I don't know if this will generate much interest and maybe it's been done before, but I would love to see some pics of fellow community members home studio setup and environment you produce your music in. I have included a pic of my humble setup which includes a computer driven system (A Sweetwater Creation Station) running Studio One. My interface is by Digidesign. I used to run Pro Tools but switched over to the more user friendly (for me anyway) Presonus product. Also included are my Fender and Marshall amps that I like to mic. My sound absorption panels are home made from plans I found on the net. They work nicely! Looking forward to seeing what you folks use! Thanks
We had a studio of sorts 20 years ago as pictured but now it consists of two mics, an iMac, small KRK monitors and a USB interface...that's it -- replaced everything analog in photo. Same room but a Bowflex occupies a lot of it along with the iMac, etc. The only real "studio" feel is the carpet...rest of the house has pine floors. Not shown is a file cabinet that has a quilted table runner hangin over the drawers. Janice sings into that. Nothing on the walls or ceiling. Just a workout, storage room and our “studio”
Thanks for posting J&B! Whatever you have in that room is working very well as it is evident in your recordings. Sometimes all one needs is some carpet and properly placed furniture! It's great to get a mental picture of you all working in that space! I have to have some " acoustic treatment" in my space because it's in a basement with a concrete floor and a rectangular room. The biggest benefit is that's very quiet down there even though a major highway is only about 100 yards away.
Joe, I don't have a lot of hardware involved in my setup. In addition to my digidesign interface and creation station computer I have a rack audio mixer a couple of power conditioners. and a CD player. Software has replaced a lot of hardware over the years. Other items pictured are a portable Korg 32 track digital recorder, Yamaha PSR S975 keyboard, a controller keyboard, the essential lava lamp and Charlie Brown who has been keeping an eye on me since the 1960's.
Joe, I don't have a lot of hardware involved in my setup. In addition to my digidesign interface and creation station computer I have a rack audio mixer a couple of power conditioners. and a CD player. Software has replaced a lot of hardware over the years. Other items pictured are a portable Korg 32 track digital recorder, Yamaha PSR S975 keyboard, a controller keyboard, the essential lava lamp and Charlie Brown who has been keeping an eye on me since the 1960's.
There's a reason for that. We don't have room for a studio in our house. The only room we have I could have used has a closet with the furnace in it right off the bedroom. And it's right next to the family room as well where the TV is.
So the studio is literally in a corner of our bedroom, and everything but the Guitar fits behind that wooden screen when people come over to visit so our room looks decent.
It's a damned compact little studio. This is where all the "magic" happens :-)
Phil, it may be just a "corner of the room studio " but you have produced some really good sounding stuff out of that small space. Thanks for posting! T
"The Little Corner Studio" is such a great name for it! It's actually quite enchanting. The setup seems to be working for you and I think that's all that matters in the end.
Fun thread. Here is my setup. I like to do basic sketches on the end of my dining table Laptop + portable touch screen which connects via single cable to laptop and gives me a luxury of having DAW on one screen and synths+FX or lyrics on the other...and a trusty Blue mic. When sketch is done I take my laptop and move to the basement "guest room" where I have my master mic and speakers set up. One of the issues that I solved for myself in the past couple of years is the wonderful cart table you see... It is a SIT/STAND table and lifts up very easy. So I can sit when I am mixing and then lift it up, so I can monitor and adjust things while singing...Because you can not sing seated.. well you can, but it is not preferred My son's digital piano, that sometimes I would borrow and couple of guitars.
Awesome looking setup Misha! It's great to be able to visualize you working in that space! The pics being posted by everyone will probably help a few songwriter/composers make practical decisions how to go about putting their own studio together. Thanks for the post! T
I always had that interior problems until I merged 2 rooms in one so now I can think about total renovation and integration of my music system. In that way, the only thing I've been thinking during my renovation process - is how to sharpen my powerful maul and of course I found some tips (like these: https://cozyhousetoday.com/how-to-sharpen-splitting-maul/), to make the process of renovation quick and easy.
Those are some excellent rooms. Mine is smallish & I can't get a decent shot of it. Here is a composite of eye level with the middle shelves being the baffle behind the listening position (about 2.5m back from the mixing desk...
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Cheers rayc "What's so funny about peace, love & understanding?" - N.Lowe
Well, that was/is entirely hopeless. I'll try a four corner approach... I've covered all external light as the room and camera don't cope with natural sunlight for happy snap. It's a little crowded - the book shelves created baffles to break up/disrupt standing waves and the CDs, usually are staggered part in and out to do tha same. This generally works though I'm still experimenting regarding bass build up (rolled memory foam in one direction and a rolled carpet in another).
Cheers rayc "What's so funny about peace, love & understanding?" - N.Lowe
Crizz88, Ray, Do your neighbors like you....with all those amps....? Lots of cool stuff! Do you play that upright or it's someone's else? M.
Misha, I make sure I don't use the Marshall until I've rehearsed enough to minimize the time needed. It gets loud enough for me to wear protective ear gear BUT I make sure that's when the nearest neighbour isn't home or I give them warning. It's not an upright bass - it's my cello! I play it in fits and starts but should get back to regular use - I stopped due to a frozen shoulder a few years back and haven't spent much time with it since - I have it out of its case to shame me in to getting my act together.
Cheers rayc "What's so funny about peace, love & understanding?" - N.Lowe
I have no idea where that poster came from, Barry put that up.
On the plus side this thread inspired/embarrassed me enough to finally get my monitors up in the office (moved things around here at home recently). I've been using headphones and the Bose in the upper corners for weeks .. feels good to have the BX8a's back in play.
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Make your sound your own! .. I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome
Mario, lots of buttons and strings to keep you occupied.. missing wind controller Nice space!
P.S. Some of offbeat favorites are blonde girl poster and black powder pieces in the case
The wind controller is behind the turntable wrapped in a towel. Also missing are my auto-harp and glockenspiel.
That bond girl poster is Gigi Edgley, aka Chiana from Farscape, on of the best sci-fi TV series ever IMHO. Next to her is Nichelle Nichols, aka Lt. Nyota Uhura from the original Star Trek series. Both are autographed!
Good eye on the black powder pistols!
Me, it's not about how many times you fail, it's about how many times you get back up. Cop, that's not how field sobriety tests work.
64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware
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