Audio studio on the Cheap

Cheap audio furniture: The microwave stand
For home audio studio furniture, there are a few companies that make this type of furniture and it is very expensive with a typical desk with some rack cases built in going for $2000 or so.now that is $2000 less that could be spent on equipment recording gear etc...Well, I was in need of a desk and rack case to carry a mixer and 2 ADAT machines and a power amp.About 12 rack spaces altogether and then a mixer on top. A rack case like this would easily be $200-400 or more. So, instead I substituted a used $10 microwave stand from a thrift store. I painted it black and it turned out very well. I removed the drawer to make more rack space. As luck would have it, the power amp and the 2 adats fit in the space perfectly. With the equipment in the stand , one would be hard pressed not to think that it was audio studio furniture custom made for this purpose. With some creativity and experimentation, one can get standard furniture to be functional audio studio furniture.



ok, well, my home studio has been growing at a steady pace. along with that came huge bundles of cables, equipment everywhere and soon no space to work in. Well, I added these computer desks and though that I could use these desks in my home studio to double as desk to do computer video and audio editing.Well, that ate up space and while it worked ,I was just very cramped.So out they go!! I just recently replaced my old crt monitors with flat screen monitors and that does help cut down on the space needed. We will look at some ways to save some space next time.