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DIY studio desk fight !!!!

zoilreb

zoilreb

The Fantastic Mr Zoilreb
Our friend @Rodney Money is looking for a new studio desk, so lets help him and give him a little inspiration with a home made studio desk fight !

One rule : Only made from scratch studio desk or office desk hacked allowed !

I start with mine :
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Totally made from scratch ! Features : Back light, headphone holder, height adjustable and Berlioz who tell me if I'm writing sh** :)

Lets have some fun ! Share your baby !
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A bit of a mess in this picture. Here is mine, it is a 'prototype'. My dad made it for me, consisting of a steady frame made from iron I think. Wooden plate on top, which I want to be smaller in height and a bit more depth and width. If pushed against the wall there is a small gap for cables to go down. For now, very simple, the next version will also have some space for 19 inch gear. Watching this thread for some useful desk hacks!

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BGvanRens said:
A bit of a mess in this picture. Here is mine, it is a 'prototype'. My dad made it for me, consisting of a steady frame made from iron I think. Wooden plate on top, which I want to be smaller in height and a bit more depth and width. If pushed against the wall there is a small gap for cables to go down. For now, very simple, the next version will also have some space for 19 inch gear. Watching this thread for some useful desk hacks!

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Nice one:2thumbs:
 
The simplest setup for my bedroom studio I could come up with after weeks of otherwise overthinking it. LINNMON tabletop (150x75 cm) on adjustable OLOV table legs from IKEA and keyboard on K&M 18810 keyboard stand. Getting IsoAcoustics table stands for the monitors (I've just moved, had them on proper stands before), acoustic treatment and a larger display.

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dahnielson said:
The simplest setup for my bedroom studio I could come up with after weeks of otherwise overthinking it. LINNMON tabletop (150x75 cm) on adjustable OLOV table legs from IKEA and keyboard on K&M 18810 keyboard stand. Getting IsoAcoustics table stands for the monitors (I've just moved, had them on proper stands before.)

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I've bought the same table legs from IKEA, surprisingly cheap!
 
I don't have a desk at all. Computer keyboard is on piano keyboard, mouse is on my knee. Minimal surface for minimal reflections.
 
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For mine I used an Ikea VITTSJÖ laptop table. (https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/desks/desk-computer-desks/vittsjö-laptop-table-black-brown-glass-art-80221352/). It fits a Komplete Kontrol S61 keyboard perfectly! It's exactly the same width.

There are a couple of laptop stands tucked under it for the Maschine MkII and Jam.

There's another Ikea laptop stand underneath (https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/desks/desk-computer-desks/vittsjö-laptop-stand-black-brown-glass-art-00250249/). This used to have the Maschine's on before I got the laptop stands. I may pull my PC keyboard and mouse over onto that when I'm working now.
 
Here's mine. It's.... a desk. From a dodgy internet office supply company. So cheap it didn't come with any fittings, so it's Frankenstein'd together with bits I had lying around and requires routine repairs. Also has a worrying flex.

Also, behold the randomly placed acoustic tile and Alesis Q49 with broken USB port.
(I spend 8 hours a day on this awful thing.)

In all honestly, it's all due a complete upgrade and I'm still undecided on which direction to go. So I soldier on. But that's another thread for another day. Speaker stands are nice though..



Edit: Also, it was like this for a time:



That's a coffee table, foam, cool-box and random DVD's as a keyboard stand.
Where can I collect my prize?
 
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This cost about $200 in materials total. I was going to get some fancy wood but figured but ended up just faking it with stain. The first one built is the blueish one in the last photo. It was a total hack job and I scrapped it when I moved last year. It would have fallen apart. The first 3 photos are the result of what we learned building the first one.
The guy who helped me, just built a desk last month for another composer and I have to say it is way better than mine. I plan to upgrade again next year.

version 2


version 2


version 2


version 1, hack job
 
leon chevalier said:
Our friend @Rodney Money is looking for a new studio desk, so lets help him and give him a little inspiration with a home made studio desk fight !

One rule : Only made from scratch studio desk or office desk hacked allowed !

I start with mine :
WP_20170709_10_19_39_Pro - Copie.jpg
Totally made from scratch ! Features : Back light, headphone holder, height adjustable and Berlioz who tell me if I'm writing sh** :)

Lets have some fun ! Share your baby !
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Loving this! Thank you so much.
 
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