Alo Phogg's Music Blogg

Here's the third instalment in my occasional series about my so-called home studio. This time we're talking about my gear. The previous instalments were: Part 1 - The Room Part 2 - The Desk If you'd rather watch than read then take a look at the following video: If you prefer to read, keep going. I can't promise I'll cover everything that's in the video, but I'll try to give a good overview of what I've got. There may even be some extra info here that didn't make it into the video. Background As mentioned in the first instalment, for years I had nowhere permanent to house my gear, so I had to keep everything light so it could be set up and taken down after every session. That gear was simply a recording bundle from Focusrite comprising of their 1st edition Scarlett 2i2 interface with Focusrite branded condenser mic and headphones: They were joined later on by a 1st generation Novation Launchkey 25 MIDI controller: Unfortunately the constant plugging...

In my blog post " My Home "Studio" Build: Part 1 - The Room " I promised to follow that up with other posts. I suppose the "Part 1" bit was a bit of a give away. Well, b ack in March I did publish the second video in the series - I just forgot to do the accompanying blog post! Sorry. So here it is. And just in time before I publish part 3 in a week or so's time. Once again, if you'd rather watch the video, fill your boots. Here it is: The desk in question is my  Thomann Millennium SD-120 Studio Desk . The desk arrived as a flat pack and the video is an in depth review of how it all went together and what I think of the finished product.  In this post I'm going to limit myself to pointing out a few things to watch out for when building the desk and giving my overall impressions. If you want all the gory detail of the build please watch the video. One more thing before we start. I bought this desk with my own money. This is not a sponsored revi...

This is the first in an occasional series about my efforts to create myself a little home studio for composing recording and mixing in a not particularly suitable room. This first part is about that troublesome room. You can either read about it here, or if you prefer, watch the video below. Series Overview This series is aimed at people like me, seeking to carve out a little studio space in a family home where both space and cash are limited and extraneous noise is potentially a problem. You should note I'm a strictly amateur musician / composer and this is certainly not claiming to be a professional quality build. If that's what you're looking for, you're in the wrong place! I'm trying to document my progress and the problems I'm facing. There's nothing theoretical about this series - it's a real world example of how an unknowledgeable amateur goes about building a technically complicated project. What could possibly go wrong! About The...