OK, it's not Maximus. It's still Craptasticus. But as Spartacus would say...
"Stop! No one knows what Spartacus would say. There were never any quotes from him in the historical record."
"Maybe that's because the Roman historians didn't know Thracian. But it's OK, I was just gonna make up a quote for purposes of entertainment. I guess I won't now."
Back to the post:
On Sunday I felt a little restless. Everything in the recording area was jumbled together in a mass of clutter. The amps were too close together because one of the bookshelves was on the back wall; it was all kind of disorganized looking and hard to work on amp setups and cabling since it was hard to get behind them (I keep amps at least a couple feet from nearby walls for several reasons, one of which is acoustics).
I originally had it that way for a reason, but I can't remember what it was. So it goes.
Getting behind the amps to do something as simple as swap a cable or bias output tubes was a difficult dance, squeezing between amps, Tripping over cables, etc.
I decided to move things so both bookshelves are under the window again. That gave me the luxury of having room to spread out the amps - both the DG30 and the Lone Star have rear panel controls I sometimes need to reach, for example.
I created a chunk of space between them and another chunk of space on either side of the rack for connecting different gear, service, etc.
I neatened up the cables on the floor and velcro tied them. I put a vase on one of the shelves - a spot of color as suggested by @Black Plaid - and it looks good, though I'll need to take the vase down when small grandchildren visit as I wouldn't want it to fall on them during an earthquake.
"This is Michigan. We don't get earthquakes."
"Well, if we get one I'm super-ready. I practice being under the table all the time."
"That's when you're drinking."
"I call it practice. YMMV."
I put another one on top of the small rack in the back to have another splash of color. It looks nice. Gave me something to do after I finished practicing. Took maybe an hour. Not too bad.
So this is the 'less craptastic' recording area now.
The workstation area is unchanged, except I moved the vase to the back of the room. Of the two areas, I think it's the less craptastic.
"Happy now?"
"Not really. But I'm less unhappy, so that's an improvement."
"Stop! No one knows what Spartacus would say. There were never any quotes from him in the historical record."
"Maybe that's because the Roman historians didn't know Thracian. But it's OK, I was just gonna make up a quote for purposes of entertainment. I guess I won't now."
Back to the post:
On Sunday I felt a little restless. Everything in the recording area was jumbled together in a mass of clutter. The amps were too close together because one of the bookshelves was on the back wall; it was all kind of disorganized looking and hard to work on amp setups and cabling since it was hard to get behind them (I keep amps at least a couple feet from nearby walls for several reasons, one of which is acoustics).
I originally had it that way for a reason, but I can't remember what it was. So it goes.
Getting behind the amps to do something as simple as swap a cable or bias output tubes was a difficult dance, squeezing between amps, Tripping over cables, etc.
I decided to move things so both bookshelves are under the window again. That gave me the luxury of having room to spread out the amps - both the DG30 and the Lone Star have rear panel controls I sometimes need to reach, for example.
I created a chunk of space between them and another chunk of space on either side of the rack for connecting different gear, service, etc.
I neatened up the cables on the floor and velcro tied them. I put a vase on one of the shelves - a spot of color as suggested by @Black Plaid - and it looks good, though I'll need to take the vase down when small grandchildren visit as I wouldn't want it to fall on them during an earthquake.
"This is Michigan. We don't get earthquakes."
"Well, if we get one I'm super-ready. I practice being under the table all the time."
"That's when you're drinking."
"I call it practice. YMMV."
I put another one on top of the small rack in the back to have another splash of color. It looks nice. Gave me something to do after I finished practicing. Took maybe an hour. Not too bad.
So this is the 'less craptastic' recording area now.
The workstation area is unchanged, except I moved the vase to the back of the room. Of the two areas, I think it's the less craptastic.
"Happy now?"
"Not really. But I'm less unhappy, so that's an improvement."
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