# Soft-Core Gear Porn Tuesday...

- Site: Analog Industries
- Author: Chris Randall
- Date: 2006-06-20
- URL: https://analogindustries.com/2006/06/soft-core-gear-porn-tuesday/

![Soft-Core Gear Porn Tuesday...](https://analogindustries.com/images/blog/desk1.sized.jpg)

Our good friend Jeff Laity sent me some pictures of his new DIY Composer Station, in order to inspire jealousy, no doubt. There are more [here.](http://www.jefflaity.com/gallery/desk) It's a pretty nice affair, although I have to take issue with his LCDs not matching. That's just not acceptable!

## Comments (10)

**dm** (2006-06-20):

although i don't qite understand why anyone would buy/need one nowadays. Those newish Tascam digimixers have some serious sex appeal, especially with that meter bridge, dag!

**ecallender** (2006-06-20):

Mismatched monitors? You've been voted off Synth Island, homey!

**Tomer** (2006-06-20):

fuck,look at thos Adams!
he should realy not put them so close to the wall...

**penzoil washington** (2006-06-20):

damn, my lcd's are similarly mismatched, THAT must be why my mixes sound like ass!

i'd give this setup negative points for having the mixer completely off to the side, but i guess it's a midi composing rig, so i'll be charitable.

**the casiotone** (2006-06-20):

they are not mismatched:

" Monitor level control is from the Central Station at the top of the rack, and the two screens and trackballs are for the Mac and Giga PC. "

pretty one for mac, ugly for pc?

details, details

**peterkirn** (2006-06-20):

Let's see, if he could just start a blog y'all could bury me even further in this studio comparison series. ;)

**Chris Randall** (2006-06-20):

I know. I built my desk, then this and one other pop up that are far better, with a "hey, you building that desk made me want to build a desk. Of course, mine doesn't suck like yours, but here's a nice picture!"

I'm going to curl up with my little rack and write a song about how bad I am at cabinetry.

-CR

**dm** (2006-06-20):

I just caught the Alesis Wedge hidden int here on the desktop.

Much Respect, BigupPs!

**synthetic** (2006-06-20):

Wow, I rated a SCGP post. Thanks for the props. The PC monitor is ugly, but it was free (permanent loan). I'm thinking about replacing it with a 23" Cinema, but then they won't match and I still won't be cool.

The DM-3200 is a 24x24 audio interface, control surface, two TC reverbs, and more. It's a recent addition, I want to see how it fits into my composing style. I actually did a lot of work on the Wedge, including the presets. It's always nice to find a fan, those are unknown gems.

I want to hear Chris' cabinetry song.

**thesimulacre** (2006-06-21):

Hey now! I liked your desk... you're the one that said yours sucked. Anyway, mine was inspired by John Scrip of Massive Mastering and his old frankendesk. Maybe I do need to make a blog all about it, and that way you can stumble upon it and make fun of the fact that it has space for twice as much kit as I actually have.

Send me your gear list and room size and I'll do a custom job for $2000. It'll be tough to ship, though.