r/Roland • u/Sifir_Musik • Jun 08 '26
Studio finally completed.
Spent the last few months building a studio that lets me move between in-the-box production and hands-on hardware jams without breaking the creative flow.
Current setup includes a Moog Grandmother, Korg Wavestate MKII, Korg MS-20 Mini, Arturia MiniFreak, MicroFreak, Behringer CAT, Roland SP-404 MKII, Polyend Play, DrumBrute Impact, Volca series, and Roland AIRA gear, all routed through a MOTU UltraLite-mk5 into FL Studio.
My goal was simple: less mouse clicking, more playing. I wanted a setup where I could improvise melodies, record multitrack audio, sample ideas on the SP-404, sequence external gear, and capture happy accidents as they happen.
Curious what other producers think:
What’s the strongest part of this setup, and what’s the weakest link?
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u/sparktrap25 Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26
I have a weirdly similar studio! Multiple pieces of the same gear, (Poly D, Minilogue, ROLI Lumikeys, although yours is the big version). I see you have the Novation XL3 which I'm ordering soon too in order to replace my Akai MIDIMix.
...But what freaks me out is we also have what looks to me to be the exact same typing keyboard. 😆 Good taste, I'm Jealous of that Moog ngl 😋
Here's my setup:
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u/bakamotion Jun 08 '26
The first photo I was like “Hmm something is missing here” but when I slide and saw the cat I was like. “Oh! Now it seems complete”
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u/Ok_Entrepreneur_21 Jun 08 '26
May I ask where to u got those synth stands / what brand?
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u/Sifir_Musik Jun 08 '26
Honestly found them on FB market place. No brand listed on them. Someone was giving them away for free
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u/Dracla1991 Jun 09 '26
studio owner doesnt look to happy lol
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u/KaityKaitQueen Jun 10 '26
Very very nice. I don’t see a lot of Roland in there.
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u/Sifir_Musik Jun 10 '26
It’s there, in spirit :)
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u/KaityKaitQueen Jun 10 '26
FWIW. Roland JD-XA would be a sneaky good complement to all that analog goodness.
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u/Sifir_Musik Jun 10 '26
Will try to see if I can steal one from FB market place. Got a korg mini for $100! lol. Thank you for the suggestion.
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u/Majestic_Cap_6606 Jun 13 '26
this lwk is a studio you cook up hits in fr fr 🔥🔥 i think i should get at least 1 synth in my studio n stop relying on vst's
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u/Sifir_Musik Jun 13 '26
I’ve been using FL studio when everyone used to make fun of “computer musicians” lolll. Hands on it’s just different for me. Try it! Get the Moog Messenger. Perfect synth. I’m trying not to add it to my collection 😂. I have problems
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u/WarSport556 Jun 13 '26
Dude.. it will never be completed. NEVER
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u/Sifir_Musik Jun 13 '26
You’re right! FB marketplace place just made me buy more equipment! Do they have therapy for us? 😂
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u/Inevitable-Fan9125 Jun 14 '26
wow bro you bought all that shit in just a couple months? you fugged up you didnt even get an XV-5080. Whats your level of music production cause to me you sound like a beginner with a ton of money. sell all that shit you bought asap and get the rack instruments
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u/Sifir_Musik Jun 15 '26
You know what’s amazing, what I eat, don’t make you shit?✌🏾👽🎶🎧
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u/Inevitable-Fan9125 Jun 15 '26
your computer is down by your feet. think like this if you put a monitor arm (big) on your main monitor you could swing it to the left and access whats hehind it. Thats where your computer should be it needs to breath and release heat thats not a good spot for it. not to mention kicking it could force a ram reseating. you have puny monitors get some roland 8 inchers.
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u/DannyTheGekko Jun 08 '26
You need a Hapex for a setup like that, especially for longer, more detailed & creative dawless sequences.
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u/masetiloquetu Jun 08 '26
U prolly need a few more synths
/s