Studio desk with sliding shelf for 88 key controller
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 2267 posts since 9 Mar, 2009 from Copenhagen, Denmark
I'm looking to change things a bit as I need to downsize without actually getting rid of any gear.
I have a Kronos 88 and I'd love to have an option to have it on a sliding shelf (heavy keyboard so it have to be solid) underneath the main table that is supposed to house my Seaboard Rise 49, Computer keyboard/mouse, NI Machine Mikro, Blofeld Desktop, 2 19" rack modules (Roland XV5080 and a Behringer rack mixer) and a 27" computer screen. Having my Minilogue on there too would be awesome but I think that may be expecting too much.
I don't really need to have my monitors on there - most studio desks seem to have room for that - as I have separate monitor stands working just fine. Table length may not be more than 2,70 meters (around 8 ft 10")
Any ideas - or do have to build one myself? (that could get very ugly! )
(Sorry for not being very fluent in the studio desk/shelf vocabulary - hope you get the idea anyway)
I have a Kronos 88 and I'd love to have an option to have it on a sliding shelf (heavy keyboard so it have to be solid) underneath the main table that is supposed to house my Seaboard Rise 49, Computer keyboard/mouse, NI Machine Mikro, Blofeld Desktop, 2 19" rack modules (Roland XV5080 and a Behringer rack mixer) and a 27" computer screen. Having my Minilogue on there too would be awesome but I think that may be expecting too much.
I don't really need to have my monitors on there - most studio desks seem to have room for that - as I have separate monitor stands working just fine. Table length may not be more than 2,70 meters (around 8 ft 10")
Any ideas - or do have to build one myself? (that could get very ugly! )
(Sorry for not being very fluent in the studio desk/shelf vocabulary - hope you get the idea anyway)
- KVRian
- 626 posts since 15 Jun, 2015
Not as hard to build as you might think. I bought the sliding shelf hardware on Amazon and mounted it under the desk with a precut piece of shelving from Home Depot. The hardware I bought allowed me to adjust how low the shelf would hang, and I had to extend it as far as it would go to get my MIDI controller to fit.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AHFRUHE/re ... 0503813187
Just do yourself a favor--turn the desk upside down and pre-drill the holes for the hardware. That makes the job go a lot faster and easier.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AHFRUHE/re ... 0503813187
Just do yourself a favor--turn the desk upside down and pre-drill the holes for the hardware. That makes the job go a lot faster and easier.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 2267 posts since 9 Mar, 2009 from Copenhagen, Denmark
That makes a lot of sense, thank you. How much does your controller weigh? The Kronos is 23 kg so I really need to do things right hereRichieWitch wrote:Just do yourself a favor--turn the desk upside down and pre-drill the holes for the hardware. That makes the job go a lot faster and easier.
- KVRist
- 136 posts since 7 Feb, 2019
Hi - I built my own (with an 88 keyboard tray) - check it out here (with plans)
https://youtu.be/_KFrNO-7cN0
https://youtu.be/_KFrNO-7cN0
- KVRAF
- 8180 posts since 22 Sep, 2008 from Windsor. UK
- KVRAF
- 3460 posts since 24 Oct, 2000 from A Swede Living in Budapest
A bit OT but do you guys like having a sliding keyboard shelf? When I bought my desk I asked them to add one - but I don't really like playing on it, so I moved out the keyboard to a separate stand. Maybe it's just me, but the ergonomics just felt... off...
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- KVRAF
- 2989 posts since 5 Nov, 2014
It felt awkward to have shelf open (so I can reach my pads, sliders, knobs on MIDI keyboard) and to reach my typing keyboard and mouse in the same time, so I have shelf closed and just play the keys most of the times, some things just don't work as expected, ideally I think touch screen is better workflow enhancer than any midi keyboard DAW integration, so that's my next stop, gonna explore some solutions to have everything on my disposal when I set back in my chair.DrGonzo wrote: ↑Wed Aug 07, 2019 2:00 pm A bit OT but do you guys like having a sliding keyboard shelf? When I bought my desk I asked them to add one - but I don't really like playing on it, so I moved out the keyboard to a separate stand. Maybe it's just me, but the ergonomics just felt... off...
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Gonna abandon standard desk approach and go for adjustable stands for every piece, than adjust height and position of every component, so for example when I set back in my chair there's immediately screen in my head area which I can reach easily with my arms, under it mouse+ keyboard on a separate stand and under it the keys on yet another stand, so I'm not stretching to reach anything, it's like cockpit of some spaceship.
Something like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGfgFWc1U0I
- KVRAF
- 7903 posts since 24 May, 2009 from Nationalism isn't my thing...
"...by hitting the Dislike button twice!"creativesauce wrote: ↑Wed Aug 07, 2019 12:11 pm Hi - I built my own (with an 88 keyboard tray) - check it out here (with plans)
https://youtu.be/_KFrNO-7cN0
I love it!
Nice desk! And I loved your vid.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 2267 posts since 9 Mar, 2009 from Copenhagen, Denmark
I Never really thought of that. Good points. Duely noted, thanksDrGonzo wrote: ↑Wed Aug 07, 2019 2:00 pm A bit OT but do you guys like having a sliding keyboard shelf? When I bought my desk I asked them to add one - but I don't really like playing on it, so I moved out the keyboard to a separate stand. Maybe it's just me, but the ergonomics just felt... off...
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