Studio Work...

21:41 Coinciding with a new change that will be disclosed soon
enough, I have been redesigning my studio. It all begins with a new
workstation. After a long trial and error process, i think I have a
winner design. You can see some of the early ideas in the picture
below.

I have already drawn the final desk, with all the specifics,
measures, inclinations, and so on. Far from being revolutionary, I
think the desk will some simple but quite original features. I just
hope the final result will come out as good as my idea of it... Time
to go buy some tools!

Adding to the intimidating building work, there will also be several
additions on the equipment side of things. I have finally ordered a
patch bay. I have spent years trying to figure out why would anyone
spend money on one of them (here's a pick of a patch bay).

Then one
day I did a bit of research and have wanted to get one for a while,
but the amount of equipment in my studio simply didn't require one.
With the new additions, I finally have an excuse to get one. I bought
a Behringer, which is a brand most people will avoid (including me),
but in this case it was the best option. When no computing, routing,
processing, etc is involved, Behringer offers good quality. Price was
not an issue. As many of you know, patch bays are inexpensive. So I
went for the one with all the features I needed, and it happened to
be that one. I have since talked to some very trustworthy people in
the recording business who have assured me I did the right thing.
Let's see when it gets here.

By Behringer is also a Bass pre amp. When I record bass I use an amp
and a mic, but i find that too complicated when composing or demoing
a song. I wanted something with a lot of sounds and easy to set up.
If you are familiar with the Line6 Pod, this unit is very similar but
for bass.

Also coming are a compressor by FMR, called RNC (Really Nice
Compressor), and new headphones. The RNC is a little unit that is
becoming a new standard in many professional studios, and i can't
wait to get it to plug it into my rig and never take it out. As for
the headphones, they are AKG's of course. The Studio model you'll
find in virtually every studio around the world.