR values and display the scopes. I recently bought the new DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel wich is a bargain for its price (560€).
I will eventually bought better hardware in the future but to begin my venture as a colorist It's okay, I guess. My pc could sometime be a little slow when working with neat video or using relight though.
Thanks Spike. Wish you all the best for 2025!
Fantastic video .I thing I like to know why do need extra Mac for noobscoope!?
you dont need two - I just always have a backup system as broadcast schedules can be tight and demanding - I have 2 of everything! So, it is convenient for me to use it as a scopes system and thats why 2 I/O boxes - just helps for backup really - I could have sold them really.
@DarrenMostyn as usual best of the best explains my problem Mr Dreenmostyn.. Love u man❤️
impressive!!
Great overview Darren! Why are you using a separate computer and I/O box for scopes?
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because I have them anyway and it keeps all my processing on the resolve machine just for resolve. Its really not essential though. One mac is also a backup in case of failure during a tight turnaround broadcast grade session. My scopes run faster on a dedicated machine but its just easy for me. Hope that explains.
Happy New Year!
As a beginner, working with a decent but not ideal monitor, how would you approach HDR content? Looking at your setup I can see why you end up with all the gear you have - how can the rest of us approach getting acceptable results on a budget?
I've been 'fine' working in SDR but recently received some HDR footage to edit and grade. It took me a long while to work out why my rendered output looked nothing like the view in Resolve - turning on 10-bit in settings helped. Your previous tutorials on Colour Managed settings was also a life-saver too!
It doesn't help when the footage you're sent isn't carrying metadata and the client has no clue what it was recorded on - MediaInfo to the rescue.
Started using Genelec in 1997/1998 when I was an Avid editor ....... never looked back , I have yet to find a better set of Audio Monitors.
agreed! Even the smaller ones are hard to beat. These have Genelec stands too. I missed that - it keeps the feet on rubber mounts on points and have a huge solid round base. It makes a slight difference that is worth it. I have a pair or Presonus in the edit suite - great but not as good - certainly cheaper though!!
@@DarrenMostyn well as they say cheap things no good and good things no cheap. I first got a pair of 8030's loved them ... loaned them to my brother the Audio engineer who just got stated back then. never got them back LOL, got a pair of 8020's which I still have to today. He has since added 8351's to his lineup.
love that quote! all the best!
Daren, thanks forthe tour 🤘 can you please suggest a simila tv (for client) to your panasonic?
Curious on your thoughts on the eye drops? Things to consider when shopping? I’m kicking myself I never thought of this to fight eye strain! Great work as always
Yep. Just regular ones. Im not an eye specialist, but 'daily' type eyedrops that are weaker is what I use. I dont use every session, I use when Im needing an eye refresh - please consider Im 56 years old too and this is not medical advice! Works for me.
@@DarrenMostyn wait. you're NOT a doctor. I'VE BEEN HAD!
Totally get it, thanks!
I wonder how you keep your equipments clean. Any tips on products and tools required to keep the equipments clean?
i showed screen cleaner. The rest is a polish and a vacuum cleaner!
Great video, Darren. A few quick questions:
1. How long does it take from all power being off to starting a session?
2. When booting up, does everything work by default or do you need to make any settings changes each time, like monitor input selection?
3. What’s the ambient noise level like?
Happy NY 👍
Hi Andrew. Great questions!!
1. About 2 minutes. I didn't show but I have an app that powers up some kit like the advanced panel and ultrastudios, speakers etc so thats instant. 2 macs via MX Keyboard and USB switcher takes no time. Flanders I like to give 5-10 minutes to be sure but Im usually in at least an hour before I start grading and clients.
2. Everything remembers its settings - I just have to point the M2 Mac Studio to the Pegasus drive which is annoying and probably easily fixed but it takes 10 seconds.
3. Whisper Quiet. I insist on it. I sent a G-Tech raid back once because I could hear it. Ultrastudio 4K rack mount is noisiest part of the system. The 4K Extreme is silent. I could put all the kit downstairs as I have three suites here but there is no need. You get fan noise on heavy renders sometimes but thats fine when we've finshed the grade.
All the kit is on when i record UA-cam so you are hearing it for real.
Thanks Andrew, hope that answers for you. All the best, Darren
@@DarrenMostyn Thanks for such a detailed response. That’s good to know about the Ultrastudio Extreme as I was looking at one for my next piece of hardware.
I agree completely on the need for quiet running. Best decision I made with my home suite was to drill a hole in the wall and put every drive that clicked and whirred into the adjoining room, now totally silent save for when the computer fans are spinning. Bliss 😌.
Hi sir, I'm just wondering, how to color grading from film roll, I mean coloring 35mm film from analog camera(ex:Panavision Panaflex Millennium XL2) which is using 35mm film? what and how the process to do it?
did you mention what window blinds you use ? ha ha , Happy New Year Darren, hope well ?
They are blackout blinds on a motorised roller so i can press a remote switch to activate. I dont know the brand - they were custom made. Happy New Year too
what are the brand of roll down shades you are using?
No idea, sorry. I had them custom made years ago.
Warm and useful tour,
thank You Darren)))
Got inspired for next year,
got distressed for rest of the year listening to these 23 mins)))
Why won't You use one of the "😮" thumbnails? 😅
thumbnails get changed after a while but this one is working right now! At least you saw how they are made!!
@DarrenMostyn thanks a lot for sharing such an atmosphere with You viewers, sir.
It's nice to see all the stuff under the desk that never makes it into these tour videos.
Youve seen everything in this suite - I have a dedicated edit suite downstairs too.
Im so jelly jealous of your suite in general but foremost your new fsi monitor!!!! 😂😂 luv the bloopers at the end~ one more thing tho☝🏻 which colorimeter and software, lut box do you use to calibrate your monitors? Klein k10? And i also wonder if you do DIT jobs on field and which gears you pack out
No LUT box needed. XMP310 stores data internally. You can calibrate it directly using a Klein or others too. No software even required - its all internal menu driven. See the XMP310 video I made - goes into more depth. Hope that helps.
Thank you
Happy New Year, Darren!
What a suite... Now I want to make a video about my own, but it's a huge mess compared to yours! 😂
Hi Kaur. Love to see your set up too!! Happy New Year to you too and see you sometime in 2025 I hope!
@DarrenMostyn NAB? I'll be there for the first time this April!
Hi! Thanks for the tour of your setup! How do you manage fan noise from all of your hardware? In my setup, I have a lot of fan noise from different converters, boxes, etc. I'm curious about how you solve this:) ?
Hardly any fan noise. I research kit first and woudl send back if noisy. All of my kit is on when I record UA-cam so you can hear for yourself.
That is so interesting, you have 2 computers running! How did you set up an entire monitor of scopes? Mine are floating windows.
Its running omniscope as softeware on a seperate mac (mac pro 2019) and feeding from the ultrastudio 4K. Its not resolve scopes.
Doesn't the fan noise bother you? Especially Ultra studio 4k etc.
What's Up Darren Thanks
Love it. You say you use your speakers for playback with the clients; do you experience a latency issue with your Flanders? I have the DM220 fed by Blackmagic Ultrastudio and the audio has always been out of sync with the video (it’s fine on the GUI monitors). This is almost always distracting for clients and I would love to know if there is a way to fix this.
Goto preferences > video/audio IO and set the audio delay to 0. it defaults to something like 236ms. This fixes it. Hope that helps.
great! do you happen to have a streamdeck export preset floating around?
my presets wouldn't work for you as they are specific to XMP310, Omniscope, My OBS set up and admin. I have omniscope presets if you want?
Gorgeous setup! Would a BenQ Screenbar Pro to light the desk be a cherry on top? The Screenbar Halo would be overkill since you already have the back lighting. Plus the Halo doesn’t have the proximity sensor as the Pro has.
Thanks. The screenbar from BENQ is not good for colour grading as it shines light on the monitor. They are great for edit suites, graphics, admin etc. I only recommend MEDIALIGHT as a company.
@@DarrenMostyn Ahhhh, great point!
Darren would you please make another video bout colour management settings? My problem is that considering my monitor supports rec709, can I still colour grade in davinci wide gamut? Or I should set rec709 as my colour space ?
Yes you can use dwg but you set output to rec709. Its in my colour managenent videos and is correct. No need for me to make a new one. Hope that helps
Maybe I missed it, but your back wall paint is? Looks to be N5? Also curious if you’ve ever measured your ambient nits. Thanks!
ambient nits is measured using a guide from medialight and I adjust my BIAS lighting accordingly. Wall is based on N5 but a copy version mixed to guidelines I got via a professional calibration engineer. The acoustic panels were a lucky match TBH! It may not be 100% perfect but Im still in business since 1999. The monitors are calibrated!
Hey Darren,
Thanks for those insights. It really gives inspiration for my own setup.
I have a quick question though: Is your StreamDeck running through the Elgato Software or through Bitfocus Companion?
Happy New Year!
Thanks. Its running through elgato. Ive never heard of bitfocus.
Thanks for sharing and well deserved suite!!
Question about working hard drive: isn’t 10GB/s (ethernet) too slow ti handle UHD footage with color correction, plug ins, DCTLs, noise reduction, film grain, etc playing in real time ?? I mean, why not Thunderbolt 3 or 4 for this ??
Its newly installed so not used heavily yet. 10gb should handle my requirements! Im not expecting real time NR for example
I still use my spirit folio from the old days. Its my volume Control but also drives my PPMs :)
Good to hear Im not the last dinosaur! - They were in lots of suite's in the 90's.
@@DarrenMostyn I still haven't worked my way through the masterclass but hoping to be more engaged this year, Happy new year, Brian Barnes.
Do you have a recommendation for the cheapest but still-worth-having monitor, for an enthusiastic amateur? (so without clients to pay for it!)
size and budget depends, but LG C4 or G4 OLEDS are popular and crazy good value, EIZO and ASUS good options too. I have an ASUS in the edit suite - great monitor. ASUS UCX 32
@ Thank you.
So how much you want for the drone?
Are you in UK ?
@ yea south London.
DM me on instagram if you are serious. My insta name at the front of the video. Thx
@ will do
I also got an Netgear 10GbE switch but it is the XS708E and it is soooooo loud and noisy that even my Synology 1821+ seems to be silent. Is your 508 quiet enough for work and for clients visiting you and don't be annoyed by the sound of the coolers?
I cannot hear my network switch at all - I can if I really try and tune in. My suite is quiet.
@@DarrenMostyn Thanks for the insights. Appreciate it. I will have a look at the 508 then.
Is a tablet better than a mouse for control?
IMO yes. I hate using mouse for anything. Its like holding an avocado when i could be holding a pen. Not for everyone though - its takes a bit of getting used to.
I would hate to think what that lot cost, I remember when I first purchased a Mac set up many, many moons ago I dumped £25K on it and all I had was a monitor a Mac the very first Wacom tablet to be imported into the UK software and a printer scanner, imagine what the same money would get today. It paid of over time so was a good investment.
Would love to see you install Adobe Premiere 1.0 and using it for a simple edit. Interesting to see how far we’ve come.
Far more reliable back then I promise you!
I believe you 😅
How do you get around the gamma 1.96 issue on Apple computers? I know, it's not an issue on your grading monitor, but what about your other computers? Laptop, tablet, etc.?
Maybe make a video about that?
I dont grade without a monitor. laptop is for editing and training on the road. Maybe vlogging. Not critical grading so i dont mind.
@DarrenMostyn I know somewhat, what you do/how your setup is, but if you know anything on the topic, UA-cam desperately need a guide on how to do color grading/color check, on Apple products. People think it's enough to just slam the Rec.709A on their clips, and problems solved, while all they did was to ruin their videos for non Apple users.
@@akyhneAre you sure about that? My understanding is rec709A is only recognized by QuickTime and non apple players don’t recognize(ignores)rec709A.
@memcrew1 The Rec.709-a fix, is only meant as a temporary solution, like if your client use an Apple product - tablet, phone or Mac, and you want to send a video for review. A lot of software in Apple's various OS, support the color management of Apple, so Quicktime, all browsers, besides Firefox, etc. VLC doesn't, and is supposedly build with gamma 2.2, but therefore won't work with 1.96 or 2.4 gamma.
As I understand it, Quicktime *will* display the video correctly with regular rec.709, but only if the entire pipeline is tuned for the correct workflow, and only if color graded in Resolve, as Avid, Premiere Pro etc. don't add the Rec.709 meta tag into the video. But it requires that you use a professional setup, like Daren Mostyn uses, with a clean feed to a grading monitor, and most Apple users of Resolve (or any grading software) only use one monitor.
And yet, if you use the correct workflow, it's only MacOS that supports this, and not their tablets and phones. So, the video will always be wrong on these products. The only way to "fix" this - and it's not really a fix, is to use Rec709-a. This will display the video correct on all Apple devices, but wrong on TV, Android, Windows, Linux, DVD, Blu-ray etc.
All this lead to confusion . Like for example many Apple users use a wide gamut setting, to color grade videos, so, they are really working in gamma 1.96 (I suppose but am not entirely sure, that if you use the correct setting on a Apple monitor, it will work in gamma 2.2). And if they do a color grade on a wide gamut setting, the video will look incorrect, on any non Apple display they have connected. Therefore they assume, all non Apple displays are bad, as they don't display the colors correct, as they use the correct gamma 2.2, unless anything else is manually set. And you can't set the gamma to 1.96 on just about any other display. Those more expensive monitors that can change gamma, usually only supoort 2.0, 2.2 or 2.4.
I've seen many returning expensive monitors on UA-cam videos and comments, because they are "cr@p", and don't display the colors "correct", or at least that's what they think. They simply don't understand the issue or don't know about it.
This is the info, I've gathered over the last months, and as I'm not a pro color grader or Apple user, I was hoping Daren knew something about the topic, and could make a video about it. My understanding is, that even in the pr Color grading community, there are discussions on how to fix this, and what the right solution is, other than of course Apple stop being Apple and adapt to gamma 2.2 on all their devices or at least support it.
@@akyhne My understanding is non QuickTime devices….android, windows etc, are not effected by 709A because they do not recognized it, and will play the file correctly on those devices.
I hate that you can't change the battery of the Speed Editor. I saw someone doing it on the forums but it's not super easy. The battery of mine died after about a year :|
mine still working well. Mention it to BMD - I cant help Im afraid.
Sir, how do you manage your power solutions? Do you receive 230V like in India or 120V? Do you have inverters? In case of a power shutdown, how do you manage your work?
These questions arise from the perspective of understanding that these gears represent a significant investment and safety is paramount.
Thank you for this wonderful video, Sir. It was quite a learning experience. 🙏🕊
Thanks but i mention it in the video so not sure why you are asking?
@@DarrenMostyn Forgive me Sir 🙏🕊. I wasn't clear enough. APC UPS will have battery powered socket as minimum as two, which might cover computers & storage. Rest of the gears are not in regulated power supply or battery backup grid .Sometimes in India (230 V) , the maintenance shutdowns could last 8 hours. 8 Hours of inactivity can be pricy for a project in demand. I don't have such projects or power solutions...But I wanted learn from your POV / Curious one could say. ! In my experience I learnt, Inverters can over shoot power sometimes. People have used,Generators here - Just incase of a movie release in short time etc...Forgive me Sir, I'm trying but couldn't put my doubts in proper words. Thanks for your valuable time 🙏🕊
@krishnansrinivasan830 OK I understand your question now. Very rarely do we get power out for any length of time to be concerned in UK so its not something I have to consider. All the best, Darren
@@DarrenMostyn Thank you so much Sir 🕊 Happy New Year 2025 🙂 Good regards for your future endeavours 🙂
This is fascinating. Also... 😊£100 for the drone? 🤔
no - your OK thanks.
@DarrenMostyn lol worth a try. Studio looks amazing mate keep up the good work!
Do you work on your own Darren or do you have a team ?
I have a roster of freelancers I use - Had staff previously but now I use freelancers. I have a colleague with keys to the suite and they know how it works if client needs something when Im working away. I have an independant book-keeper and thats all I need!
13:25: Nice pun
And how to vacuum all this equipment ?
it gets done every once in a while.
Dumb question: how do you avoid flicker when shooting a video of your setup?
deflicker OFX. - careful if your hands go on to it though - it goes weird. Some shots in this video have had deflicker on.
500th like 🙂
So do you support AFC Bournemouth? :)
I support Manchester City (Manchester born & bred). Good spot though - yes thats an AFCB shirt. If you support AFCB you'll know why its there.
Yep lol
All my family up there support City. Not one red among them!
@mattvsworld3266 Do you support AFCB then ?