Photo of your Workspace/Studio

[Theodor]

Post a photo of your workspace here so other members can see it :

Theo's Room Studio (http://server6.uploadit.org/files/sevaliath-Workspace.JPG)

( No smokers jokes please (:

[Jan_Nemecek]

Mixed a couple of photos just to show you everything :)

http://www.jannemecek.net/images/photos/studio1monitors0708.jpg
http://www.jannemecek.net/images/photos/studio2rackold.jpg
http://www.jannemecek.net/images/photos/studio3digi.jpg
http://www.jannemecek.net/images/photos/studio4synths.jpg

[Theodor]

WOw! Awesome setup man :eek:

[PaulR]

Post a photo of your workspace here so other members can see it :

( No smokers jokes please (:

Theodor, please don't take this the wrong way, but your photo's made me feel queezy. :)

[Shantar]

My homestudio is placed in a 3,5-4 square-meter cupboard (it's true) so I would not fit in to take any decent photos... Its in me and my girlfriends flat, so I call it my playing-room or rather sanctuary! :p

When it is wintertime in Norway, it is really (REALLY) cold there so I can't sit there for more than one hour, unless I will risk to loose my limbs. It is not isolated and there are brick-walls and you actually hear the footsteps of people walking outside, that's how isolated it is. Despite all of that, I am still able to work there. :cool:

[Theodor]

Theodor, please don't take this the wrong way, but your photo's made me feel queezy. :)

Hahahaha i had no idea what "queezy" means so i had to search the net , i don't want to upset you , but i think you might be pregnant Paul :p

Queezy ???? (http://www.pregnancystore.com/queezy_sacks_for_morning_sickness.htm)

hehehe just joking ; there is no time for cleaning up ! So many notes waiting to be combined together and so little time ;)

[Theodor]

My homestudio is placed in a 3,5-4 square-meter cupboard (it's true) so I would not fit in to take any decent photos... Its in me and my girlfriends flat, so I call it my playing-room or rather sanctuary! :p

When it is wintertime in Norway, it is really (REALLY) cold there so I can't sit there for more than one hour, unless I will risk to loose my limbs. It is not isolated and there are brick-walls and you actually hear the footsteps of people walking outside, that's how isolated it is. Despite all of that, I am still able to work there. :cool:

Hey Shantar, i think i can understand you man . I am freezing my butt here as well and also there are people all the day in and above my room complaining about my speakers ( :S ) so i can't even use them 95% of the time.... but i guess what matters in the end is what music comes out and the accomplishment feeling of overcoming difficulties :)

[Alan Lastufka]

Mixed a couple of photos just to show you everything :)

Jan, your studio looks pretty comfortable... very, lived in. I am in the middle of setting up a new home studio (well, a first serious home studio anyway) and I hope to bring a level of comfort to all the cold machinery...

[Shantar]

Theodor, I forgot to say that I barly ever use my studio-monitors because I am afraid that the people living above me, the one who owns the house that is, are going to complain and throw us out. But it does not stop there; all the pipes of the flat above me meets in a big pipe that goes right through the cupboard and everytime they flush the toilet you hear this annoying stream-sound. Thus I never do any mic-recording at home. The other problem I had to solve by buying myself a good pair of studio headphones, the Sony 7506, I think they are called. When I am finished with my education and have got a job and a decent income, I will buy myself i house and build a home studio. :)

[PolarBear]

http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20351
and especially here:
http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17271

[Jan_Nemecek]

Jan, your studio looks pretty comfortable... very, lived in. I am in the middle of setting up a new home studio (well, a first serious home studio anyway) and I hope to bring a level of comfort to all the cold machinery...

I agree with you...the last thing I want to do is sit 6 hours in an uncomfortable place...

[Shantar]

You know Theodor; I looked at your picture again and suddenly realised that I should not complain about my working space. If you clean the desk (just kidding) and shot it from another angle, I could say more accurately who of us "suffers" the most. :p BTW,

Harry Potter used to live in a cupboard and just look at him now! :cool:

[A_Sapp]

( http://www.aaronsapp.com/Studio.jpg )

Please take note of the two super cool Mario figurines - and Luigi.

Link from Zelda has been added since! *ahem*

[Jan Morgenstern]

Post a photo of your workspace here so other members can see it:

Ok, here goes:

Jan's Studio 1 (http://www.wavemage.com/gfx/studio1_l.jpg)
Jan's Studio 2 (http://www.wavemage.com/gfx/studio2_l.jpg)

Don't be distracted by the fact that it looks somewhat tidied up, I made those pictures right after moving in. Rest assured that I corrected this deficiency shortly after and took great care to ensure that the rug is evenly covered with coffee stains and no horizontal stacking areas shine through anymore ;)

Cheers,
jan

[PaulR]

Hahahaha i had no idea what "queezy" means so i had to search the net , i don't want to upset you , but i think you might be pregnant Paul :p




Hahhaa! Ha! No mate no. Phew. Don't wanna go through that again! :) I'd show you my studio room actually, but I'm waiting for a new Mac so it's a bit transitional at the moment, and because I'm a complete idiot, I don't know how to post pictures here. Anyway, it's nice to see someone else who smokes.

[Gary M. Thomas]

Okay.... here's my midi studio.... ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/GMThomas/Studio2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/GMThomas/Studio3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/GMThomas/Gary2.jpg

[sullivang]

This is what my lounge room looked like when I rearranged it to fit in the CP80 electric grand so I could sample it :)

http://www.virtualcreations.com.au/gs/CP80_01.JPG

This is now:
http://www.virtualcreations.com.au/gs/gregs_studio.jpg

Greg

[Theodor]

Ok , this is the time of truth since the other photo displayed only the good and bright aspects of my "studio" :

Co-Dwellers (http://server6.uploadit.org/files/sevaliath-Room1v.JPG)

These people are constantly in my "studio" ( one of them even sleeps in here ) playing Super Nintendo games and every few minutes they say : Theo......... ( no answer ) Theo ??? ( no answer - mouse clicking - headphones ) THEO !!!!!!!! ( turns head ) What ??????? "We are going out" (Finally -> Cool )

Oh well ; i am not at home which is originally in Greece at the moment, i am in Australia a billion miles away studying Music Production and i am happy i even have a room and some of my gear over here :)

[mschiff]

Here's mine.

http://www.cdsol.com/cdsol/downloads/studio.jpg

-- Martin

[Houston Haynes]

Titan Line Music Studio (http://www.hhaynes.com/images/studio/Titan_Line_Studio_FW.jpg)

[greatzed]

Wow. I'm not even going to post a picture. You all would laugh, even Theodor (no offense! :) )

[andyt]

Titan Line Music Studio (http://www.hhaynes.com/images/studio/Titan_Line_Studio_FW.jpg)
Hey Houston, are those M-Audio Surround speakers ? What do they sound like ?

(am really, really sorry if they are an utlra-ultra-expensive set of monitors. don't be offended .. they just look like the new M-Audio surroundies)

[leogardini]

Wow. I'm not even going to post a picture. You all would laugh, even Theodor (no offense! :) )
Me too...I can see that my studio is the most simple you can find!!!

[Houston Haynes]

Hey Houston, are those M-Audio Surround speakers ? What do they sound like ?

(am really, really sorry if they are an utlra-ultra-expensive set of monitors. don't be offended .. they just look like the new M-Audio surroundies)

No offense taken. I have the BX5s set up right now - with the LX4s set aside for surround mixes. My site's "Studio" like offers some detail on configurations that I use.

Like all monitors, they have their plusses and minusses, but they sound great and I've gotten to be reasonably apt at compensating for the coloration they impose (as all speakers are prone to do). I'm of the school that $500 worth of speakers plus $500 worth of room treatment gives you better mixes than $1000 speakers alone. ;)

[Waywyn]

I'm of the school that $500 worth of speakers plus $500 worth of room treatment gives you better mixes than $1000 speakers alone. ;)

yeh right, the only (or most important) thing that counts anyway, is that you know your speakers you are working with.

[Bela D Media]

UPDATED PICS.

*studio still under some construction.

http://www.beladmedia.com/producers-desk.jpg (http://www.beladmedia.com/producers-desk.jpg)

http://www.beladmedia.com/producers-desk2.jpg (http://www.beladmedia.com/producers-desk2.jpg)

http://www.beladmedia.com/cool-view.jpg (http://www.beladmedia.com/cool-view.jpg)

http://www.beladmedia.com/cool-view2.jpg (http://www.beladmedia.com/cool-view2.jpg)

http://www.beladmedia.com/thru-the-booth.jpg (http://www.beladmedia.com/thru-the-booth.jpg)

http://www.beladmedia.com/vo-booth.jpg (http://www.beladmedia.com/vo-booth.jpg)

http://www.beladmedia.com/studio-right.jpg (http://www.beladmedia.com/studio-right.jpg)

http://www.beladmedia.com/studio-right2.jpg (http://www.beladmedia.com/studio-right2.jpg)

http://www.beladmedia.com/studio-left.jpg (http://www.beladmedia.com/studio-left.jpg)

[Alan Lastufka]

Bela D, cool studio - I can't wait to visit!

I started a thread like this months ago - here is my "home studio" and a bunch of other users studios! Enjoy... http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20351&page=1&pp=40

[kid-surf]

Cool stuff guys.... :)

I'm glad to see that Sapp is finally using some sort of speaker system (and not just cans). ;)


Here's mine:

Studio Day (http://home.earthlink.net/~jaysmiley/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/My_Studio_Day.jpeg)

Studio Night (http://home.earthlink.net/~jaysmiley/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/My_Studio_Dusk.jpeg)


KID-

[Scott Cairns]

Kid, you got a nice setup man.

Ok, here's mine, the SSL desk is ah, out of shot :) ;

http://www.scottcairns.com/images/My-Studio.jpg

[greatzed]

Oh, God, I'm drooling over some of your guys' set-ups.

[Bela D Media]

I'm drooling over the nice digital cameras used to take the pictures :D

[SWL]

Still under renovation -- adding acoustic treatment next month. And i traded the Trinity for a SL-990.


http://homepage.mac.com/swl2/PhotoAlbum1.html

-Scott

[Jan_Nemecek]

Is that a Digi002, Bela D?

[Lux]

Still under renovation -- adding acoustic treatment next month. And i traded the Trinity for a SL-990.


http://homepage.mac.com/swl2/PhotoAlbum1.html

-Scott
Beautiful studio....

Luca

[damoy]

Here's my composer cubby hole...

http://www.moysite.com/misc/studio.jpg

[Gary M. Thomas]

Still under renovation -- adding acoustic treatment next month. And i traded the Trinity for a SL-990.


http://homepage.mac.com/swl2/PhotoAlbum1.html

-Scott

Hey Scott, I agree with Luca .... That is a 100% BEAUTIFUL studio. You sure did an excellent job. Did you design it yourself? Looks Wonderful! :D

[Bela D Media]

Yes. DIGI002

SWL, BRAV-freakin-O man!! WOW, just WOW!

All of you have such great rooms!! Our room is cool too when not seen in a blur :) hehehe

[Gary M. Thomas]

Hey Frank, ever though your studio pics were a little blurry... your studio looks really cool too. ;) ......... Gary

PS.... Very nice looking mixer in pic #1... what type is it?

[kid-surf]

Thanks Scott C. :) You see I have my UC-33 up on the SL-990 thanks to your heads up... ;) Your room is pretty cool too!


SWL- nice spot man! So far you win!!! :D Hey, what's the set up in the left corner? Can't quite tell from here. BTW- is that a live room on the other side of the glass. I sure wish I had your "space".... I'd love to have a live room to track an "orchestra". :D :p (attached to the house?)


I've been wondering what your guys' set-ups look like....

KID-

[kid-surf]

Bela- you've got a nice spot too. :)

Hint, the "Canon" is the one to get. I've already been down that road and got the help I needed in that regard right HERE. That was the consensus. ;)

Do not get a SONY they suck.... :eek:


KID-

[Gary M. Thomas]

Hello Kid-Surf.... I remember seeing pics of your studio awhile back on the forum. Yes, you have a very impressive set-up as well. Very professionally designed. (I like the day and night pics.... such a different feel from lightness to darkness. The night pic looks almost "surreal") Very cool studio, Kid.......... Gary

[Waywyn]

Still under renovation -- adding acoustic treatment next month. And i traded the Trinity for a SL-990.


http://homepage.mac.com/swl2/PhotoAlbum1.html

-Scott

hey scott, really kick a** studio you got there :)
is that a godin in the corner ?

[Jan_Nemecek]

Yes. DIGI002


Me love it :)

[Scott Cairns]

Thanks Scott C. :) You see I have my UC-33 up on the SL-990 thanks to your heads up... ;) Your room is pretty cool too!
KID-No worries Kid. I see you have yours better organised than mine too with the different presets. I just dialed in a few CC's and left it at that. :)

I agree, SWL wins!!

Frank B - I'll second the recommendation for Canon digital camera. My studio pic was taken with a Quickshots A70 ;)

SWL - Thanks for the info on IPulse, I run PC and usually do a ctrl + alt + del to monitor CPU/system activity. Perhaps I should consider d/loading a more detailed system monitoring app.

[Audun_Jemtland]

This is a comfortable workstation, it's not finished yet.....another beeched table is going on top (2nd floored table) over the computer screens, then I'll put a tv screen and the monitors on the 2nd floor table. Like Hans Zimmer at his home. I still need a good chair beside a IKEA one...ugh.

http://www.angelfire.com/film/score3/

I would never put the midi keyboard ON the table you have the computer keys and mouse. Doesn't that get very uncomfortable?

[Jared Hudson]

Wow, I accidentally posted in the wrong thread. I'm an idiot.

Here's my setup, but I don't have a cute cat to throw on it to muffle the room's sound! And, no...I don't have my studio monitors :( . Ran into budget problems and had to sell on ebay.

http://www.hudsonstudios.net/images/desk5.jpg

[monkeymike]

hey Jared,

like the workspace- similiar layout to mine

http://www.mikefreedman.com/studio.htm

cheers

[Waywyn]

SWL - Thanks for the info on IPulse, I run PC and usually do a ctrl + alt + del to monitor CPU/system activity. Perhaps I should consider d/loading a more detailed system monitoring app.

li'l off-thread: scott, get "cacheman xp", really cool :)

[Scott Cairns]

Thanks Alex, I'll give it a try mate. :)

[SWL]

Thank You !! I was fortunate to design a studio that is balanced between my needs and that of the company - gotta love native systems !! But a place like this has an extra cost ... meaning bills to pay, and 50-60 hour work weeks!! A few months out of the year I may do nothing but voice-overs for books-on-tape and educational testing. That allows for more flexibility when doing fun/creative projects - but there's a pretty good balance of stuff here. Out all the pics in the thread, this place is so clinical .... i really do miss the home-studio. Hell, i miss the college dorm studio with the 'ashtrays and beer bottle' motif! The creative comfort of being at home is much different and more inspiring. Even when ya may have a kid tugging a at your arm - it's very inspiring!! Great setups, all !!! Technology has surely graced us!

Gary: Yes, i designed all the 'stuff inside', not the shell - when i got here, there was only the Fairlight Fame (that you see in the back corner) and nothing else, just yellow walls. We were just set up for audio post-production, now it's a afull production/composition and post room. This is 1/4 of a production house. Other 3/4 are video/shooting stage, offices.

Kid: Fairlight Fame w/ MFX3 editor, which USE to be cool for post -- i affectionatly call it R2-D2. Now, its a very expensive boat anchor - any buyers ?? :D I never use it anymore - Nuendo for post (but Nuendo still has a way to go for post, still doesn't support pull-downs for film .. what a drag) !! Yeah, that's a BIG live room in the front, ill see if i can post some pics. Sounds great ! i use it for foley and recording myself, mainly. Who needs and orchestra, when ya have QLSO :D - Seriously though, i record alot of soloist when i need them, and it sounds great in there!

Waywyn: Yeah Godin -- i use it as a utility guitar, because of the GK-2 midi pickup. For actual GUITAR tone, its not that great, and the neck is pretty flat - i still prefer my classics, LesPaul/Strat/Tele. But the MIDI tracking is very good!

-Scott

[Daedalus]

Here's mine.

http://www.benripley.com/studio.jpg

Once I get a little more room, I'm gonna move the monitors away from the wall, move my computers farther away, and setup some auralex. I'm kind of stuffed in the corner for now though...

SWL, I'd love to see some pic's of the live room also if you can get some.

[SWL]

Here's mine.

http://www.benripley.com/studio.jpg

Once I get a little more room, I'm gonna move the monitors away from the wall, move my computers farther away, and setup some auralex. I'm kind of stuffed in the corner for now though...

SWL, I'd love to see some pic's of the live room also if you can get some.

I added a pic here: http://homepage.mac.com/swl2/PhotoAlbum1.html

Yeah i would definately get a few bass traps for the corner. Also maybe look into Real Traps (http://www.realtraps.com) - foam is not the best solution nowadays. (i have several friends at Auralex, but no bias). Ethan at RealTraps is a very nice guy and will consult for free.

[Scott Cairns]

SWL, I think you work on a Hollywood soundstage! (Actually, maybe you do! :))

Its looks like your tracking and live room sits inside another bigger room or hall?

Scott.

[§eth]

Holy Moly SWL your pad is amazingly beautiful!

I do not have a website to post my photo, but I started out with only a 4 foot by 5 foot area to do everything :(

(now I have 10X14 woohoo I'm moving up in the world :P)

Seth

[Bruce A. Richardson]

Here is my little room.

You can't see the ceiling treatment, but the bass traps in the corner hit cubes at the ceiling then splay outwards across the intersection of the ceiling and walls for five feet from each corner.

The top of the ceiling has a 4 x 6 absorption grid directly above the mix position, and a same-sized diffusion grid behind that--giving the aural impression of a raked ceiling.

http://www.brucerichardsonmusic.com/images/brucestudio.jpg

[Scott Cairns]

I like your setup Bruce. I remember seeing pics of it from your article on Auralexx.

I notice we have something in common too; we both have Marvin the Martian watching us while we work! (Mine is a tiny Marvin figure in front of the left monitor.) :)

[kid-surf]

Gary Thomas--- thanks man! I do prefer working at night. ;)


Scott C. How the heck can you tell my controller is better organized from the photo??? :D You got x-ray vision or somethin' ??? :D


SWL-- Oh, thought it might be a Fairlight. Didn't want to embarrass myself with a guess and be wrong (or offend you if it wasn't :D --- just kidding ;) )

So, I see the pic of the live room is up... WOW man!!! That is really kick azz! I see the stairs going up... what's up there, the office? BTW-- What city are you in out of curiosity?

True the grass sometimes looks greener..... Still dig'n that live room though.... ;)


KID-

[Scott Cairns]

Scott C. How the heck can you tell my controller is better organized from the photo??? :D You got x-ray vision or somethin' ??? :D
KID-Hey Kid, I used to build webpages for a living so it wasnt hard for me to figure out that going up one directory level from; http://home.earthlink.net/~jaysmiley/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/My_Studio_Day.jpeg

to;

http://home.earthlink.net/~jaysmiley/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/

Gave me a list of all the pics in that directory. :) (you really should take the pictures of the Gerbil down.)

[kid-surf]

Oh.... :D


I really need to take down those naked pics of myself laying across the mixing board. :p

Actually I do need to organize those pics a little more....



KID-

[Lux]

Hi Kid,

Let me suggest you to place a blank index.html file in all dirs of your site.
Just create a new notepad blank file and rename it to index.html.

Luca

[Scott Cairns]

Hi Kid,

Let me suggest you to place a blank index.html file in all dirs of your site.
Just create a new notepad blank file and rename it to index.html.

Luca
Actually Lux is right, but if you really dont want people browsing through directories like that, you need to turn off "Directory Browsing" or "Virtual Browsing" on your server. If you dont have access to this control your server admin can do it. Its a big open hole in many peoples websites.

[kid-surf]

thanks guys....


I don't really mind people browsing my pics. I just wanted to take down pics of, like, my old mac and stuff.... don't want anyone thinking I'm using a G4 500. :D (not that there's anything wrong with using that piece of crap) ;) :D


KID-

[quantum7]

My setup:

http://www.seandockery.net/gallery-1.htm

Sean Dockery
www.seandockery.net

[A_Sapp]

Man Kid-surf, you have such a wonderful view from your studio. I hope you understand how fortunate you are. :) That's gotta be a little therapeutic during those long hours.

[Daedalus]

Yeah i would definately get a few bass traps for the corner. Also maybe look into Real Traps (http://www.realtraps.com/) - foam is not the best solution nowadays. (i have several friends at Auralex, but no bias). Ethan at RealTraps is a very nice guy and will consult for free.
Thanks SWL,

I've heard alot of good things about RealTraps. I'll definitely check them out.

By the way, you have a beautiful studio. Congratulations on that design. Did you ever think about doing interior design as a side-job? ;)

Daedalus

[Bela D Media]

UPDATED PICS.

*studio still under some construction.

http://www.beladmedia.com/producers-desk.jpg (http://www.beladmedia.com/producers-desk.jpg)

http://www.beladmedia.com/producers-desk2.jpg (http://www.beladmedia.com/producers-desk2.jpg)

http://www.beladmedia.com/cool-view.jpg (http://www.beladmedia.com/cool-view.jpg)

http://www.beladmedia.com/cool-view2.jpg (http://www.beladmedia.com/cool-view2.jpg)

http://www.beladmedia.com/thru-the-booth.jpg (http://www.beladmedia.com/thru-the-booth.jpg)

http://www.beladmedia.com/vo-booth.jpg (http://www.beladmedia.com/vo-booth.jpg)

http://www.beladmedia.com/studio-right.jpg (http://www.beladmedia.com/studio-right.jpg)

http://www.beladmedia.com/studio-right2.jpg (http://www.beladmedia.com/studio-right2.jpg)

http://www.beladmedia.com/studio-left.jpg (http://www.beladmedia.com/studio-left.jpg)

[SWL]

Thanks SWL,

I've heard alot of good things about RealTraps. I'll definitely check them out.

By the way, you have a beautiful studio. Congratulations on that design. Did you ever think about doing interior design as a side-job? ;)

Daedalus

Thank you very much! Well, i did consultation for years - no time for it now :-( Let me know if i can be of any help when you treat your room!

Scott- Yeah they are 1/4 of a production house - nope not in Hollywood ;) Above the control is a loft for recreation, and less ambient tracking. We also have 4 video edit suites (3 non-linear, 1 tape), tons of office and a shooting stage.