r/homestudios

Hello all!

I’m curious. Do a lot of you guys have a mixer off to the side of your desk? I know it’s more so standard to center the mixer with the monitors for better sound comprehension. Am I really do myself a disservice by have mine to the left of my desk? I was thinking of putting it directly where I sit so I can just spin around and work the mixer as I’m centered with my monitors. I find I don’t hear much out of my other side when I’m actually there using the mixer. The reason I’m asking is because I’ll have a couple of inches between my chair and this table that the mixer is sitting on.

I was also thinking of moving my side rack here directly behind the chair up against the closet door if I don’t get my mixer there for better access/sound communication between my monitors and ears. My room is about 12-14ft wide by about 14 feet long. It’s not a big space at all but I want to utilize what I got. The left closet door can get blocked as seen in the photo here but I would prefer to keep the right door accessible for storage/other studio stuff. I have about 7” of table that extends behind the mixer, so I could look for another table that is strong enough to hold this mixer, but then I’m looking for that.

Please don’t hate on how messy it is. I’m literally in the middle of cleaning it all up, plus I just got new gear, etc.

Thoughts and opinions please!

I love playing my guitar in the backyard at night and was getting really frustrated with the solutions in front of me for recording ideas as they came up. Using Voice Memos on my phone was great for when I had a riff I wanted to capture, but as most of you know, you can't do anything more in terms of looping/playback or adding a second track. The other version was dragging out my laptop and launching Logic Pro and hooking up a preamp and mic - which was cumbersome and hard to set up comfortably in the space I like to play in.

SO, I came up with a third path that I wanted to share with this group since I haven't seen anything else out there like it. Two weeks into using it and I love it, it's made it way easier to capture and record ideas and develop songs.

My requirements were the following:

• Could be rolled out when I was using it and stowed away easily when not in use
• low to the ground (since I play on a low sofa),
• had some multichannel recording
• easy to mic
• had an integrated guitar stand
• had a small amplifier
• worked for acoustic or electric guitars
• storage for guitar miscellany,
• could work in the dark
• could be plugged into 110V

Here's the component list for anyone that wants to build their own:

TASCAM DP-006 6-Track Digital Pocketstudio: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/DP006--tascam-dp-006?_queryID=789e4dc0ea4eb0b1157d4a58d1f131ab&_index=production_products

400-Pound Capacity Garage Glider Rolling Tool Chest Seat with Storage Pouch: https://www.homedepot.com/p/WEN-400-Pound-Capacity-Garage-Glider-Rolling-Tool-Chest-Seat-with-Storage-Pouch-GG1400/323575178

OnStage XCG4 Black Tripod Guitar Stand, Single:m https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006NDF8A?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_22&th=1

KDD Webcam Stand Camera Mount with Phone Holder: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08D3H7BJ9?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1&th=1

10W Mini Guitar Amp,Rechargeable Electric Guitar Amplifier: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FD9KTDW4?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_2&th=1

Happy to answer any questions.

I came home from vacation to find my home filled with thousands of gallons of raw sewage coming up from the toilets. The city spent hours trying to make it stop. They had a block in the main city line. They are not taking any liability, neither is insurance. All my musical instruments are done for, was about to start recording an album the following day and those plans had to be scrapped. Now I’m left without a place to live and all of my family’s belongings destroyed.

Always a work in progress

Hello to the Talent,

I am currently looking to sell my Whisper Room located in Oakland CA, near Lake Merritt. This is an urgent matter and I would love to have a new home for it by this weekend or sooner. It would need to be picked up locally and location details can be shared with legitimately interested buyers (although I will consider shipping it to somewhere on the west coast to nearby states if needed. We would have to work out those details).

This model has remote fan units for quiet air filtration, red sound foam for the interior, and I will include the desk and Apogee microphone with stand that fits nicely inside the unit. Exact measurements and specs can be found on the Whisper Room site. The only minor issue would be the velcro rectangles on the ceiling attachment for the multicolored/white lights would need to be restuck and reattached.

I bought this unit brand new for around $7000 so I'm asking for $3,500. Payment however must be in electronic transfer.

It does need to be picked up locally, and you will need a vehicle with enough space to transport the pieces which would need around 6 feet of space. I will be willing to help disassemble but an extra set of hands would be ideal for loading into your vehicle, etc. Let me know if interested!

Moving into my fifth home studio, scrapping all previous panels and building from scratch. It's a combination of acoustics and aesthetics so I'm not taking the performance too seriously, but going for thicker and bigger than before. 120 x 60 cm, 40 cm thick. Will stack 2 of these in the corners to have floor to ceiling coverage.

Also building 30 cm thick ones for the walls.

Hey all! I've been a performer my whole life and wanting to take recording and mixing my own stuff more seriously. Up till now I'be just been setting up my QSC 8" to use as monitors. Hoping to share my plan and get feedback on if I'm on the right track or missing anything.

I have a couple of Kali Audio 8" monitors sitting in my shopping cart (about $1,000 total) but I know that acoustic treatment is on par or even more important. I'm in a garage that's been converted to a multi-use space, and this side is for my studio set-up. Here's my current plan: Cloud panels overhead, panels behind the speakers. Wondering how much I would need bass traps in the corners and panels/diffusers on the side walls since they are so far away and I'm not using subs. On the opposite wall from this picture is the electric garage door which I am thinking about hanging heavy curtains to dampen the echo. The room is 24' wide and 30' long. I am for sure on a budget so I'm planning on DIYing monitor stands by making some wood boxes and filling with sand, and making the panels myself. I was also going to buy the ARC studio system to correct for what I can't manage otherwise. Also the rectangle behind my desk is a monitor with a blanket over it, and I am planning on buying a larger carpet remanent for the floor to cover more area. What do you think? Is anything in this plan overkill or should I reallocate resources in any way?

This is my setup…I’m a music student so I have my piano,pc and guitar amp, but it kind of drives me insane. I have to either keep my piano on the bottom of the desk or on the little step up shelf that it has when I wanna use my pc because of my KB&M. And it’s just a b\*\*ch to do every time cuz it makes my setup look super messy and clutter. How would you guys set this up? My amp (right) is on this like leg wheel thing. (Can’t move the guitars on the wall) and my monitor screen is mounted to the wall)
It’s a lot of mess I know….

Sort of a newbie here. I'm recording some guitar tracks and can't figure out the source of this hum I'm getting. Maybe a better term might be buzz, but I'm not sure. I only hear it when using high gain amp sims. I'm not sure if it's ground loop hum or anything; everything is plugged into one power strip. As I sit at my desk and turn to the left, the sound changes a bit. Also, if I scroll up or down in my DAW, the sound changes a bit too.

I know a noise would help, but I'd much rather try to get rid of it first. Here's an example of it:

https://youtube.com/shorts/eNsZP3xsrn0?is=-xpVtPIK0zq4rA82