PaulieDC
Too much gear, not enough composing. Oy vey.
I'd be thrilled to have 10% of his talent.
Show me your desk
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I'd be thrilled to have 10% of his talent.
Audio Birdi
Active Member
Cool setup! What speakers are those?Not really a desk, but just a digital piano with bits added on to make it in to a kind of desk.........
Neutron Star
Member
KEF eggs running off a Logitech Z23000 subwoofer. Because they are coaxial mounted tweeters, they give a great accurate sound at close proximity. Sennheiser HD 650 headphones for the ultimate detail though.Cool setup! What speakers are those?
Alex Fraser
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I was struck by this video that popped into my feed last night:
Such a different concept to the usual composer setup. Gent has a table on wheels he rolls around the studio between different workstations and instruments depending on the job in hand. Clever.
Such a different concept to the usual composer setup. Gent has a table on wheels he rolls around the studio between different workstations and instruments depending on the job in hand. Clever.
loving the osc template!Here it is! :D Monitoring upgrade is coming by the end of the year, after nearly 8 years of rocking the HS8s.
Lo28
Member
I did exactly the same thing! Mounted a MDF board on a Linak desk stand (the brand that is used for the Konig&Meyer 18800 keyboard stand). Since my wooden desk is very thick, I had to use extra low lifting columns to be able to pass the keyboard underneath the desk, then attached MDF blocks with the right height and wheels.
Very happy with the result!
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emilio_n
Señor Miembro
What a wonderful lamp!
CeDur
Active Member
It reminds me the days of living in a dorm, where the room had marked out paths to the piano, door and my roommate's guitar amplifier. BTW our neighbours hated us :D
shponglefan
Collector of sample libraries
Built myself a new desk recently to replace my flimsy Ikea desk.
The frame is a V-Flex II motorized sit/stand desk frame. The tops I custom made from a dual layer of maple plywood and trimmed with solid maple. It's heavy, but rock solid.
Next up will be to build a proper monitor stand to match the tabletops. I'm looking at incorporating some rack mounting for audio interface/patchbay/etc.
The frame is a V-Flex II motorized sit/stand desk frame. The tops I custom made from a dual layer of maple plywood and trimmed with solid maple. It's heavy, but rock solid.
Next up will be to build a proper monitor stand to match the tabletops. I'm looking at incorporating some rack mounting for audio interface/patchbay/etc.
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Baronvonheadless
Senior Member
Earlier this year I invested quite a bit into my future as a composer and it’s been a dream ever since. I’m thinking of getting a bigger keyboard/weighted one at some point. Maybe the hammer 88 pro. But I’ll probably have to take my tray down a notch or two to fit it. This one is only 2 inches high. Anyways, here’s a before and after (I was previously using my wife’s old drafting table for artists and pulling out the drawers and putting random shit under the keyboard until it would stay still hahahaha)
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Kony
Bad ape
Looks really good - how do you stop the sustain pedal moving around on the carpet though? Velcro?
MusicStudent
Music Student
The desk is not motorized but can be manually adjusted from sitting to full standing height. You can find this desk at Home Depot under the name of Husky Work Benches. The bench comes with two trays but I had to remove one for the height of the keyboard to fit. The 61 width fits perfect in the sliding try and the 88 is on a Z-Piano frame on wheels. Not perfect but I have a very small space for this setup.
Baronvonheadless
Senior Member
Thank you man, unfortunately there's not much to do. This one works better than the old flat style one I had, because its heavier but it still moves a bit. I'll just have to grab it with both feet and position it how I need to if it ever gets too far hahaha. So far so good tho.
Looks beautiful! I did something very similar and while I loved how it looked, I developed neck pain pretty quickly from looking up at the monitors at that height.Built myself a new desk recently to replace my flimsy Ikea desk.
The frame is a V-Flex II motorized sit/stand desk frame. The tops I custom made from a dual layer of maple plywood and trimmed with solid maple. It's heavy, but rock solid.
Next up will be to build a proper monitor stand to match the tabletops. I'm looking at incorporating some rack mounting for audio interface/patchbay/etc.
shponglefan
Collector of sample libraries
I find they aren't too bad at that height. My eyeline is roughly 1/3 from the top of the monitors. The overall desk height is also slightly lower than a normal desk.
I am debating on what height to build new monitor shelf; I might shave off an inch from the current height, which would drop them slightly lower.
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DANIELE
I love to make music but I also love to make music
I have a pretty "standard" desk, is 190 cm X 90 cm with a sliding plane after the main desk where I put my S88. I'm becaming pretty uncomfortable with this because to use the main desk plane I have to raise my chair to the maximum and I have to use a feet rest platform where I can pun my feet. When I want to use my keyboard I have to slide out the keyboard plane and I should put my chair at the minimum. This is very workflow breaking.
I cannot put the keyboard on the main desk because I already have three displays, two stereo monitors behind the side displays and many other things between the displays and the chair (keyboard, controllers and so on). If I put the keyboard in that space I will not able to use all of that.
There is another things: I'm actually doing workout every day for 30 minutes per day and I want to extend the time my body is working. I'm working in a office for 8-9 hours a day for 5 days per week and I already bought an elliptical pedal set to move my legs during that time. I'd like to do a similar thing in my studio at home and this is why I'm thinking of an adjustable electric support for my desk. By doing so I can raise the desk at the point where I can work in a standing position and I could use some kind of tapis roulant while I'm doing it.
The problem is that I still can't find a solution for my keyboard. I already seen all of your solutions but I must say I use my workstation for many things and I cannot think to put my keyboard and mouse on a little spot over the S88 keyboard or maybe in front of it. I need space for them and I need them to be in a comfortable position. Is there a solution for this or I'm thinking of something totally unreal?!
To avoid counfusion I try to recap what I need: a good and comfortable solution to use both the S88 keyboard and the m+k. The fitness thing is secondary and I can work on it after I found a good solution.
I'm hoping that using an adjustable electric desk could be helpful for the comfort purpose because I can quickly adjust it to my needs, even if I keep my S88 on a different plane. I fear that the structure could be weak and wobble because of the type of adjustable support you can find out there.
I cannot put the keyboard on the main desk because I already have three displays, two stereo monitors behind the side displays and many other things between the displays and the chair (keyboard, controllers and so on). If I put the keyboard in that space I will not able to use all of that.
There is another things: I'm actually doing workout every day for 30 minutes per day and I want to extend the time my body is working. I'm working in a office for 8-9 hours a day for 5 days per week and I already bought an elliptical pedal set to move my legs during that time. I'd like to do a similar thing in my studio at home and this is why I'm thinking of an adjustable electric support for my desk. By doing so I can raise the desk at the point where I can work in a standing position and I could use some kind of tapis roulant while I'm doing it.
The problem is that I still can't find a solution for my keyboard. I already seen all of your solutions but I must say I use my workstation for many things and I cannot think to put my keyboard and mouse on a little spot over the S88 keyboard or maybe in front of it. I need space for them and I need them to be in a comfortable position. Is there a solution for this or I'm thinking of something totally unreal?!
To avoid counfusion I try to recap what I need: a good and comfortable solution to use both the S88 keyboard and the m+k. The fitness thing is secondary and I can work on it after I found a good solution.
I'm hoping that using an adjustable electric desk could be helpful for the comfort purpose because I can quickly adjust it to my needs, even if I keep my S88 on a different plane. I fear that the structure could be weak and wobble because of the type of adjustable support you can find out there.
Minko
Member
Never seen Genelecs put up that way. With monitor arms?After several months of hard work, the new setup is ready.
