What does your home studio look like?

I dont know if this belongs in here but you are all talking about the setups n stuff so here I go…
I only Have FL Studio and Adobe Audtion.
Thats what I work with, but I want to get into it. Like off the computer. How do you thnk I should start? What should I get?

Sorry if this doesnt belong in here…

Hell yea… I seee people are still using the old skool Roland MC-303…….any one have any idea where i can get loops for this!!!!!! or more loops shall i say!!!!

malibu-chrisk wrote:

Hell yea… I seee people are still using the old skool Roland MC-303…….any one have any idea where i can get loops for this!!!!!! or more loops shall i say!!!!

Lol "oldskool" ????

If you wanna start a thread in this forum "audio chat" would be cool – this one is for peeps to post pic’s and details of their setups.

However if you want more onboard sequences for the MC – you will have to sequence them yourself. The power in that box comes from the sounds themselves anyway. Try it.

So here’s how my studio desk evolved, with some gear pics too…
You can find the complete gear list in my signature. Here’s the pics.

I have the Gemini "L" Computer Desk from Staples (around $75.00).
Here’s a picture from Staples website (link to their site too if you click it).

I mounted the keyboard tray under the main section, with the shelf above it. I got a thick dowel from Home Depot, cut it, and put it under the shelf as several support pillars. I then put my Keystation Pro 88 on the main section, and my monitors on the shelf above it. Here’s the pic. M-Audio Keystation Pro 88, Yamaha MSP5 monitors, dual computer monitors. (NOTE: these pics are all from right before, during, and after my rack project, not when I first got the desk).

I put all my rack mountable gear and my Trigger Finger on the left hand side. I didn’t like my gear sitting in a pile. Plus the Trigger Finger was in front of the rack gear. It wasn’t very ergonomic. But I still left it like that and used it for over a year that way. Here’s the pic.

The cables were out of control. Here’s a pic of the rear.

So I drilled a couple holes in the desk for cables. I also screwed hooks on the underside of the desk to hold the cables, and routed the cables through the hooks, and through the holes in the desk. I then bought a couple 14 space rack rails online, and built a couple of racks. The racks consist of a wood frame, rack rails mounted to them, and black cloth nailed to the outside, leaving the top open. I put all my rack mountable gear in there, and attached them to the left side of the desk. I also put a fan in there, behind the mixer. It blows through and gives a nice breeze to the chair. It also keeps the equipment cool. Here’s the pic. Mackie 1642 VLZ Pro mixer, M-Audio Delta 1010 breakout box, M-Audio Midiman Midisport 2×4 MIDI interface, Roland Fantom XR, Yamaha Motif Rack ES, Behringer MINIAMP AMP800 headphone amp, Behringer MINIMON MON800 headphone monitor with talkback, Korg Triton Rack and M-Audio Trigger Finger.

The back of the racks is covered by a seperate piece of cloth. It’s not nailed at the sides or the bottom. This allows me to easily lift it up whenever I want to access cables. I also put a skirt around the bottom part of the desk to hide the computer, plugs, and cables. Here’s the pic.

I’ll have to get some more pictures so you guys can see how the rest of the room looks. I also need to get some pictures of the 2 vocal booths (in 2 seperate rooms- my main control room in all these pics is in the middle).

I should get some pictures of my portable setup too.

All my stuff is listed and detailed in the link in my sig. Let me know what you think…

Some absolutely awesome setups we’re seeing of late here – this has turned out to actually be one of my favourite threads, I dunno about everybody else.. maybe it’s equally as frustrating as it is jaw-dropping to see just how much KIT you all own..

*cough*

I hear the Keystation

I’m soon to get some pa speakers.

PS – I have a stool but it blocked everything so I didn’t use it in these pix.

Here is my previous setup in minneapolis.. Still livin outta boxes here in florida…

Sorry guys, had to take the picture with my lousy phone camera…

It may not be the biggest setup in the universe, but i sure love it

PS. First post – woot!

some nice setups

wow RudeX tight setup for real mine aint near as like yours where u get all that stuf from ebay? or wat?

Updated Studio the keyboards are gone when I get the keyboard im going take new pictures so far this is the only thing in the studio

nice setup, i have pics of my setup comin soon …….wait till you see this

Here is a shot of my ridiculous monitor setup. I admit I am a total geek! Feel free to mock and shame me for being a dork

The way I have it set is:
24" Dell > Main track view
20" Dell > Console / Mixing view
17" Viewsonics > Plug ins / Soft Synth

Cheers,
GYR8

I love the monitor setup StudioBoy. What kind of video card are you using? How much do they run? I’d love to get 4 displays like that…

What DAW are you running?

[quote quote="SaltyDawg":1qf4h1fn]I love the monitor setup StudioBoy. What kind of video card are you using? How much do they run? I’d love to get 4 displays like that…

What DAW are you running?[/quote:1qf4h1fn]

Its actually two video cards. An ATI X800 PCIe card with Dual DVI going to the 24" Dell and the 20" Dell above it. And a cheapy ATI Radeon 7000 PCI with DVI and VGA outs

And I am running Cakewalk Sonar 6 on this machine.

Cheers,
GYR8