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studio desks
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 6:46 pm
by charlemagne
looking for a new studio desk and was wondering if you guys had any other recommendations besides studio RTA and Ikea? Im considering just building my own but wanted to see if there was anything else out there I should be considering.
Room is a fairly small rectangle. I'll post the dimensions later today after I take the measurements. But again, it's fairly small.
thanks so much guys

Re: studio desks
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 6:51 pm
by charlemagne
also fwiw i have a 21" Imac, will be getting yamaha hs80 monitors (heard they're huge), and at least a 25/49 key midi keyboard and a launchpad.
finally getting a small studio, incredible times

Re: studio desks
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 6:53 pm
by Shekul
Re: studio desks
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:05 pm
by FSTZ
Omnirax are awesome if you live in the U.S.
http://www.omnirax.com/
Re: studio desks
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:06 pm
by charlemagne
cheers for the reply. looks like there's no cyberstore for the states (dont wanna have to order from overseas if possible), but i guess they're just a distributor?
Re: studio desks
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:09 pm
by charlemagne
looks damn nice, but at first glance looks a bit out of my league price wise

Re: studio desks
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:16 pm
by Shekul
charlemagne wrote:
cheers for the reply. looks like there's no cyberstore for the states (dont wanna have to order from overseas if possible), but i guess they're just a distributor?
Quiklok make a lot of the desks on thomman, check stores in the US that sell them here
http://www.quiklok.com/dealers.php
I got this desk for about £100:
http://www.quiklok.com/catalog/?p=produ ... -250-BK-GR
Here's my set-up with the desk:
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p298 ... diogr2.jpg
Been very happy with it.
Re: studio desks
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:18 pm
by deadly_habit
Re: studio desks
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:24 pm
by charlemagne
nice one guys
Re: studio desks
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 11:21 pm
by gravity
you could build one to suit your specific needs for less than buying one
edit - oops didnt read your post properly. yeah id say build rather than buy.
Re: studio desks
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 3:09 am
by MikkiFunk
Try and find an Ikea Jerker desk. They're discontinued but are always popping up on ebay!
Anyway here it is! Its become some what of a favourite among homestudio owners! This is pretty much the exact same one Ive got and it does just fine, elevates your monitors up so you dont have to prop them up on bricks/ books/ boxes etc, and the the work surface and shelf is adjustable. You should be able to get one real cheap too, I think I got mine for £30 or something! Just make sure you get the one that is 127 or 130cm wide, as there are a few that are about 120cm wide etc (127cm is just about wide enough for me to put my adam a7x's either side. Though if you can find one that has both swing out shelves on the side it doesnt matter as these will enable you to space out your monitors much more and therefore not have to sit so close to the desk (2 speakers and head should form points on equilateral triange to get the listening sweet spot etc)

Re: studio desks
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 10:52 am
by wub
Bit of a tangent, but is that FL you're running in that pic? How are you finding it enbabling a hardware outboard synth to run through FL?
Re: studio desks
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 12:31 pm
by Shekul
wub wrote:
Bit of a tangent, but is that FL you're running in that pic? How are you finding it enbabling a hardware outboard synth to run through FL?
Yeah it is, it's easy. The fl studio manual has a really useful bit about connecting hardware synthesizers to it. I just followed that and it took about 5 minutes. It works just like any other vst now, when i wanna use it i just click Midi out (which controls the blofeld) and start jamming on the keyboard. Then if i wanna go use Massive or something i just click on that too and away i go.