the classic "take a photo of your setup" thread

[Marzz]

My setup for now. Im gonna get some monitors, a soundcard, and some treatment
I have the midi keyboard but im setting it up when i get everything else

[NinjaEdit]

Okay thanks everyone. I have heard that having them close to the wall messes with the portrayal of bass frequencies, so where is the "danger zone"? (I.e. how far away from the wall should I move them until I'm safe?)

If you draw an oval touching all the walls, don't put speakers, people, mics or instruments outside it.

[spire]

^^that sorta makes sense, but is by far the weirdest way ive heard anyone present it, lol.

[lucozade]

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[lucozade]

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[jam1]

My ghetto acid setup for the day...



Got a X0XB0X and a TR-505 coming next week...

[Smiles]

hp pavilion dv6
presonus audiobox usb
m audio oxygen 25
akai rpm3 monitors
sol republic tracks hd heaphones

[Marzz]

hp pavilion dv6
presonus audiobox usb
m audio oxygen 25
akai rpm3 monitors
sol republic tracks hd heaphones

Sick man

[Attila]

Can never focus with pussy in the studio

[Marzz]

Can never focus with pussy in the studio

[Eridu]

Horribly blurry phone shot of my setup

KRK RP5s, Focusrite Saffire Scarlett, MacBook pro 15", pair of CDJ-200s, Denon DJM-100, Stanton turntable, assorted vinyl

Are my monitors way too close to my head or the wall? I know fuck all about speaker placement

they are definitely too low. ideal height for monitors, when you`re sitting is 100 - 110 cm. average desk height is 70 cm. You cant go wrong with buying speaker stands, you can hardly destroy them and can basically use them forever and in any studio setup you have in the future.

I would pull the desk out and place the monitors behind the desk on the speaker stands.

I stripped the screw on my monitor stand the day I opened the box, and haven't used them since.

Good monitor placement is symmetrical from one side of the wall to the parallel wall. You want your set up right in the middle. If you have a more rectangular room, set up your monitors so the sound will blast down the longer dimensions of your room. Also, I'm pretty sure you should pull your monitors forward unless you have a wall very close in back of you.

Well in the meantime I bought a pair of monitor stands and I reccomend them to anyone for a bedroom studio. I can easily adjust the height of the speakers now, have more room on my desk, clearer sound (just a bit) and I can move the speakers around if I feel the need.

[Tracks To Wax]

sorry bad phone pic of a bit of the set-up we're cutting/tweaking with, we'll have to do some shinier pics at some point

[symmetricalsounds]

looks a bit weird cos i had to resize it for the forum, original pic here

few changes since last time i posted on here, added a piano, electric organ, korg electribe, zoom drum machine and zoom sampler.

[jeer]

^ Hammond bad assery right here.

[symmetricalsounds]

lol i wish it was a hammond, it's a bontempi organ, the actual organ sound of it isn't all that but it does have some nice round bass sounds.

[ehbes]

What's with that comp monitor? Are those sticky notes all over it?

[symmetricalsounds]

What's with that comp monitor? Are those sticky notes all over it?

yeah it's practically covered in them, had to go onto the sides now too. notes with timecodes of things to sample, notes of ideas for tunes all kinds of stuff like that.

[ehbes]

Mad professor tings... I like it

[Marzz]

I do the same but I have a dry erase board with stickies and writing on it on my wall above my monitor and desk so i just look up for badman ideas

[ehbes]

i have a note book that i haven't touched in a year...