What do you have in your music studio?
GregD/OASYSCO
playing music but for those of you who do, what gear do you stock it with?
Mine has 2 couches, a full drum set, full PA, mics/stands, 4 can stage
lights (on a stand), digital recorder (part of a mfx pedal) and of course,
my guitar, amp, and assorted foot pedals.
My son's band uses it, having relocated all their practices to my house now
that 2 of his bandmates can drive.
I'd love to get my band up there, but we are too scattered geographically
to do anything but meet in the middle of the areas where we live. So we
sweat our butts off in a fellow bandmate's garage, while my air-
conditioned, ceiling fan cooled music room goes unused by us.
I've got to admit that having a dedicated play/practice area really makes
it easy to practice, removing any excuses I used to have in my previous
home.
Greg
Mark Kleinhaut
>home.
>
>Greg
I don't have a studio. I wander around the house while I practice, but experience
has taught me to stay off the stairs:)
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Steve
TV and a family watching it.
Without a CD rig, headphones, and a solidbody, it's pretty tough to practice
in there.
And I have to wait for Sunday afternoons and an empty and quiet crib to fit
any other players in there, otherwise the guitar widow gets really pissed
for some reason.
-SteveYetter-
Don Judy
"Mark Kleinhaut" <markkl...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "GregD/OASYSCO" <no...@nowhere.com> wrote:
> >Now, I realize not everybody has the luxury of having a room devoted to
>
> >playing music but for those of you who do, what gear do you stock it
with?
> >
> >Mine has 2 couches, a full drum set, full PA, mics/stands, 4 can stage
> >lights (on a stand), digital recorder (part of a mfx pedal) and of
course,
>
> >my guitar, amp, and assorted foot pedals.
> >
> >My son's band uses it, having relocated all their practices to my house
> now
> >that 2 of his bandmates can drive.
> >
> >I'd love to get my band up there, but we are too scattered geographically
>
> >to do anything but meet in the middle of the areas where we live. So we
>
> >sweat our butts off in a fellow bandmate's garage, while my air-
> >conditioned, ceiling fan cooled music room goes unused by us.
> >
> >I've got to admit that having a dedicated play/practice area really makes
>
> >it easy to practice, removing any excuses I used to have in my previous
>
> >home.
> >
> >Greg
>
> I don't have a studio. I wander around the house while I practice, but
experience
> has taught me to stay off the stairs:)
>
Aiyeeeee... note to self... no more stairs while practicing.
GregD/OASYSCO
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I used to take over my son's bedroom in our prev house as it was the
largest area that had a closet. I'll never forget... haul it all out, hook
it all up, practice very, very quietly so as not to disturb anybody,
oftentimes lulling my son to sleep with my playing, break it all down, pack
it all back ito the closet. It got easier to not haul it all out and just
do something else.
When we moved a few years ago, we got a house with a bonsu room over the
garage, which turned into the music room. My son practices his drums up
there - any idea of how loud that is? Very. His band practices up there...
even louder. None of this would have been possible in our old house.
So, all you have to Steve is move :)-
Greg
PS. I have an old friend and now fellow bandmate who is thinking of
building a music studio building in his backyard as he has almost an acre,
most of it unused. That'd be cool - even less disturbance to the family.
Steve
"GregD/OASYSCO" <no...@nowhere.com> wrote in message :
...> When we moved a few years ago, we got a house with a bonsu room over
the
> garage, which turned into the music room. My son practices his drums up
> there - any idea of how loud that is?
Ha ha.
Yes, I grew my own drummer too. He got into Metal.
Soundproofed his bedroom for band practice, but the siesmographs here in
California still went off.
Now that he's moved I suppose I could snag the room, but it's still full of
stuff! I mean a LOT of stuff.
-SY-
Kent Kingery
> Now, I realize not everybody has the luxury of having a room devoted to
> playing music but for those of you who do, what gear do you stock it with?
We recently moved and, like you, I ended up with a bonus room over the
garage. The guitar widow ended up with a sewing room in the main house, so
we're both happy.
Anyway, I do a lot of composing and recording for church choirs (kids'
musicals, cantatas, that sort of thing), so I have a full project studio in
one end. I also do video work and have an editing bay at the other end. In
the middle, I have a nice couch and ottoman, my amp, and a three-guitar
stand that holds my "other" children.
Luckily, my daughter plays the flute, so the room required for her flute and
music stands is minimal. She is only 11, but we have been working on
flute/guitar duets this year, and it's nice to have a permanent place to go
practice instead of trying to cram into one of the empty bedrooms. However,
my younger daughter (6) is showing increasing signs of what can only be
described as "drumitis". She taps on anything she can find, and she
gravitates towards the drum section in Sam Ash and Guitar Center when we go.
This does not bode well for any of us unless I can find an affordable
electronic trap set.
My only issue with my studio space is that we live very near a military
reservation, and in the evenings you can sometimes hear the training guns
going off. In fact, as I write this, they are exploding old ordinance
underground. Quite shocking the first couple of times you hear it...
Kent
Murray Roberts
Mine is a garage/workshop/schoolhouse/laundry/recording studio/music
room.
Inside I have the following,
- 1984 XE Ford Falcon
- clothes dryer
- workbench/cupboard unit with various tools and powertools inside
- Rows and rows of books of every imaginable topic
- 3 schooldesks/chairs and 2 cupboards of resources. (S.O. and I
homeschool our kids), schoolwork displays on the walls
- shelves storing CDs, tapes DVDs, manuals,
- 2 filing cabinets
- Peavey Bass Cab, Yamaha DG amp, Soundgear Bass, Ibanez Steve
Lukather Roadstar, Acoustic Suzuki
- P.C. system P4, 1gig ram, 120 hardrive, running Cubase SX 2,
Wavelab, Macromedia Flash, Photoshop, heaps a games
- Roland JX8P synth, Lexmark printer/scanner/copier
- (in 19" rack cabinet) Yamaha MG16/6 Mixer, Alesis Quadraverb, Roland
mt32, Teac CD/tape player, JVC amp
- 1 hard sofa (boards under cushions), gas heater, handheld phone, mic
stands, 1 wallclock,
- A whole heap a shit stored up in the rafters since 1990. (christmas
stuff, photos, etc.... ), fishing rods/reels
I think thats it ...............
icarusi
> playing music but for those of you who do, what gear do you stock it with?
My 'stuff' is in various rooms and some gets moved to the main room when
needed. I have invested in some stuff called 'gridwall' which is a retailing
display system consisting of chromed steel weldmesh of 75mm centers,
combined with various clip-on hangers. There's a similar product called
'slot-wall' using grooved MDF boarding and a similar range of 'hooks', but
'gridwall' can be freestanding if required. I put an 1800x600mm panel
horizontally high on the back wall of the room. So far I have 10 guitars on
it but it looks like there's room for 18-20, echeloned. The hangers can be
moved within each 75mm grid horizontally but vertically at 75mm steps only.
The panel is mounted 50mm clear of the wall on 'jumbo' sized chrome hooks on
diamond shaped back plates, so the grid panel can be easily lifted off and
posters etc. postioned behind it. I bought 6 hooks but so far have only used
4 and it seems pretty solid at 4 screws to the wall per hook. I haven't
bought 'proper' guitar hangers yet, I'm just using the smallest retail
hangers with sashcord 'nooses' around the headstocks until I've got the
spacings optimised.
Icarusi
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Kent Kingery
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> diapers and wipes
Man, I remember those days...
"Turn that thing down. You'll wake the baby..."
Kent
Ken Lloyd
Models vary as I move things between music room and basement.
Presently it's Clarus C2R with RE NY 8 cab along with PV Envoy 30 watt.
Mixer, Behringer. Lots of cables with different connecting ends.
Closet full of guitars.
Stacks and stacks and stacks of music books (guitar, bass and piano).
CDs everywhere and audio system.
Computer and flat screen monitor.
Wireless router.
Autographs of McCoy Tyner, Ron Carter, Howard Alden on the wall.
College diplomas on the wall.
Stacks and stacks of music books.
Stacks of guitar magazines and DVDs.
Printer.
Shelf full of touchy-feely management books from my Master's program.
Autographed tee-shirt by Dr. John.
Picture of wifey.
Stacks of guitar books.
Music stand with light.
Thick paper bar placemats from Stella Artois (which I personally snagged in
Belgium).
Stella Artois ashtrays (nobody here smokes); gift from my last visit to
England.
Autographed baseball: Nolan Ryan.
Lots of marked up charts on the music stand; assignments from my guitar
teacher.
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Kevin Van Sant
I do most of my playing at home in my living room, that's where the
Vandersteen's are. That's also where the Hammond organ is. I keep
an amp in that room too. But I do have an isolated room also for
teaching or practicing should I want to practice in there instead.
That's where my computer is with all of my recording gear, as well as
another stereo system, a little Crate amp, and my ES175 with midi rig.
Upstairs my wife has a beautiful sounding 6 foot Kawai grand, so
sometimes I play up there too.
_________________________________________
Kevin Van Sant
jazz guitar
http://www.kevinvansant.com
to buy my CDs, hear sound clips, see videos, and get more info.
Alternate site for recent soundclips
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Willie K.Yee, M.D.
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>> Now, I realize not everybody has the luxury of having a room devoted to
>> playing music but for those of you who do, what gear do you stock it with?
Pictures at http://users.bestweb.net/~wkyee/studio2.jpg and
http://users.bestweb.net/~wkyee/studio1.jpg
Mixer:
Fostex VM-200 8-track Digital Mixer (soon to be replaced by Akai
DPS24)
Recorders:
Fostex VR-800 Digital Recorder
Sony PCM-M1 DAT Recorder
Fostex D-5 DAT Recorder
Plextor CDR
Philips 795 CDRW writer
Sony dual cassette deck
Microphones and input converters:
AKG C1000S condenser
AKG 414 B-ULS multi-pattern LD condenser
AT 822 stereo electret condenser
AT4050 x2 multi-pattern LD condenser
Behringer ECM 8000 x2 reference omni
Beyerdynamic M160 ribbon supercardioid
Marshall MXL 67G large condenser cardioid
Marshall MXL 503 x2 sd wide cardioid condenser
Marshall MXL V69ME tube condenser
Sennheiser MD 421 x2 dynamic
Sennheiser E602 dynamic bass
Electro Voice RE 20 dynamic cardioid
Shure KSM 32 large condenser cardioid
Shure 829 dynamic omni
Shure SM 57 x2 dynamic cardioid
Shure SM 81 x2 Small condenser hypercardioid
Countryman DI 85 box
Rolls DB25 Matchbox/attenuator
RS Inline Transformer
Whirlwind A/B box
NO name A/B box
Pre-amps:
Symetrix 202 x2
John Hardy M-1
Grace 101
FMR 8380 RNP
Signal processors and router:
FMR RNC 1773 compressor x2
Alesis Nanoverb
Behringer patchbay
Monitors:
Soundcraft Spirit Absolute 2 Nearfield Monitors
Samson S120 Power amp
ATH-909 headphones (open)
Sony 1709 headphones (closed)
Proton receiver
AR 38 i loudspeakers
Instruments:
Alesis HR-16 drum machine
Casio HZ 600 keyboard
Yamaha P150 piano
Guild Artist Award guitar
Barrington BGW 400 guitar
Gibson SG Standard guitar
DeArmond Starfire guitar - alto tuned
Hohner G3T guitar
Harmony Bass
Peavey Fury 4 bass
No-name acoustic archtop
Instrument amplifiers:
Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus amp
Polytone MiniBrute II amp
Fender Amp Can
Clarus 1 amp
Raezor's Edge Twin 8 cab
Stomp boxes and pedals:
Digitech RP12 Guitar Processor
Zoom GFX 101 Guitar Processor
Boss ME50 multi-effects processor
Arion Chorus
Arion Tuner
Boss EQ-7 equalizer
Boss OC-2 octaver
Boss AC1 acoustic sim
Boss RC-20 loop station
Morley Sapphire flanger
Morley volume pedal
Testing equipment:
RS analog SPL
ProCo Cable tester
Misc:
K&M mic stands x6
Micron 266 MMx PC
Willie K. Yee, M.D. http://users.bestweb.net/~wkyee
Developer of Problem Knowledge Couplers for Psychiatry http://www.pkc.com
Webmaster and Guitarist for the Big Blue Big Band http://www.bigbluebigband.org
Lumpy
> Now, I realize not everybody has the luxury of having a
> room devoted to playing music but for those of you who
> do, what gear do you stock it with?
11 guitars
1 banjo
1 fiddle
1 mandolin
1 Fender bass
1 ukulele
Instruments all hang on the wall on String Swings.
Cases are out of sight in a closet. A BIG closet..:-)
18 channel mixer/PA with powered monitors on tripods
MIDI keyboard and external synth module
MIDI "organ pedals" and synth module
AXON 100 Guitar synth
Behringer V-Apm Pro FX/Amp-Cab simulator
Various microphones and stands
Pair of very heavy duty orchestral music stands
Gig "Jump Kit". Grab it and an instrument and
head out the door to recording or live gigs.
Contents -
- Strings
- CD's
- Tools (screwdrivers, cutters, string winder etc)
- Cables, adaptors
- DI box
- Duct tape, elec tape, white elec tape (for marking
labels on mixers, cables etc)
- Sharpies (for autographs, labels)
- Spare batteries for whatever takes batteries
PC with dual monitors and wireless remote mouse.
(Great for Band-In-A-Box play along)
Acoustic Image bass amp
Two "Ultrasound" 30W Acoustic guitar amps
Room humidifier
Ceiling mounted track lights
Two filing cabinets stuffed full with
sheet music and fake books
Various framed photos of old friends from the music business
My very first recording. Vinyl LP from 1962 playing
clarinet in the district honor orchestra, "The Blue
Danube".
Big picture window gives a view to the little, shaded
desert oasis outside. Nice to have cool scenery to
look at while practicing, teaching. Neighborhood cats
come around whenever I play. They sit in the planter
outside and apparently dig the sounds.
Neighborhood chickens (feral street gang chickens with
no real home) come around when some of my high range
sopranos come for a lesson. Not sure if they dig the
sounds. It seems to make them want to screw. Or maybe
that's just what chickens do all day.
Lumpy
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Brian Kerr
Guitars: PRS CE-22, Ibanez Artstar (335 copy), Alvarez acoustic, Ibanez
acoustic
A friend of mine has been keeping his Epiphone 4 string bass here so I've
got access to that as well
Amps: Marshall AVT-50 1x12 tube preamp (hybrid amp, tube clean channel - SS
dirty channel, SS never gets used), Dean 1025R 1x10, Crate GFX-15 1x8 with
cheezy DSP effects.
Pedals: Digitech RP-100 multi-effects unit, Dunlop CryBaby, Dunlop passive
volume pedal, Voodoo Labs SuperFuzz, Voodoo Labs Sparkle Drive.
Alesis SR-16 drum machine w/ 2 Boss FS-5U foot pedals - 1 for fills and the
other to start/stop. The drum machine was basically worthless before I had
these foot pedals. Since I got them I find myself using it quite a bit for
practicing.
Mics: 1 Sennheiser E835 great for lead vocals, I also have 3 el cheapo hi
impedance mics
Mixer: Behringer Eurorack UB1202 12 channel mixer - advertised at 12 but
truthfully it's got 4 XLR mono channels and 4 stereo channels. At any rate
for $90 if you don't own a mixer you should seriously consider this thing -
I've been very happy with it. Lately I haven't even been playing into an
amp, just the RP-100 with a bit of reverb right into the mixer.
I run the mixer directly into my stereo.
Stereo: Sony receiver, Technics dual casette deck, Magnavox DVD player. I
play CDs in the DVD player and couldn't justify purchasing a separate CD
player for that reason. I've also got a TV in the mix which is great for
watching concert DVDs. I see a CD recorder joining in the not too distant
future hopefully.
Also tons of books - mostly music and chess, CDs, music stand, computer,
etc.
Brian
Paul Sanwald
guitar (ibanez pm-100), a powerbook G4 hooked up to a stereo with bose
speakers, and my music stand and milk crate of sheet music.
Pete Kerezman
amps, computer, mixer, drive rack, home stereo that doubles as
practise pa, cheap 8 track stand-alone digital recorder, "toy" casio
keyboard for helping to grok theory, mics, stands... typical music
makin' stuff. The bulky big pa and bass cabs I store elsewhere.
Texas Pete
Gerry
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Sounds about like all anybody should need.
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> needed. I have invested in some stuff called 'gridwall' which is a
retailing
> display system consisting of chromed steel weldmesh of 75mm centers,
> combined with various clip-on hangers. There's a similar product called
> 'slot-wall' using grooved MDF boarding and a similar range of 'hooks', but
> 'gridwall' can be freestanding if required. I put an 1800x600mm panel
> horizontally high on the back wall of the room. So far I have 10 guitars
on
> it but it looks like there's room for 18-20, echeloned. The hangers can be
> moved within each 75mm grid horizontally but vertically at 75mm steps
only.
>
"sideways", instead of facing away from the wall, so that I can fit more
guitars on my wall, (instead of admitting that I own too many guitars!) I
like the slot-wall approach. Does anyone know of a source for these types of
hangers for slot-walls?
Pt
A TV, a couch, coffee table, stuffed chair, a guitar and a practice
amp.
Pt
Stan Fong
most of my guitars. I have my desktop computer going through a Mackie
1402 mixer going into some powered Mackie 824's. I also have Alesis
Quadraverb, Yamaha GEP 50 for my rack units. A cheapo Radio Shack
dynamic mic which works great for guitar amps. Shure SM81, Shure Beta
87A are the other mics I use to record acoustically and amplified at
the same time. The amp I have in that room is an Evans JE200. The only
thing is I hate being cramped up in that little room.
In my living room, I have my old computer which basically acts as juke
box hooked up to a Hafler stereo system. I also have a Yamaha 4 track
that hardly gets used since recording digitally on harddrive made it
obsolete. I also have a modified Fender Silverface Twin and Polytone
Teeny Brute in there.
In the den I have my Clarus/RE rig. I record and play along on my
laptop which I can hook up to my Yamaha Audio/video reciever using the
front panel RCA inputs.
That's all I need for my purposes. I have to have alternate places to
play at home in case my other half is watching TV or listening to the
stereo or sleeping. That's why I have to have alternate rooms to play.
That's what I tell her anyway. :)
Stan
Gerry
<no...@nowhere.com> wrote:
> Now, I realize not everybody has the luxury of having a room devoted to
> playing music but for those of you who do, what gear do you stock it with?
>
> Mine has 2 couches, a full drum set, full PA, mics/stands, 4 can stage
> lights (on a stand), digital recorder (part of a mfx pedal) and of course,
> my guitar, amp, and assorted foot pedals.
This is what it looks like this week.
I just bought that cube 60.
My stuff swaps in and out because I only have so much room. Two years
ago I had a full set of timbales, congas, bongos and a percussion rack
at the wall. But I started playing other instruments so they've been
moved to the garage. If I had more room they'd be there, and I'd
probably be playing them more. Or being distracted by them, depending
on your viewpoint.
If my studio was larger I'd have more stuff in it.