Studio ergonomics.

When I started building out my modular, I bought a single A100p6, which I quickly outgrew. So I added a second. When I got close to filling that one, I started down the path of buying A100G6 subracks. As time went on, I somehow ended up with two racks, housing a total of 7 G6′s, plus the 2 P6′s. I toyed with the idea of selling them, and getting two of the Doepfer monster cases a few times (and the thought does still cross my mind). The thing that became really impractical though with a modular of this size is that it becomes ergonomically difficult to start using something when it’s down on the floor.

A few weeks ago I spent a few days in the studio with Clint Sand from Synnack, working on material that should appear in the next month or so on his forthcoming release. After a few days of patch cable wrangling and knob tweaking, I had serious back ache. It was only then I realised just how unergonomic my work environment had become as it had grown.

Last week, I finally got around to solving this problem, by buying two Ikea Galant desks and moving the racks up on top. I was concerned at first that perhaps the desks wouldn’t take the weight, but the T-leg type are really sturdy.

The result is I can now sit down in front of the modular and patch stuff without bending at all. I do have to stand up to reach some of the higher modules, but standing/sitting is a lot more endurable than endless bending.

The current result:

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