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New recording desk
Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 1:38 am
by jgreenwd
I have recently been updating my recording setup. I ditched my Line6 UX2 Toneport
(which served me well for many years!) and upgraded to a Fireface 400. My plan is to
start building a few 4-channel mic pre's. So, I needed somewhere to put all of this stuff.
Laminating the desktop from some 2x4's I ripped.

Desktop laminated and planed.

Added padauk trim, some aniline dye, and prepping rack shelves.

After 1 coat of tung oil.

Fabricating monitor mount.

Mounted monitor & getting everything setup.

Tidying up a bit.

Re: New recording desk
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 3:15 am
by Nateispro
wow that looks great man!!! I love how you recessed the keyboard!!! super clean
Re: New recording desk
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 4:01 am
by VTM
That looks amazing, very nice work!
Re: New recording desk
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 9:38 am
by clipless bumper
very nice work!
what are those speakers?
are they accurate?
Re: New recording desk
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 7:23 pm
by jgreenwd
Thanks guys!
mamberg wrote:very nice work!
what are those speakers?
are they accurate?
That is the Tascam VL-S21 monitoring package. They stopped making them years ago... like 2008 or so.
They are ok. Really, they're glorified PC speakers. They're good for watching a movie or listening to music.
But, the bass is too subdued to mix with. Everything comes out bass-heavy when you listen to it on another
system. That is actually my next component to upgrade.
Re: New recording desk
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 10:07 pm
by ajaxlepinski
Awesome! Wish I had more room for a beautiful desk like that!
Re: New recording desk
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 1:15 am
by Tortuga
Awesome work! I really like the accent stripes! Hard to believe that's construction lumber
Looking to to something similar in my new studio, but will probably have the keyboard and mouse mounted in a drawer underneath the work surface - I want the desk to serve as a bench for doing guitar setups, small electronics (mods) work, etc.
How'd you do the underpinnings? Are the legs recycled from another table?
Re: New recording desk
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 6:48 am
by skybluegary
Wow, nice

Re: New recording desk
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 8:36 pm
by jgreenwd
GRIMESPACE wrote:Awesome work! I really like the accent stripes! Hard to believe that's construction lumber
Hah! That was what made it fun...and relatively cheap
GRIMESPACE wrote:How'd you do the underpinnings? Are the legs recycled from another table?
Yeah, I used the bottom section from my old $50 WalMart computer desk.
The reason I didn't hang the keyboard and trackpad from below is because I am going to
put my MIDI controller on a sliding shelf there. It is much larger, obviously, so much more
obstructive.
Thanks for the compliments folks!
Re: New recording desk
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 7:21 am
by cudbucket
Looks great. Getting ready to build a desk as well as soon as my kitchen remodel is done. What are the dimensions of the top?
Re: New recording desk
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 9:55 am
by Thurston
Looks great! Will you have any issues with plugging into you interface and cabling in the way of your keyboard?
Re: New recording desk
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 7:42 pm
by jgreenwd
cudbucket wrote:Looks great. Getting ready to build a desk as well as soon as my kitchen remodel is done. What are the dimensions of the top?
Thanks!
The desktop is 71"x27". That might seem a little odd. It was 72"x28", but I trimmed the edges squaring it up.
Racks are 4U tall (middle half-rack is 2U) and 10" deep; flush with the back edge of the desk.
Thurston wrote:Looks great! Will you have any issues with plugging into you interface and cabling in the way of your keyboard?
To date, I haven't had any real cabling issues. I did put my USB hub on top of the Mac Mini. That helped keep some cable runs shorter and cleaner. The plan is to bastardize the patchbay into a half-rack unit and mount it under the interface. Then, once I get finished building some assorted mic pre's and other miscellany, I can just route everything through the patchbay.