The Tiny Studio Corner Thread

[taylor]

My situation is that my gear lives in a closet in a shared office with my partner. I made this “altar” recently to hold some things on the ground. I move the instruments over to my “recording” rack, underneath a desk, and work on the floor with specific instruments that I am recording/manipulating. So far it feels good! It has “children’s-play-area” vibes, where it’s all set up and then cleaned at the end of the session.

[Trent]

Very clean! What model 19 inch rack is that? I’ve been looking for something similar for my stuff rather than just being in a pile on the floor haha

[gnome666]

love the twin phonogene pod.

[taylor]

Thanks! Its this one from Hosa. I like it, but don’t love it. It’s angle is not great for under a desk. But it was the cheapest I could find, as I don’t have the tools/space to make one.

[gnome666]

on-stage sells a very similar one too. I have them and theyre nice imho

https://on-stage.com/products/view/11185

[Martebar]

Beautiful, I think this is gonna be the template for my desk layout (once working at home is over and the computer is back at the office)

[zuliani]

The double Phonogene! I’ve always wanted to do that… sadly, due to rent reasons, I went from 1 Phonogene to 0, which is the wrong direction entirely.

[taylor]

Aw oh no! Yeah, it had crossed my mind several times… finally it came together. Hopefully one comes into your life again soon.

[Namonzy]

Starting a diy500 myself. First kit showed up today!

[GrantB]

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. There’s been something particularly satisfying about building the kits I’ve done so far. I think it’s (with AML and CAPI anyway) that when they’re done and calibrated, they’re kind of perfect. They use the best components and there’s really nothing you could do to make them better, they just are.
When I’m building CGS Serge panels, I always feel like I might tweak or mod something later, and I’m mostly just glad to be done with the panel wiring.

[LLK]

What are your thoughts on the 1773? I’m considering it myself, how do you like it?

[GrantB]

ez1073? The quality of the kit and instructions is stellar. The sound has the attributes that a 1073 strip is supposed to have: big, round and vintage. I’ve never used a real one so I couldn’t comment on accuracy. I also built this rack primarily for tracking synths, so I’m not the best person to comment on using it for its intended purpose. The eq addons are good too. I’ve never had an inductor eq before. The only negative comment I have is they don’t sound particularly great boosting the high band by more than a little. Sometimes there can be a very cool smearing of the highs though, so I guess I’m still learning it.

[LLK]

Ah no I meant the RNC1773 comp on top of the 500 rack. But yeah the EZ1073 sounds gorgeous, one of the best neve equivalent I know, I envy you!

[GrantB]

Ah, got you. I’m a little 500 obsessed right now. RNC is one of those things that’s pretty good for the money. It does it’s job and doesn’t make a fuss but also doesn’t make you say wow. It’s clean. I use it to control peaks coming out of unpredictable things like CL instruments or Jomox T-Resonator. In this setup I was hoping to use it as a stand in for the JML compressors which are still stuck in Australia. It didn’t like being between the 500 modules though. It has balanced in and unbalanced out, so maybe that was it? I was probably driving it too hard. It works on the front of the chain so I put it there. I have one of the CAPI compressors on the way to fill in that last slot.

[rileycraft]

Nice setup, where did you get the shelving system from?

[bjarlstedt]

Thank you! These shelving systems are really common here in Sweden, they’re available in most hardware stores. Both cheaper and more expensive ones and you buy them piece by piece.

[rileycraft]

Just ordered the following. Pretty excited, it will be for my record player, vinyl and synth/music work station

[Ithacus]

Nice!

I’ve got some Vitsoe and it is top quality, and I love the whole ethos of the company (‘less but better’).

Fitting shelves shouldn’t be so enjoyable

[zuliani]

Here’s hoping! Or two, even. It’s the module I most regret selling — I miss how “physical” it felt. I wish someone would make something similar in lower HP, so it would fit in the current setup.