I'm talking things like lamps, notepad, couch, incense, coffee flask, etc. Things that make your environment nicer and/or more efficient.

Not things like plugins, hardware, laptop, instruments, etc. I mean stuff you wouldn't find at a music shop.

Interested to hear what's in other people's studios!

Feel free to mention wishlist / dream items

 

an ashtray

 

Art

 

I like being able to ignore & forget everything in the outside world: no phones, no internet browsing, no distractions, no clocks (if possible), etc.

On the main desk next to the Faderport 16, I have a metal coaster for a large ceramic coffee mug my girlfriend made me. I haven't spilled a drip of coffee in well over a decade (knock on wood). Without the ability to make a coffee near by, there would be no point in having a studio in the first place

I also like plants (philodendrons, ferns, monstera, etc). There is a window I can open so they get the light they need during the day. They relax along the wall and smile at me while I play them music

 

random pieces of paper and graphite collet holder pencil (not sure if there's english word for that)

 

I use it as a help in analyzing slopes of curves.

 

A couple of external hard disks (you would not find them in a music shop).
Don't forget to back up, folks!!! lol

PS: my cat is always around also.

 

Pen and paper for notes, don't like multitasking when I'm working on music/sound.

And hear me out, even you're not into randomness a set of dice. It's fun coming up with weird ideas. I use a role-playing dice set, mainly a twelve and eight sided ones (obviously).

 

Pen & paper.

 

chatgpt

 

I couldn't do anything without my Village People poster.

 

-Some kind or combination of room temperature control things (fan, cooler, heater, hvac, etc.)
-random chairs
-A QUALITY CHAIR for you (can't stress this enough, i fucked up my back recently because of a bad chair and it's annoying AF)
-A small table-like thing for people to leave stuff on but doesn't have audio equipment attached or near it.
-Zip ties, insulating tape, duct tape, coloured masking tape, scissors, box cutter, measuring tape, screwdrivers (at least flat and philips), pliers, aluminum wire....Basically a toolbox.
-A portrait of Shrek for inspiration
-Something that absorbs water, in case of emergency
-Power strips
-power plug adapters (specailly if you live outside the US)

Also, and this is not really a must, but sometimes people just want to make a quick video for IG or whatever. You might want to have a mobile, dimmable source of light, like a ring light.

 

Several, some of them provide an audio benefit on top

Spoiler: additionally damps low freqs

Spoiler: additionally damps mid and high freqs

Spoiler: damps nothing

 

"damps nothing", but can definetively create bumps down below...in the frequency spectrum.

 

It's kinda hard to see in the lighting, and my workstation is a bit scattered right now, but this rose quartz skull is a nice little reminder of the whole memento mori deal, and ultimately, the importance of time and what you decide to spend it on.
It keeps me on-point and focused.
I actually scored it a few years back, off some random guy on the streets who offered it to me if I smoked him out. I just gave him a dub sack and split, since he was a nice guy, but there was no way he was using my pipe.

 

I got one of those laying around here somewhere, too. I was under the assumption that cats were mandatory for any music zone.

 

Herman Miller

 

Damps and tramps