Clean up the studio day...

[Greg_L]

Lol that Bison guitar thing is sick.

Looks tidy and efficient.

My room is an absolute complete fucking nightmare. It's never been this bad. I've got shit everywhere. I'm tucked in here like a fucking hoarder. It's so bad I don't even know where to begin, so I don't.

[rayc]

All sweet - but nothing quite as sweet as the ugly beauty of the Bison.

[JD01]

Looks like a tidy work space, didn't know you had a strat.

[JD01]

Ah, it didn't have the 3rd strat "mystery knob"

[Lance Manyon]

I love seeing pictures of other home recording setups. Really nice, Arm. Nice Les Paul, what year?

[vomitHatSteve]

This thread is a year and a half old and should probably be a reminder to us all to clean our studios. :guilty-emoji:

[Tadpui]

My studio is cleaner than it's been in years. Mainly because now it has no guitars, amps, microphones or cables in it. We just last night relocated it all to Kansas from Colorado. It's going to be a long couple of months without my emotional support gear next to me.

[CrowsofFritz]

I hate the cleaning itself, but once it’s done, it always feels really damn good. Right now my problem is too much junk with too little space.

[Mr Clean]

My OCD wouldn't be able to cope with the two monitors at different sizes. Just looking at the images makes me sweat.

I try to keep my space tidy but I'm the personification of a lazy bastard and it gets scruffy quickly. I know where everything is though.

[rayc]

Fire plan...we don't have one yet...been thinking about it and we've removed trees n shrubs close to the house.

[CrowsofFritz]

@Armistice how do you like having those monitors so far apart but not pointed at you?

I generally use my monitors as my second reference and headphones as my first. For most, it’s the other way around, but I just don’t really like mixing on monitors as much as the headphones. Im considering some open backs now, too.

[WhiskeyJack]

My studio is cleaner than it's been in years. Mainly because now it has no guitars, amps, microphones or cables in it. We just last night relocated it all to Kansas from Colorado. It's going to be a long couple of months without my emotional support gear next to me.

How is that all going for you Tad?!! The home build? How far off are you on it? Do you have a thread about it on here somewhere that i am neglecting?

[CrowsofFritz]

@Armistice how do you like having those monitors so far apart but not pointed at you?

I generally use my monitors as my second reference and headphones as my first. For most, it’s the other way around, but I just don’t really like mixing on monitors as much as the headphones. Im considering some open backs now, too.

If I'm actually mixing seriously, I roll the chair back to get the equilateral triangle happening... problem with these monitors - and they were very expensive but Dynaudio ditched the concept and I can see why - is that they have a slanted front face, so the sound is going up and not straight ahead. So pointing them in just makes it even more difficult to have your head in exactly the right spot and if you don't, then sounds, particularly in the high mids, can vary a lot.

Gotcha gotcha. Yeah, I can see why, too! Lol

Okay, another question! Why a big phat physical Dictionary book? I actually want one myself, but I have to kept telling myself no.

[CrowsofFritz]

Gotcha gotcha. Yeah, I can see why, too! Lol

Okay, another question! Why a big phat physical Dictionary book? I actually want one myself, but I have to kept telling myself no.

Because it's probably 30+ years old and the perfect size for a monitor stand.

We older folk often have big books, because, back in the day, that's where knowledge was... I have lots of others.

Pretty much all of my physical books are with my dad. I don’t feel like taking them back, either. Unlike something like records (where I can spin it as soon as it finishes), when I’m done with a book, I’m done with it for a loooong time, and maybe for good.

The only exceptions to this would be my Norton Shakespeare collection, which I reference quite frequently, and potentially a dictionary. But the online OED is fantastic. Can’t really circumvent it’s paywall anymore. I don’t think I’ll dish out the $100 annual fee for it, so I’m looking for alternatives.

[rayc]

I used three books and a box to lift a mic to a good classical guitar recording position yesterday. I have lots of books...I reread most. Rereading Herman Hesse at 50 after 1st reading him at 21 or younger is a revelation. Perspective changes in many as does understanding. Harry wasn't a wolf.