The Tiny Studio Corner Thread

[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.

[taylor]

Agreed, it does feel physical, and that’s really nice. Something special about them for sure.

[papernoise]

Initially I had planned to go with some Vitsoe as well. But then DIY felt like the better route. Though I might still add some of them higher up on the wall one day.

[zuliani]

Here’s another pic of the studio-at-home setup. Bonus points if you can spot both chord organs!

[andrew]

a few transient corners from this yr

[Noisetrees]

That space and light and piano and wall are just beautiful.

[omettlp]

Going through some old photos… here’s one from a jam with @mptyvssl back in 2012. Pd + modular.

[tslesicki]

Hey Andrew, just a quick tip you might like: when using fabric instead of felt on a piano, I find it sounds way better if you cut it into pieces in places where there are no hammers on the mechanism. This way, when the hammers strike the fabric, you won’t get a resonance / slight noise from the strings nearby. Also, pasting the fabric under the lid, as close to the strings as possible will help with that even further and will make the note sound cleaner Or at least that’s what happened with my setup.

[andrew]

don’t have the piano anymore, but thx !

for some reason I’ve always been more of the “record stuff on my iphone” type, so it probably didn’t make much of a difference for me anywho ¯\_(ツ) _/¯

[casualdecay]

My Tiny Studio Corner caught in action on a livestream!

Will post another better pic in a few days when it’s fully set up, currently still a bit of a work in progress. The desk I’m using here was actually built by my wife from scratch at the beginning of this period of social distancing. Her amazing work on that, combined with all live shows being cancelled for the foreseeable future has resulted in my studio being more organized than it’s been in literally years.

[Shiftr]

What’s that small purple PCB with seven knobs that looks likes a Teensy midi controller?