One of the most exciting things for me when moving to a new apartment was getting to create my own home office/composition studio. After three weeks of living here, this is what I’ve put together.
Let’s start with the desk. I knew that I wanted something simple with plenty of workspace, and the local Office Depot happened to have this one at a really nice price, with a matching bookcase, which is completely devoid of books. However, it does hold two printers, two external drives, a dvd player, and a TV, thus ensuring I get absolutely nothing done while in the office.
Most of the technology is the same as from when I posted the temporary layout, but I’ll go ahead and spell it out here. My desktop computer is an HP Media Center m8400f with an AMD Phenom X4 and 8 gigs of ram running Windows 7 RC 64-bit. I use 4 hard drives, all Seagate (2 external, 2 internal). As far as peripherals go, I’m using the Microsoft Wireless Desktop 6000 for my keyboard and mouse, a set of M-Audio AV-30 desktop monitors, and a Westinghouse 21″ monitor. The keyboard/MIDI controller is an M-Audio Keystation Pro 88. You can’t really go wrong with a hammer-action bus-powered midi controller. Also, under the keyboard shelf is a Korg NanoKontrol, a tiny MIDI control surface.
Across from the monitor wall is my “idea wall” with a pair of whiteboards. I keep composition ideas on the right, other ideas on the left (as you can see, the { WMM! } schedule is on the left as well).
That’s pretty well it as far as my office goes. Do you have a layout you’d like to share? Let us know! tips@writemoremusic.com
