Hey everyone,

I’m currently laid up recovering from having surgery on Thursday for a broken arm, so I’ve got way too much time on my hands, well… one of them anyway

Figured I’d start a fun thread to kill some time and hopefully get some inspiration...let’s see your home studios!

Here’s mine...the photo’s a bit outdated, as I’ve since swapped out the Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol keyboard for an Arturia KeyLab Essential Mk3 (61 key), and the Maschine Mk3 has moved under the desk alongside the Arturia keyboard.

Everything in the setup is routed through a CalDigit T3 Plus hub that sits behind the desk, including my Apollo Twin MkII interface. This lets me just plug a single Thunderbolt 4 cable into my Mac and have everything work instantly which is super convenient.

The MacBook setup is a 2021 16-inch MacBook Pro M1 Pro with 16GB RAM & 1TB SSD and my DAW is Logic Pro

Unfortunately, since I’ve been recovering (and honestly neglecting the studio for a while), I haven’t been able to take any updated shots. But I’d still love to see what setups everyone else is working with! Whether it’s a full-blown production space or a laptop and headphones, post a pic and tell us a bit about it.

 

looks pretty clean mate. i had a proper "studio" in a basement when i had a house...
now i'm happy with a pc, cheap speakers, a midi keyboard, a good pair of headphones and an ashtray

how can you see/read on that huge screen? don't you strain your eyes?

 

It’s only a 32", so not that big. Honestly, I’ve never had any eye strain with it...I just keep it at a comfy distance and it’s been great. Your current setup sounds solid, simple, practical, and all you really need to make good stuff!

For my 'on the go setup' I usually have the Arturia MiniLab Mk3 with either the VSX headphones, Audio-Technica M50x, or the Beyerdynamic DT 990s

 

Beautiful studio, lovely lighting, a Fender guitar on the wall.
I hope everything heals well and you get completely healthy again soon.

THE BEST RECORDING STUDIOS AROUND THE WORLD
https://blog.audionetwork.com/the-edit/music/the-best-recording-studios-around-the-world

 

Last edited: Nov 2, 2025

I have a 34 at the same height and distance away, due to all of these production desks being similar. It really is the perfect size for Logic anyway. Enough real estate to move anything around you need, with no real reason for a second monitor. Since Logic's mixer is always one X keystroke away from view, who needs a second monitor anyway?

The Macbook as work surface and monitor with additional external monitor is still going to give you eye strain; but using the Macbook for keys and mouse can give you neck strain still and do some pretty carpal tunnel syndrome irritating wrist and forearm strain.

If you get an arc stand or whatever, the laptop gets folded up completely out of your way. That level of your desk is empty and useful again.
A Macbook stand, external full-sized keyboard and mouse would be the best addition you could possibly make to your workflow. A very inexpensive but serious upgrade in ergonomics at minimum. It also takes all the additional physical wear off your Macbook. Replacing a bluetooth keyboard is alot cheaper than replacing the one in your Mac.

 

Always a work in progress

 

I finally got the time to set up a place at home.

 

Nice and clean looking setup. What did you do with the ceiling? 8020s, Das Keyboard? The Elite would look even cleaner, but of course the keys are all blank. Cherry MX can be loud but you aren't tracking in there. I only switched to a Craft for my DAW computer because the scroll wheel being on the top left corner of the kb is more useful for horizontal daw scrolling.

 

- It's 8040a's.

- The ceiling panel is just a PET absorber from t.akustik I've had laying around, does fine in this small room.

- it's a Das keyboard, with blue switches. Is loud. People seem to be annoyed with that and I'm tired of agreeing with them but it's what I'm used to. I'm getting a new one with something more silent so people will stop bothering me about it, even though they can't hear it. I'm tracking my voice just fine.

 

PC;

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8 Cores 4.2 GHz CPU
Thermalright Frozen Notte 240 ARGB 240mm Liquid Cooler
ASUS Prime B650M-R 7200MHz (OC) DDR5 Socket AM5 M.2 HDMI mATX Mainboard
ASUS Dual Radeon RX 7800 XT OC 16GB GDDR6 256 Bit GPU
Kingston Beast KF556C36BBE-32TR 64 GB(2x32) DDR5 5600MHz CL36 Memory
Lexar NQ790 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 x4 Read 7000MB – Write 6000MB M.2 SSD (LNQ790X002T-RNNNG)
ADATA Legend 850 1TB Lite NVMe PCIe 4.0 Read 5000MB – Write 3200MB M.2 SSD (ALEG-850L-1000GCS)
WD WDBWLG0120HBK-EESN 12TB 3.5" Usb3.0
Corsair iCUE 3000D RGB Airflow USB 3.2 Mid Tower ATX 750W 80+ Bronze (CC-9020161-EU)
Asus VY229HF Consumer 21.45 IPS 1920x1080 1MS 100HZ
ASUS TUF Gaming VG27AQ3A 27 inç 180Hz 1ms 2K WQHD Adaptive Sync Fast IPS

Headphones;

Audio Technica ATH M70X
Shure SRH 1840
Sennheiser HD 25 Plus

Monitors;

Adam Audio A5X
Adam Audio D3V
Adam Audio T10S

Keyboards & Controllers & Soundcard etc;

M-Audio Oxygen Pro 61
Novation Launchkey Mini
Novation Launchpad X
Mackie Big Knob Passive
MOTU M2 | ESS Sabre32 Ultra ™ DAC
Audio-Technica At2020
Behringer ECM8000

 

Last edited: Nov 4, 2025

I love them, wired of course. Once you get up into the 150+ wpm speeds, there is nothing else like them. The Cherry MX Blue are the worst of all when it comes to volume. There are little kits you can get which can deaden the sound of the key clicks. If you ever work somewhere and you want literally no-one to screw with your desktop computer, stick an elite on it. Most people are just like "what the fsck" and won't even bother to try.

8040s on your desk shelf is crazy to me . I bet they sound great but damn. I have the little 8010s on the sides of my monitor and then A7X's out on stand poles. I like the 8010s as my regular system speakers and mostly for checking translation to these tiny devices people listen to stuff on now. Sometimes they are still too loud for me. What do you have stashed in the little desk rack?

 

@Pisŧöff What is the piano on the balcony?

 

My Little Mancave

 

Last edited: Nov 5, 2025

A Kawai

 

Not "what" but more "why"?

 

Enclosed porch?

 

It's not as crazy as you might think. Apart from being reference models, they're calibrated with ARC X/ARC Studio Hw and tuned to be, not that bass heavy for what I do (ironically, bass heavy music). And it's fine having them on the desk for now with the space I have. I don't get annoying reflections which surprised me to begin with. I've had the Genelec's since 2013 and they're still working so didn't feel like replacing.

For now, a 2400audio imperium monitor controller, an unused PowerCore Firewire and a MOTU 896MK3 hybrid acting as a preamp/slave interface while having an RME HDSPe RayDat in my machine as main driver.

 

Last edited: Nov 6, 2025

Cause Im obsessed

 

Hi everyone!
This is my cave and how it looks atm.
Work in progress as I will probably need to put somethings on the corners and behind the screens.
Have a great day.
Cheers
Phase.