Thanks for the awesome new studio rundown! Very impressive and it looks great. Obviously with your success, it’s always functioned well in all it’s iterations. Though, I attribute that as much to the creator as his space. Probably more. You know, it’s like when a guitar great plays on some lesser gear and makes it sound awesome.
Anyway, I like hearing and seeing the details of your space whenever you decide to share them.
As mentioned, I call it Studio Craptastic.
Here's what's 'tastic about my space:
It sounds good for recording and mixing, for which Ethan Winer at RealTraps gets the lion's share of the credit.
The electronic bones of the place are good because there are a couple of excellent power supplies for the gear. So there aren't any hums or buzzes anywhere. I planned that well and don't have to fix the basics with noise gates and other junk every time I do a project. For that I'll take some of the credit.
Here's what's very ordinary:
There are a few amps and associated guitar gear, which most of us have on hand.
I've got some mics in a cabinet, which most of us have. There's a no-big-deal computer system, some monitors, an interface, a power supply, a few mic preamps, mic stands and a few sets of headphones. We've all got that. There are some guitars. Everyone here has guitars.
Here's what's crap:
The room is not purpose-but for audio. The gear is very ordinary fare. The floor and ceiling could use a materials upgrade (admittedly, cosmetic but the pig needs nicer lipstick!).
The good news is that
anyone can create a setup like this without breaking the bank! Heck, most of the furniture is home-made.
What an awesome room! Besides all the cool gear, and definitely unlike my music space, yours is neat and uncluttered.
When clients came over more often I wanted my space to look nice, and to be able to find odds and ends needed for sessions without having to root around and look unprofessional. So I developed the habit of always returning the tools to the same spots to make things easy to find. Hence, it looks organized.
I might not have become this organized if I didn't have to.
Very few clients ever come over any more, but I do video mixing and conferencing from time to time, so it still has to look tidy - the camera mostly sees the back of the room , so I kind of concentrated on that, but I like the front of the room to be uncluttered so I have available surfaces to put gear and tools on.
