What Alex Trost Uses

A list of the apps, tools, and other things I use in my work.

Code Editor

• Editor - Visual Studio Code
• Theme - Oh Lucy
• Font - Dank Mono
• Terminal - VS Code’s built in terminal
• Terminal theme - Modified agnoster

Apps

• All design happens in Figma
• Note taking is mostly in Obsidian. If I need to share it I’ll toss it into a Notion doc.
• Cron is my calendar.
• Todoist and Sunsama are my todo list and timeboxing apps respectively.
• I do all video editing in Davinci Resolve Studio (Paid version)

Audio & Video

Camera

• Body: Sony Alpha 7 III
• Lens: Sony - FE 50mm F1.8 Standard Lens

Audio

• Microphone: Rode Procaster
• Interface: Focusrite Scarlett Solo 3rd Gen

Lighting

• Key light: SmallRig Aluminum Light Stand + Aputure Light Dome Mini II + Godox SL-60W LED Video Light
• Fill light: Elgato Keylight
• Back light: ULANZI VL49 RGB Video Light