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Roberto Blake

YouTube educator covering content creation, audience growth, and creator income.

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Capture

Cameras17

  • Sony cameras

    cited in 4 videosspeaks highly of it

    “So that's part of why I use and obsessed with Sony cameras.”
    View source at 2:48:41from June 2025+ 3 more sources
  • iPhone

    cited in 3 videosfirst cited January 2026

    “I could probably make most of that content on my iPhone 17 Pro Max”
    View sourcefrom September 2026+ 2 more sources
  • Sony FX3

    $4,049.95cited in 3 videosfirst cited September 2025positive about it

    “So, that's just uh a thought uh before I get to your channel for some advanced live streaming technology that I thought you and some other people might love to know about cuz I really geek out on the hardware if you couldn't tell from my massive um expensive uh cinema rig there, uh which was the Sony FX3.”
    View source at 26:48from November 2025+ 2 more sources
  • Canon cameras

    cited in 2 videos

    “I own a couple of Canon cameras.”
    View sourcefrom September 2026+ 1 more source

Lenses7

Camera equipment4

  • DJI drone

    cited in 2 videospositive about it

    “You guys see that I have um four DJI gimbals, eight DJI drones, all bought out of pocket, by the way.”
    View source at 55:34from June 2025+ 1 more source
  • Sony camera gear

    first cited September 2026

    “…all my Sony camera gear, I I bought it”
    View sourcefrom September 2026
  • DJI gimbals

    first cited June 2025positive about it

    “You guys see that I have um four DJI gimbals, eight DJI drones, all bought out of pocket, by the way.”
    View source at 55:34from June 2025
  • Elgato Prompter

    $299.99first cited June 2025

    “You see the um you know like Elgato lights, you see the other Sony camera, you see the Elgato prompter when I promote that.”
    View source at 57:42from June 2025

Sound

Microphones5

Headphones1

Light

Lighting2

  • Elgato lights

    cited in 2 videosfirst cited June 2025

    “I can't remember if the lights I'm using right now on the desk, if these are the ones Elgato sent me or the ones I bought.”
    View sourcefrom September 2026+ 1 more source
  • Elgato Key Light

    $179.99cited in 2 videosfirst cited September 2025positive about it

    “I have uh three of these Elgato Keyite uh minis. Uh, but I'm using two of them right now, so it should be good.”
    View source at 1:47from January 2026+ 1 more source

Editing and post

Editing software8

  • Opus Clip

    cited in 10 videosspeaks highly of it

    “Opus Clip is going to literally be able to find and clip every different individual channel review. And then on my secondary uh backup channel, my highlights channel, I'm going to really just start actually adding all of the live channel reviews.”
    View source at 2:57:46from June 2025+ 9 more sources
  • Adobe Photoshop

    cited in 10 videosfirst cited August 2025

    “Primary example being there's things I'm still just going to want to do in Photoshop, but I've been a graphic designer for over 20 years.”
    View sourcefrom August 2026+ 9 more sources
  • Adobe Premiere Pro

    cited in 6 videosspeaks highly of it

    “Why did I decide to go with Premiere Pro? Because I know Premiere Pro better. And the thing is, I like the idea of having control over the final edit, and I've been a Premiere Pro editor for over 20 years.”
    View source at 46:56from October 2026+ 5 more sources
  • Adobe InDesign

    cited in 2 videosfirst cited July 2025

    “…uh Photoshop probably being one of the best examples, Illustrator, in design for those I can do all the basics and then intermediate and then some advanced stuff there.”
    View source at 1:43:15from January 2026+ 1 more source

Recording software3

  • StreamYard

    cited in 15 videosmixed views on it

    “I know I've been with Streamyard for years, even before uh the pandemic, and most of the time it works.”
    View source at 27:52from May 2026+ 14 more sources
  • Gyre

    first cited August 2026

    “24/7Live Streaming App (Gyre)”
    View sourcefrom August 2026
  • Camtasia

    first cited September 2026

    “I love Camtasia. I use it for my screen recordings a lot of the time.”
    View sourcefrom September 2026

Coding software3

  • Lean Coder MCP

    first cited October 2026mixed views on it

    “I did get the lean coder, um, MCP, but that largely runs on quad code, and I don't think it actually needs it for this to be honest with you.”
    View source at 47:18from October 2026
  • GitHub

    first cited October 2026

    “…settings connectors like so I have um Adobe's web connector I have chrome I have 11 labs epidemics down Google docs calendar and drive I don't even use hyperframes obviously this is tied to my kajjabi my opus clip my otter um PayPal readai because of like my coaching stuff story blocks vid IQ to pull my data stuff GitHub for my coding stuff.”
    View source at 3:12:54from October 2026
  • Claude Code

    first cited March 2026positive about it

    “Yeah, I built this with a combination of Claude Code and Manis, which is probably now my favorite AI tool.”
    View source at 8:18from March 2026

AI software13

Productivity software4

  • Discord

    cited in 3 videos

    “We also have our free creator foundations discord for you guys to interact with each other and to get feedback and to get uh, some constructive criticism on things like your thumbnails and titles and to ask questions. I try to pop in there once and twice a week.”
    View source at 7:20from September 2025+ 2 more sources
  • Calendly

    first cited August 2026

    “Apointment Scheduler (Calendly)”
    View sourcefrom August 2026
  • Google Translate Chrome extension

    first cited May 2026positive about it

    “See, great. Thank you, Google Translate.”
    View source at 1:39:26from May 2026
  • Google Docs, Calendar and Drive

    first cited October 2026

    “…settings connectors like so I have um Adobe's web connector I have chrome I have 11 labs epidemics down Google docs calendar and drive I don't even use hyperframes obviously this is tied to my kajjabi my opus clip my otter um PayPal readai because of like my coaching stuff story blocks vid IQ to pull my data stuff GitHub for my coding stuff.”
    View source at 3:12:54from October 2026

Creator tools13

Platforms

Hosting platforms5

  • Spotify

    cited in 4 videosfirst cited July 2025

    “…we're going to be having these over on Spotify for you to watch and listen to as well over there”
    View sourcefrom August 2026+ 3 more sources
  • Twitch

    cited in 2 videosfirst cited July 2025

    “I need to get some mods on Twitch so that when we have um people sending comment spam from Twitch that we can get rid of it.”
    View source at 43:17from July 2025+ 1 more source
  • Hostinger

    cited in 2 videosfirst cited March 2026

    “…we're cloning everything over to my private uh VPS server, which I get with uh Hostinger”
    View sourcefrom August 2026+ 1 more source
  • WordPress

    first cited September 2025

    “I have a legacy WordPress site for my personal brand.”
    View source at 40:27from September 2025

Ecommerce platforms3

  • Spreadshop

    cited in 2 videosfirst cited August 2026

    “…that was my free live stream uh course that I did live where I showed people how to make merchandise and sell t-shirts on um Spreadshop”
    View sourcefrom August 2026+ 1 more source
  • IngramSpark
    “I distribute it through Amazon KDP and through Ingram Spark, and I've been doing royalties on that.”
    View source at 26:47from June 2025
  • Amazon KDP
    “I distribute it through Amazon KDP and through Ingram Spark, and I've been doing royalties on that.”
    View source at 26:47from June 2025

Membership platforms2

Courses1

Desk

Computers2

Monitors2

Peripherals2

  • Stream Deck

    $149.99cited in 2 videosfirst cited June 2025

    “Whether it's my Elgato pedal that turns my lights on and off, the stream deck on my desk, you see the desk uh tour videos.”
    View source at 56:43from June 2025+ 1 more source
  • Rode Rodecaster Duo

    ≈$275first cited March 2026mixed views on it

    “Yeah, I bought a brand new Roadcaster um Duo right here and I replaced my Roadcaster Pro.”
    View source at 24:20from March 2026

Storage3

Everything else

Other7

  • Kit

    first cited August 2026

    “Grow Your Own Email List (Kit)”
    View sourcefrom August 2026
  • RØDECaster Pro

    $353.06first cited November 2025mixed views on it

    “I mean, the Roadcaster Pro, um, it was like 700 bucks when I bought it.”
    View source at 1:01:50from November 2025
  • RØDECaster Duo

    $499.00first cited February 2026mixed views on it

    “Okay, I had to literally turn off the Roadcaster and turn it back on. I don't know why that would happen. This is a new Roadcaster, by the way. This is the Roadcaster Duo, which is why we haven't been having audio problems before uh lately.”
    View source at 47:42from February 2026
  • Firefox

    first cited January 2026mixed views on it

    “Uh, but I'm a Firefox guy. Um, and it's for like, you know, privacy reasons and memory leak reasons and stuff like that.”
    View source at 48:33from January 2026

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Editing and post

Creator tools3

  • Kit.co

    cited in 2 videos

    “Recently I started using my Kit.co links more often and promoting them within social media as well as my Youtube channel and it has helped increase Amazon Affiliate revenue.”
    View sourcefrom May 2020+ 1 more source
  • TubeBuddy

    cited in 2 videos

    “Using Tubebuddy and the new SEO Studio Feature I can hold myself more accountable by doing all the metadata and packaging for my produced (filmed) content, and be on the hook for editing and putting it out since everything else has already been done.”
    View sourcefrom May 2020+ 1 more source
  • vidIQ
    “Using VIDIQ another YouTube SEO Tool, I was able to find the Keywords for the Video, Channel Tags, and the Topic that YouTube Classified the Video As.”
    View sourcefrom May 2020

Platforms

Hosting platforms1

  • YouTube

    cited in 2 videos

    “It is also important for me to show you that I make MAJORITY of my income without my YouTube channel. I certainly use my YouTube channel as my single largest marketing funnel.”
    View sourcefrom May 2021+ 1 more source

Ecommerce platforms2

Courses1

  • Skillshare
    “Later in 2021 (this year), I plan to release several courses on Skillshare that I believe will eventually earn me comparable revenue to YouTube through Royalties.”
    View sourcefrom May 2021

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