"Kind of on a covert mission when I want to scan through the MF catalog these days." :-)

I know the feeling Randy, I find new MF catalogs stuff all kinds of places where it seems unlikely that I would ever find them. ....and I'm still 4 guitars (not including basses) behind you.

MakeShift
"Kind of on a covert mission when I want to scan through the MF catalog these days." :-)

I know the feeling Randy, I find new MF catalogs stuff all kinds of places where it seems unlikely that I would ever find them. ....and I'm still 4 guitars (not including basses) behind you.

The wife is really puzzled lately. I got a call last week from an old friend who is the lead singer/guitarist for his very successful country rock band. His rhythm player of 15 years is hanging it up, and wanted to know if I wanted the gig. Good pay, roadies, truck to haul gear. Just show up with my guitars and play and sing harmonies. 3 gigs a month. Perfect right? Nope! I started a new business 8 months ago and things are going well with it, but I can't stay awake past about 9:30. She just looked in the studio door and looked at the guitars hanging on the walls and shook her head.
 
Randy

Good luck with your studio changes and other endeavors, guys.  

rsp@odyssey.net
....... I got a call last week from an old friend who is the lead singer/guitarist for his very successful country rock band. His rhythm player of 15 years is hanging it up, and wanted to know if I wanted the gig. Good pay, roadies, truck to haul gear. Just show up with my guitars and play and sing harmonies. 3 gigs a month. Perfect right? Nope!....... I can't stay awake past about 9:30.....
 

I had a similar offer a while back..... play a few gigs a month, established band playing "real country" music.....just walk in, play guitar...mainly leads,  and sing backup,  then I thought about the time commitment, the drama of being in a band, and those long rides home at 2am...... I had to turn it down. I'm spoiled by the studio playing now....

 
I try to dust my studio at least once a year whether it needs it or not.Very occasionally I might move things around. I need to be in the right mood to do it. Basically that means I don't think about it. If I think about it I don't do it. I need to dumb myself down...ok....I don't have much further to go I understand. 
 
The last time I did it I had a lot of caffeine and just started taking everything out of the room. Even the recording desk I had made which is huge.It looked like Sanford and Son. Like a hurricane had come through my house. It was amazing that all of that stuff filled five rooms and only came out of one. After I realized what I had done it hit me that I had to put it all back again. In the end it opened my room up because I rearranged. It made my whole floor larger and made the place breath.Let more light in too.I'm dreading dusting time again. I don't intend to move anything for the next 20 years.
 
 
 
 

If I ever have a large/multi room studio space again I'll invest in...
 
a) A good USB hub
 
b) Some really long USB cables perhaps with those repeater thingies and some really long monitor cables
 
c) A small, easily moveable table
 
Then I'd snake the USB and monitor cables through the wall along with whatever audio i/o patch stuff and set up the table with the hub and my flat screen, trackball and keyboard wherever I needed to work.
 
I know that can be done wireless/blutooth now but I hate charging batteries and I think blutooth stuff might interfere with system resources while recording.
 
/lo-tech

Thanks for all of the great input everyone! Beepster, I shudder at thinking of moving this stuff in a wheelchair! As it is, I'm grateful to have a big 15 year old son to shoulder some of the burden. Randy - getting guitar and bass to the desk is a big part of this move. I want all of my creative tools right there so I can fiddle with whatever is necessary. I don't play drums so I'm fine if they're on the other side of the room (though I would like to take lessons someday since I actually have a nice kit).
 
I've started sketching out the layout and the new rack layouts and I've moved from trepidation to excited! I am worried about acoustics, but it's a great room and if anything I just might need to tweak the treatments a bit. This will really spice stuff up! I'll capture photos of the process and if I'm not too lazy I'll post and share. :)

smallstonefan
Thanks for all of the great input everyone! Beepster, I shudder at thinking of moving this stuff in a wheelchair! As it is, I'm grateful to have a big 15 year old son to shoulder some of the burden. Randy - getting guitar and bass to the desk is a big part of this move. I want all of my creative tools right there so I can fiddle with whatever is necessary. I don't play drums so I'm fine if they're on the other side of the room (though I would like to take lessons someday since I actually have a nice kit).
 
I've started sketching out the layout and the new rack layouts and I've moved from trepidation to excited! I am worried about acoustics, but it's a great room and if anything I just might need to tweak the treatments a bit. This will really ****e stuff up! I'll capture photos of the process and if I'm not too lazy I'll post and share. :)

Doing the layout on paper is the right way to go. When I did my current studio setup, I got some graph paper, and measured my desk, amps, bass traps etc and laid it all out. That worked great til I bought the drums, a couple of new amps, and other assorted gear. Now it almost looks like someone tried to rob me and right in the middle of the heist said "screw this, I'm tired".
 
Randy

jamesg1213

rsp@odyssey.net
 I want to come up with a way to reach my guitar amps and bass rig and the drums without having to move from the desk.
 
Randy

One of these maybe Randy?
 
http://www.frontierdesign.com/Products/TranzPort

That's what I gots.

rsp@odyssey.net

jamesg1213

rsp@odyssey.net
 I want to come up with a way to reach my guitar amps and bass rig and the drums without having to move from the desk.
 
Randy

One of these maybe Randy?
 
http://www.frontierdesign.com/Products/TranzPort

Thanks James. I've thought about one of those. And it's small enough so that "she who must obeyed" might not notice a new piece of gear. I'm up to 7 guitars not including basses. Kind of on a covert mission when I want to scan through the MF catalog these days.
 
Randy

One word.
 
Bathroom.