Entry 11 – Early Wiring Challenges
Power, Cables, and Staying Sane in a Small Studio When my studio was still fairly simple—a...
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Entry 10 – The Wiring Begins
Cable Management: The Unexciting Detail That Changes Everything One of the biggest lessons this...
Entry 9 – The Synth Wall: Loading the Gear
From Looking Good to Working Well: Redesigning for Usability When I originally set up my...
Entry 8 – The Synth Wall Takes Shape
When the Studio Grows Faster Than the Plan While redesigning my studio, I ran into several...
Entry 7 – Starting the Synth Wall
Planning a Studio (and Learning to Let the Plan Change) If you’re going to redesign your...
Entry 6 – My Second Studio Desk Part 2
Different Tasks, Different Tools: Letting the Studio Evolve As I’ve mentioned in earlier...
Entry 5 – My Second Studio Desk Part 1
Dividing the Studio Into Zones: Why Sections Matter One of the most useful things I discovered...
Entry 4 – The Piano Wall
Connections, Cables, and the Reality of Wiring a Home Studio One of the things that often...
Entry 3 – My Main Studio Desk Part 2
Planning Ahead: The Details You Don’t Think About at First One of the biggest lessons I learned...
Entry 2 – My Main Studio Desk Part 1
Designing a Desk Around Workflow, and Gear One thing that becomes clear very quickly when...
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