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Here’s a picture of my setup.

Hi all, I'm new to Reddit and wanted to share my home studio.

Please excuse my awful cable management behind the desk!

If you're interested in a full tour, I made a short video too - Watch on YouTube

Thanks for having me!

2 setup i have. happy 4th from the 810BEDROCK

Here's my living room studio in my little 1 bed flat. Let me know your thoughts!

After 2 weeks of non stop work after I get home from work I am finally done building the desk and routing cables. I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I do! I’m open to any questions

I've resisted daws for as long as possible but I want to actually record some music to share with family when asked, so I added Logic into my studio. I use an SSL 2 MK2 and take the guitar out of my Iridium. For everything else I just use an Aux send out of the mixer. Soldered an extra long cable to string around as necessary.

It sounds fairly fine to my ear. The monitors are primarily for desktop synth stuff but I’m using the CP88 as a piano to practice regularly on.

Obviously not ideal having the monitors face the back of my head, but again, I can’t hear a significant difference A/B testing the direction I’m facing. Obviously ideally I’d have a separate set of speakers for the piano, but I bought these in the hope that I could do all at once.

I’m not sure whether to say ‘good enough’ and stop trying to optimise this when I’ll never get there without buying another set of speakers, which would require more space in a different room, or if I’m missing something obvious.

Would appreciate any thoughts. Thanks.

Laptop: Lenovo Legion Pro 5

Processor: Intel i9 14900HX

Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 5070 laptop

Ram: 32GB

Screen: Oled 1600p 240Hz

TV: generic Samsung 1080p 60Hz TV

Audio interface: Steinberg UR44

Deck station: Lenovo Thunderbolt 5

Speakers: Yamaha MSP5

Midi keyboard: Alesis QX49

Synth: Arturia Microfreak

Mixer: Akai Midimix

Microphone: Behringer B1 condenser mic

Air purifier: Philips

Lateral lamp: Govee Floor Lamp 2

Others: To keep the long top shelf from bending, I've screwed T-shaped aluminum profiles underneath it

Gear:
Roland RD2000EX stage piano
Arturia Minifreak synth
Moog Subsequent 25 synth
Roland SH-01 Gaia synth
NI Kontrol 61S Mk3 controller keyboard
Roland TR-8S drum machine
Tascam Model 16 mixer
Sony ZV-10 camera
Neewer lighting & stand
Rode NT-1A for podcast vocal
Oktava MK-319 for lead vocal
Behringer Virtualiser 3D outboard fx
Alesis Quadraverb GT outboard fx
IConnectivity MioXL MIDI interface
MacBook Pro deliberately not pictured so as not to offend DAWless Reddit snark(!)
Monitoring: Genelec 8020Ds (wide angle shot, other monitor out of shot equidistant L/R to chair)
Grenadier alto saxophone 🎷 (couldn’t get it in pic)

Please excuse my cable management (or lack there of)

I’ve been thinking about adding a few more synths, like Minilogue and Monologue.

I found a wooden floor underneath my plastic rug. Ready to start working on the follow up to Autorhythm – Self Help Manual.

autorhythm.bandcamp.com

sequenced by the ESX, melodic 1 is the Brute and part 2 is the DX200, the td3 uses it's own sequencer to get the proper slides. TD3 goes in the bass driver for distortion and in the delay pedal. the tuner is to tune (you don't say!) the brute and td3 cause analog and shit

The 995 (passive attenuator) gets the LFO from the brute and dispatches it to the brute and TD filters, using the square which had the negative portion first, i can make a "pumping" effect on the 2 analog devices (and program it in a motion sequence for the DX if needed)

It has been a while since I last posted. Have added a drum machine, a mono synth, and a Gretsch.

I do sound design for film/tv and this is where I work and play. Mac/PC set up

This is it. It renders Atmos tracks on point.

Looking forward to practicing Atmos Mixing in this place from now on!

Items used:

MacBookPro M1Pro(2021)(Apple Music, TV)

Universal Audio Apollo Twin
Focusrite Scarlett 18i8

4 Ascilab C6B (Front—Phantom Center, Rear)
2 Kali Audio IN-8V2 (Side)
4 Polk Audio ES10 (Ceiling)
2 SVS SB-1000 (Bass Management & LFE)
1 Dayton BST-1 (LFE)

2 Topping PA5 II for C6Bs
2 Fosi Audio V3 Stereo for ES10s
1 Fosi Audio TP-02 for BST-1

Lots of cables

Gear list:
- JACKSON JS22 Dinky DKA
- Washburn B2 Bass Vintage 80s
- Korg MS20 FS
- Behringer TD-3
- Behringer RD-9
- Behringer RD-6
- Roland SP-404 MKII
- AMS Hydrasynth Explorer
- SOMA Laboratory Pulsar-23
- Erika Synths Bassline DB-01
- Sequential Take 5 Desktop
- Sansamp Classic by Tech 21
- Metal Core ML-2
- Metal Zone MT-2
- Distortion DS-1
- Electro Harmonix Metal Muff
- Proco RAT modded
- Electro Harmonix Holy Grail Plus
- Eventide Blackhole
- Flanger BF-2
- Strymon El Capistan Tape Echo
- Alesis 3630 Compressor
- Drawmer 1976
- Drawmer 1978
- Neve 8803
- Heritage Audio Symph EQ
- Empirical Labs Fatso EL7X
- Solid State Logic Fusion
- SPL Mixdream XP
- Roland M-16E
- Apogee Symphony I/O MK1 8x8
- Apogee Symphony Dekstop
- Radial Reamp Box
- Arturia Keystep MK2
- Arturia Beatstep Pro
- Motu Midi xPress 8x8
- Barefoot FP-03