The Tiny Studio Corner Thread

[vanklomk]

I initially thought it’d be a paired chain but I think it ended up 1 to 1. My recipient was a stranger and they must have wanted to remain anonymous because I never got any information afterward.

[Senorakubra]

Not sorry at all to derail, but wow.
I’d be very interested to hear a little more about the circumstances around these kidney transplants, not for personal circumstance, but just because lines .
What a world!

[soysos]

I’d be happy to talk about it off thread somehow. It’s a really interesting and intense process. Definitely life changing for us.

[vanklomk]

Well mine isn’t a super interesting story. The last couple years I have found myself frustrated seeing people in my community who seem to not care about public health or their neighbors at all while people are suffering, and seeing other people in my community sacrifice so much of themselves because they do care about the community. And then me, doing nothing for either side, just comfortable with a remote job.

One day I was doing my random internet browsing and came across a story of a young dad in kidney failure looking for a donor. I spent a few days reading up on paired chains and kidney donation in general, and thought this is how I choose what side I’m on. I emailed U of M to see if they would test if I was a match for that guy. They said he had a number of possible donors already but I asked to move forward as a donor to anyone in need.

It took about 6 months of tests and interviews but was a great experience.

[Senorakubra]

Thanks for that. I find that very interesting. Wow. I’ll happily share my ignorance here. So, you’ve vastly improved the quality of a stranger’s life and the consequence to you is… a short term recovery? a medium term reduction in…darn it…I don’t even know what my kidneys do!
Oh, the joyous ignorance of the carefree healthy!

[vanklomk]

Yep exactly that. A couple weeks to recover and then back to normal life for me, and the recipient can get their life back. Dialysis is no way to live. A healthy kidney provides like twice as much filtering ability as your body needs. So with two you have 4x. After you lose one the other eventually picks up some more slack, so I’m down like 35% kidney function instead of 50%.

[Blueboy]

I’ve had the Microfreak for a week now and it’s so much fun, and the Keystep 37 really makes the NTS-1 a much more usable synth, beats by Zenbeats.

[2197]

sick view and keyboard stand

source

[tims96]

Some recent re-cabling efforts mean this is looking tidier than it ever has: a literal tiny studio corner, mere feet from my partner’s side of the bed.

It’s cozy and compact, and while I look forward to someday having space to spread out and jam late into the night, I’m grateful for what I have in the meantime. It’s a lot of fun.

[oscillateur]

Is that one of Fender Japan’s hollow body Jaguars on the wall ? I already have a regular Jaguar and could not justify having another guitar but these were tempting when you could see some in the shops…

[tims96]

It is! I bought it from a friend who made some fun mods to it. Definitely a forever guitar for me.

[watercolor]

That thinline jag I wish they’d do another production run of those. The f-hole looks so satisfying/balanced with the body design.

[mmm]

Painting studio / music studio situation

[tpcnvs]

This is my current setup. Exploring midi routing and trying to build songs cohesively rather than assembling one track at a time. The quadraverb is the glue that holds it all together. (and yes, the digitakt is missing knobs for now. Had to use them for the norns since they are so comfortable)

[watercolor]

What a vibe! Is that tape recorder a Fostex? I don’t think I’ve seen that exact model before.

[robbie]

That’s a Fostex X-12.

[randy]

Here’s a take on “tiny electronic music studio corner” from VQGAN:

hmm… a bit cold… needs something… let’s try
“tiny electronic music studio corner with a houseplant”:

aah, much better.

[tpcnvs]

@watercolor Yep it’s an x12. Tiny and distorts beautifully. I use it as a tape loop sketchpad. Above that to the left is a Yamaha MT100II that I use as my master recorder, or when I need to pan or use eq which the x12 doesn’t have.

[Johnthemoon]

[autreland]

now that the tiny corner has audio input, it seems fairly safe to call it a studio too