Your DAW desks... show them to me...

I'm gonna have to invest in or build a better desk for my set up so I'm curious how you guys approach this. I've seen some very nice set ups in some of your profile pics and have seen other cool stuff elsewhere (like a guy who modified an old piano into a desk). So yeah... whatchyoo guys got goin' on?

Yes he does. I'd be going far more minimalistic though. I just don't have the room for something that epic. Someday though... someday.

Only difference today is the cases are store away and the 7 position guitar stand is there (on the right).

And I sold one of the P-Solo preamps (on the left)

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@bapu... Now I want to build you a floating desk.

I'll need to lose some weight first.

I think my main needs are to obviously have enough space for my flatscreen, monitors, etc... on the main level. A pull out shelf for my QWERTY and trackball. A raised semi open cubby (for airflow) underneath to stick my tower. A raised shelf at the back to put my i/o on and some kind of adjustable sub shelf for my monitors (I don't really want to have to buy speaker stands). Then maybe a couple drawers and/or cubbys just to store random gack.

bapu


Only difference today is the cases are store away and the 7 position guitar stand is there (on the right).

And I sold one of the P-Solo preamps (on the left)

You sure it was the one on the left?  I think it was the one on the right.

Sadly when I move I'll probably have to toss some legs on it because most landlords don't like it when you start attaching things to the walls. Meh... I might just do it on the sly anyway. It's only a few holes which are easily patchable after the desk has been removed.

@bapu... Heh... I was joking, mostly. Even if it did have rattly parts duck tape cures that pretty quickly. I actually used to have a table exactly like that. It didn't have my DAW on it though.

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@bapu... Heh... I was joking, mostly. Even if it did have rattly parts duck tape cures that pretty quickly. I actually used to have a table exactly like that. It didn't have my DAW on it though.

I had a floating table back in the 80's with a wall above it where my Tascam 80-8 and 80-2 were mounted.


My mixer then was:




Then when I went ADATs my mixer was:


Then I sold it all and went ITB (so to speak).

My desk is an ancient Boeing surplus, government-gray metal desk I bought twenty years ago for $20.

It's not much to look at, but it's heavy and less prone to resonating than, say, an Ikea laminated fiberboard worktable.

Yeah, I'm not completely crazy about it either (because I'm 6' 4" tall and my knees don't have much room).  I don't remember the company that makes the project desk, but I think I got it through Musician's Friend.  I know they make others, but I liked the raised area for my monitors and the four-space rack in the middle.

I doubt it would be that difficult to have someone make you one to your specifications, especially if you provide them with an idea.  Got any "Spaceys" out your way?  (If you don't get the reference, Spacey builds a lot of really nice things, including desks.)

My basic approach is to have the desk in the middle (and turned away from the walls to reduce reflections), then I have a small mixer off to the right with all my synth and v-drum gear (all my MIDI cords go that way too), with a larger mixer to the left that handles bass, vocals, guitars and anyone playing live.  The small mixer feeds into the larger and the outputs from the larger mixer go into my soundcard.

Karyn

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My current desk is a platform attached directly to the wall. No legs or nothing. Just some handmade wooden brackets. It's rock solid.

So it's not really a floating desk, more of a "roughly bolted to the wall" sort of desk...


Otherwise called "a shelf"  

HPF or LPF?

Sorry guys. Got pulled away for a second. @bapu... how long have you been engineering for?

@karyn... heh, well yeah but I build them to create the illusion they are floating. In my old place I had one attached to a couple pillars so the back was open. That looked REALLY cool and seriously did look like it was floating in mid air. ;-)

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@craig... 6'4", eh? That's how tall I am. GIANTS UNITE!!!!

I'm a wimp at 6"1". But I suspect I have bigger moobs than either of you.