I’m looking to squeeze more gear into my space (which is a desk in the bedroom, which extends on either side). In my head, some kind of stand for having two tiers of equipment on the desk might be ideal, so eg I could have a couple of synths above my Access Virus Indigo. Does anything like this exist?
Any other smart space usage ideas also welcome - I’ll maybe look to get some two tier Elektron stands for example, although I do quite like being able to grab a piece of kit and sit on the sofa with it.
I built a shelf for my desk. Version 1 was just a shelf with six metal legs from Ikea, standing on the desk. I put my iMac in the middle, speakers beside it, and had space below for a mixer and boxes.
Thinking about it, a few laptop stands are probably my best bet, perhaps with something solid resting on them so smaller equipment can sit on there too. Interested in other people’s solutions though!
Yeah I think that’s the ideal solution, thanks! Not sure why I didn’t think of that, I used to have a few for a similar purpose but we moved away so I had to get rid of them. The ones I had were not ideal though as they had raised sides on the bottom so you couldn’t easily fit stuff underneath - I’ll do some research!
You just need a piece of wood (you’ll probaply find a size that fits your desk in your local hardware store) and furniture legs ( “Ikea Capita” for example).
If you buy a furniture panel or chipboard, you don’t even need an electric drill.
You can “drill” with a smaller size screw, just a little, then the screws will just go through.
Doesn’t work for massive wood types, ofc.
I have several of those laptop stands, but don’t use them anymore. Custom built shelfs are soo much better imho.
Try to find a local handyperson or someone who works with wood for a hobby. For less money than a store bought stand you can get something custom made to fit your desk like I did.
If there’s something like a ‘men’s shed’ in your area (not sure if this is just an Australian thing?) I wouldn’t be surprised if someone will do if for a small donation.
Yeah sure! The shelfs I´ve built are absolutely basic, though, nothing fancy at all and I´ve modified most of them over the years, some of them multiple times.
I´ve built this angled shelf which originally was one of the little shelfs I had on my table. It´s built so that I can easily swap gear, Audiothingies Micromonsta, Monotribe, Shruthi, Volca Bass and others all fit perfectly.
Furniture panel and metal angles for the feet. Leftover sponge rubber on the feet.
This onefits my computer monitor stand underneath, also Iconnectivity Mio4 as well as my 7 port usb hub. The Quadraverb fits perfectly on top and I can tweak it much better this way, that´s why the Quadraverb is not in the rack. Smaller size Ikea Capita legs and furniture panel. Super easy to assemble.
This monitor shelf is actually only there until I set up my monitor stands behind the desk again.
It´s just some piece of solid wood I had left over from some wall shelves I built.
Larger version of Ikea Capita legs.
These are very nice… if I’m honest with myself, building shelves is the kind of nice idea where I would buy all the bits and then never get around to doing it, I know myself too well so I might go for something off the shelf for now. But thank you for the inspiration!
I did see those, they apparently pretty good from the reviews.
To the op, apart from some of these cheaper stands, you can make the stuff yourself really, unless you’re going for fancy smoothed solid wood. You can just order the materials and glue them together and save yourself about 60-70% of the cost.
one day!
so I might go for something off the shelf for now. But thank you for the inspiration!
