Thanks to John and Steve and Rick and Eric and a bunch of other folks, my little studio has started recording. While I have a million little details left to do, I don’t think they’d show up very much in pictures, so this will be the last update.

I’ve run a couple of sessions in the room, and it is sounding wonderful.

With this first picture, I wanted to be clear about my slot resonators. They are angled to avoid echos bouncing back and forth in the small space. It didn’t show well in the previous photos, but it is a crucial part of the room.

Now onto the World’s Ugliest Desk….

Here it is in all its ahem, glory. The right pedestal is a 19” rack with two drawers in it, as well as some other equipment. The left pedestal is a computer silencing cabinet of my own design. I’m going to go into more detail on that, because I think there is some interest in it. The top of the desk is a solid core door, cut to size. The keyboard rest is adjustable, and can be pushed inside the desk opening.

Here’s a shot of the right pedestal.

Here is a closer shot of the left pedestal. Note the air intakes on the right side, near the back, up high. The air is driven with fans through the box through sound baffles on each side.

Here is the box with the door open. Note the abundance of 1” thick muslim wrapped 703 rigid fiberglass.

The front pillow just sits in the opening. To get to the computer, pop the pillow out.

Here’s a closeup of the fans on the right side. They are low and to the front – not in a direct path with the air intake. On the left side, near the back, there are exit fans up high. The final air output goes from the left side in the lower front.

In my little studio, I need to use every inch (or centimeter). I have a small area for microphone stands beside the corner bass absorber in the back.

 

Here’s a closeup view of the microphone stand storage area.

Here are the shots of the overall studio. Here’s the front section.

Here’s the left back section.

Here’s the right back section.

And here’s the obligatory low across the faders promo shot.

Thanks again, everyone! And special thanks to John for hosting this site.

Lee