ive actually updated my desk setup in the last week. when i built the desk i built it too tall and after ab an hour at my desk my shoulders would start aching like crazy so i got one of these mouse and keyboard pullouts and it's fucking awesome. and i have a ton more space on my desk now. i should have done it a long time ago

 

To contrast your white, I've just added a pair of Tannoy Gold 8's.

 

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very nice, those are awesome monitors. thats alot of sexy gear and vintage synth action as well.

 

It's the stuff I sold a few years ago that keeps me up at night banging my fists into my head shouting "why? why? why?"

 

Yeah, that's some very desireable hardware to be sure. I dread to think what drove you to sell that ARP...

Saying that, these days you can get fairly close approximations of what you've lost (in both hardware and software) that even have native midi and patch recall too!

...and it's not as if you're too impoverished with your current rig - that's a nice setup, plenty good enough for you to practice your dark art!

 

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Oddly I don't miss the ARP or even the System 100's. My biggest regret was losing that perfectly constructed and maintained Elektor Formant. It sounded amazing. Actually it sounded even more amazing when I had the entire setup connected via the Kenton Pro. That gave me 10 oscillators simultaneously! Reason for selling. Usual story, split up with girlfriend, needed money. Such is life.

 

For me, it was the position of those Yamahas. They should be standing up. They are NOT NS10Ms.

 

@tylerv You did one hell of a job. Nice end result. Apart from the Yamahas not being standing up, as they should, I will move the seating position, and those rear-ported Yamahas farther away from the wall. There is going to be a dramatic improvement in the sound. The shape of your room is perfect for it. Take advantage of it. You are not losing much, and gaining a lot.

 

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Ha, got me!

 

Thanks for the schooling! I've been playing and performing music since my teens (early thirties now), but I just started my often frustrating, occasionally rewarding recording journey a year and a few months back. I'll take all the advice I can get from the guys who know what they're talking about.


Given this was my set up almost exactly a year ago, if my biggest call out is monitor placement I'll take it haha

 

And just so you know that i actually listen ha…

And it's hard to tell from the photo but where the monitors were all but touching the acoustic treatment on the back wall before, I've moved them about a foot And a 1/2 off the back wall

 

@tylerv Monitor placement + listening position is crucial. You spend less time trying to fix your mixes, and they translate better. As I said earlier you have the luxury of a rectangle shaped room, I think you can afford to have the recommended 2-3 feet distance from the rear of your speakers to the wall. When you are sitting down for mixing, your head should form a equilateral triangle with your monitors, and the tweeters at ear level. Remember there are some settings at the rear of your Yamahas that you will need to tweak as well.Lastly, i will get some isolators to place the monitors on them. If possible will fill the monitor stands with sand, too.

 

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def long enough room to set speaker farther from wall

 

i think i can make all of that work

 

bout rother :
anthony rother just produce for his sets...he dont sell music anymore...he make a lot of money by playing dj/live sets
läuft

 

Lil upgrade with the fusion.

 

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I'm sure your bored with this but I have a wide angle lens..

 

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Ok Here Goes.... My current set up includes....

Synths

Roland D50
Korg Prophecy
Korg M1
Roland Juno106
Yamaha TQ5
Behringer SH1
Yamaha CS6
Quasimidi Raven
Akai Miniak
Korg Poly 61 (midi`d by myself)
Kawai K4 (my first ever synth)
Ensoniq EPS (expanded)
Roland Groovebox mc303
Roland GAIA
Trax Retrowave
Seil Orchestra
Sequential Pro One (into kenton dual midi-cv convertor)
Yamaha DX7 II
Roland Jv1080 (expanded)
Oberhiem Matrix 1000
Nord Lead
Novation Nova
Waldorf Pulse
Yamaha TG55
Cheetah SX16 (rare sampler)
Korg 05r/w
Yamaha FB01
Behringer Neutron
Cheetah MS6 (similar to Matrix 1000)
Emu proteus Orchestral
Emu proteus 1
Behringer Minimoog
Alesis qs6
Yamaha AN1X
Korg MS20 (into kenton dual midi-cv convertor)
Access Virus C
Casio CZ5000
Waldorf Blofeld
Minikorg XL
Roland jp800
Mopho
Quasimidi Technox
Korg Wavestation
Casio vz1
Roland U220
Korg Triton
Evolution EVS1
Alesis ion
paia Fatman
Roland TB3
Yamaha Tenori on
Emu Classic Keys
Kawai k5
M audio Venom

Drum Machines

Roland R8 (with full exp card set)
TR505
TR8
Yamaha RX8 (first ever drum machine)
Korg wavedrum
Yamaha TX11 (with 3 drum trigger pads)
Machine 1 + 2

Samplers

Akai s1000
Akai s2700
Akai s2000
Emu E5
all with external hard drives / zip storage

Hardware FX

Compressor
48 input desk
Digitech Quadraverb
Art FX x 2
Tannoy Reveal monitors
Sampson studio amp..
Guitar pedals various
Guitar fx zoom etc

Computers

Quad core dual monitor on Cubase (main computer) 2 X 4 TB External KONTAKT drives / Loads of VSTi plugs synth / fx etc
laptop on Cubase
old laptop used for sysex patch transfers
Atari ST on Cubase

Misc

Roland A880 MIDI PATCHBAY
4 in 4 out midi patchbay
Various audio patchbays located around the room / patch any synth into the desk / P.C.
Novation Nocturn
Novation master controller keyboard...
Akai Pro Audio interface
Lexicon Omega Audio Interface
Lexicon Alpha x 2 audio interfaces
Fostek 16track HD recorder
Yamaha 4 track (cassette tape!)
Standalone Yamaha CD writer
Standalone Yamaha Cassette player
Denon Dat recorder

Guitars

1 x yamaha Electro Classical
1 x yamaha Electro Acoustic apx 700
1 x fender strat
1 x fenix bass
1 x peavey auto tune
1 x antoria Rock star semi - acoustic
1 x Casio DG 10
1 x Musicman Sterling

various amps..

various mic`s shure sm58`s / rode etc

and that`s about it .. all housed in a loft studio ...there maybe one or two items that i`ve missed (just done the list from memory) ..if so i`ll add them later..

i also have a small programming outbuilding set up in the garden ... with Cubase on Laptop .. Oxygen 49 ... Alesis monitors ... classical guitar .. Hofner guitar..

Cheers

Steve

 

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I've left the bedroom, Studios are gay anyways