FWIW Greg I just bought a 20 ft MIDI cable today and my guy at the music shop said he just had a 35 foot MIDI cable made for him. No problems, he says.

Thanks, BAPU. I'll be heading to the Raleigh GC in a few days to see what they have, and maybe Radio Shack, and check out the interwebbie thing, too.
 
 
Bapuized. 

I have used multiple long MIDI cables with female-to-female connectors to make them even longer with any problems.  The data being transferred is minimal (unlike audio) so it shouldn't be an issue.

57Gregy


Kev, how long is the MIDI cable coming from the drums (if any)? I'm getting tired of lugging my brother's kit closer to the desk in order to record some drums. Any problems with RFI? Any special shielding on your cables?

DITTO on what BAPU said. I also use a 20 ft cable with no problems. I just bought the cheapest cable I could find

Thanks, Kev, too.
 
I just bought the cheapest cable I could find

Yeah, you mentioned how, uh, frugal you are.

Cool! Thanks for posting these pics! I just found them and had been looking for Mutt's studio for a while. So, even a billionaire's studio looks "lived in"! HA! till, my favorite studio always has to be "the one I am "growing" now". I  "lost" one to chapter 7 and this new home studio that I am "growing" (temporarily in my house until I have the "barn" put up), seems amazing to me! Like it will do 100x more than my circa 2000 one and cost less than half, though that has a lot to do with my own clarity and a new focus (this is a personal studio for my wife and me to create in). With the previous one, I was still  trying to get clients and impress "them". 
     Anyway, I am very glad you posted these. Michael

WOW. . . a post from the dead.  I built mine as a personal studio and get away from the real world.  I only wish I had more time to write and play music but every now and then I just sit and soak it in.   Michael, please post some pics I would love to see the progress of your studio. Have fun!


Later
Kev

Thanks Kev  I really like how your studio looks! You had a very nice vision and pulled it off, nicely. I will post some pics of the last one I built, called Pentimento Sound in my basement in Cadillac, Michigan. For the past few years I was working in a  small bedroom where we rented, and used the bathroom to track vocals, acoustic guitars and mandolin. I liked to call that studio setup Royal Flush ! As in  ..."your best take is in the can!"
     We just bought a house up near Sleeping Bear Dunes and when we put up a "barn" that will be the next "building a studio" for me. Southwest Chicago is where I grew up and gigged until I began to wander-explore.

Regarding treatment...there is theory which says it won't sound good unless you treat first reflections and have your monitors 1/3rd in the room...and....there is real world where you should let your ears be the guide because sometimes, it just works.