Studio Reassembly

David's Kilroy Pose

I've been working a bit here and there to try to get the studio reassembled. It's surprisingly difficult, for a variety of reasons. Mostly, it just doesn't fit as neatly into the space we have as it did in the old house. But there is also the raging debate in my mind about exactly how I want to hook things up, and what specific functionality I want to have. My tendency is always to prepare for any contingency: have it all hooked up multiple ways. This time around I'm trying to go for a streamlined approach. For instance, I'm going to have much less on-line storage. I'll just hook up drives for short times as I need them. The audio routing will be simplified, etc.

I've been putting a lot of thought and work into making it have a neater appearance. In the pic above I am finishing the installation of a home-brewed cable system, which will keep the mass of wires off the floor and hidden. Unfortunately there will still be a few that have to live on the floor to get to the other side of the room where the keyboards are. But if it bugs us enough there is a remedy ($$) for that.