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Studio Tour 2021 - The Ultimate Mobile Music Studio | My Portable Touring Composer Rig

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In this month's Composers Secrets show, I share the details of my current mobile music studio with a detailed Studio Tour. I had seen a few videos by Christian Hensen over the years sharing his mobile rigs and thought it was about time I share my current setup.
As a composer working on tight deadlines, I often need to write, mix, master, and deliver projects in as little as 4 hours for my advertising clients. That means even when I am on the go, out on holiday, or traveling, I still needed to have a portable music studio solution that could handle all of my needs.
I had seen a few videos by Christian Hensen over the years sharing his mobile rigs and thought it was about time I share my current setup.
When I first started my composer career, I was traveling about 6 months a year. At the time I was using a simple MacBook Pro laptop computer system with Logic Pro and a small Akia keyboard to compose music while I was traveling that all fit easily into a backpack. By bouncing down tracks and using other tricks to get the most out of that system, it did allow me to create music on the go.
Fast forward to almost 20 years later and I have evolved my mobile music studio into something that has no compromise from my "home" writing and recording studio.
Complete with a rack-mounted Intel-based Mac Mini, loads of USB ports, and 3 Black Magic docs with 12 SSDs for samples and projects, my current mobile rig is exactly the same as my home studio. I simply add the front and back covers to my shock-mounted rack case and wheel it away with me.
This mobile music rig is constantly evolving as I find new tech and gear that better serves my needs, meets my budget and most importantly integrates into my workflow.
In today's video, I share the details of my mobile music studio as well as the plans I have to make it into the Ultimate Mobile Music Studio.
My Old Laptop Mobile Studio
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) - apple.co/3w6MLC3
AKAI Professional LPK25 - USB MIDI Keyboard controller - amzn.to/3crZ5oB
Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO 80 Ohm Studio Headphones - amzn.to/31poQja
Current Mobile Music Studio
Custom Built 5 Space Rollaway Shockmount Case like this one ( bit.ly/3fg79KV ) and this one ( bit.ly/39lOBVH )
Apple Mac mini "Core i7" 3.2 (Late 2018) - bit.ly/3fj7cW9
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Rackmac Mini 1U Rackmount enclosure - bit.ly/2Pdgloz
Blackmagic Design MultiDock 10G SRack Mount 4-Slot USB-C Disk Dock - amzn.to/3sp1oya
Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO 80 Ohm Studio Headphones - amzn.to/31poQja
Sedna 13 Port USB 3.1 Hub- amzn.to/3fg8f9v
Apogee Quartet Audio Interace - bit.ly/3ctfHMF
SonarWorks Reference 4 - bit.ly/2udn0V3
Backblaze Cloud Back-Up - bit.ly/BackBlaze_
All music used in this video from provided by Endocrinemusic/Don Bodin Music
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@garrettbaudioandvideo
@garrettbaudioandvideo 3 жыл бұрын
I built my computer. It’s a Dell Computer with 20 GB of Ram, I plan on adding more Ram. It has an intel i7 processor and a NVIDIA GTX1060. It’s mostly used for gaming.
@Spidouz
@Spidouz 2 жыл бұрын
OWC 4M2 enclosure with four 8TB NVME to have up to 32TB of NVME SSD storage for all sample libraries in a very small mobile enclosure you can use with a new MacBook Pro M1 Max 64GB 32GPU 8TB SSD and your favorite keyboard controller and headphone. Very small and compact system with a lot of sounds that should allow to work on composer template.
@ThedjAwesome
@ThedjAwesome 2 жыл бұрын
Did you finish your bus home? I love watching camper van videos and box truck conversions and stuff like that. I don’t think I’ve seen a bus with a mobile studio yet. 😆😎
@chothemusical
@chothemusical 2 жыл бұрын
I know this is an older video but I just came across this channel via your bus build channel. My wife and I are converting a bus as well and I've been through 10 or so iterations of what my portable studio rig will look like. Super helpful video. Thanks for taking the time to lay this out.
@SampleLibraryReviews
@SampleLibraryReviews 2 жыл бұрын
Hey C, nice to connect with you. What bud are you guys converting? Yeah this is my 6th portable studio build and I’m actually rethinking the build for the 7th!
@chothemusical
@chothemusical 2 жыл бұрын
@@SampleLibraryReviews Nice! Can’t see what you land on. We have a ‘98 International school bus. We have two kids (one is a toddler) so I have to make sure it serves my need AND that I can lock it up from the little one. I originally started with two racks because I do live audio, playback, and music direction, too, but I’ve taken the second rack down to a Pelican case to use on gigs and as a mic locker/cable box.
@orlandomarinjr
@orlandomarinjr 3 жыл бұрын
The music rig and bus project are savage!
@SampleLibraryReviews
@SampleLibraryReviews 3 жыл бұрын
Thank. you Orlando - if you are not already following along we are posting progress on the bus here kzfaq.info/love/I1xcEt-_GfV-tLxFkHFrew
@orlandomarinjr
@orlandomarinjr 3 жыл бұрын
@@SampleLibraryReviews cool I’ll check it out ! 🤟🏽
@RussMullins
@RussMullins 3 жыл бұрын
That flight case rig is remarkable Don.
@SampleLibraryReviews
@SampleLibraryReviews 3 жыл бұрын
thanks Russ, stay tuned as I am already testing out new gear to upgrade the rig.
@Markrspooner
@Markrspooner 3 жыл бұрын
Very nice, envious of your future traveling on your bus. Long term I might do something similar though smaller, probably a van. Look forward to seeing future updates.
@SampleLibraryReviews
@SampleLibraryReviews 3 жыл бұрын
Nice thank Mark. Man a van would be great - so easy to get around and a small (manageable) space to convert
@felixsmittick9128
@felixsmittick9128 3 жыл бұрын
What a cool mobile set up. Thank you for sharing.
@SampleLibraryReviews
@SampleLibraryReviews 3 жыл бұрын
You are welcome Felix, stay tuned for upgrades already testing out some new gear
@Mobile.recording
@Mobile.recording 10 күн бұрын
Good setup 👍
@ndavies8
@ndavies8 3 жыл бұрын
I am a big fan sir!
@DuduAram
@DuduAram 3 жыл бұрын
I have a travel rig and I love that fits in a Pelican Case. The best speakersI found for this was the Neumann KH80. It's a copy of my big studio. I love it!
@SampleLibraryReviews
@SampleLibraryReviews 3 жыл бұрын
very nice thanks for sharing Eduardo I will shave to check those speakers out!
@JulianPackardMusic
@JulianPackardMusic 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome video!
@SampleLibraryReviews
@SampleLibraryReviews 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the support Julian
@PaulOwenMusic
@PaulOwenMusic 3 жыл бұрын
Love these kind of vlogs. Really interesting and inspiring. Cheers Don
@SampleLibraryReviews
@SampleLibraryReviews 3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it paul and thanks for the kind words.
@SoundsAndGear
@SoundsAndGear 3 жыл бұрын
Cool case/rack man!
@SampleLibraryReviews
@SampleLibraryReviews 3 жыл бұрын
Thank man!
@danwool
@danwool 3 жыл бұрын
Very useful! I'm putting together something similar, but leaning toward a laptop instead of a Mini. A laptop not only would offer a second screen, it would solve power supply/conditioning issues. Was it the rack mountable-ness of the Mini that made you go this route? I must say it looks sooo cool.
@SampleLibraryReviews
@SampleLibraryReviews 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Dan, yes the rackmountableness, speed and cost of entry at the time I built my system all made sense. As mentioned I can always just add another when I need to expand to a master/slave. Also input/outputs of Mac mini made more sense (hdmi out for any hotel TV) and the USBs :)
@danwool
@danwool 3 жыл бұрын
@@SampleLibraryReviews Thanks! Lots to think about. It's a pretty weird time to buy Mac hardware actually. Especially a MacBook Pro with a M1(x?) version coming down the pike. Thanks again
@scottfranson4215
@scottfranson4215 3 жыл бұрын
When CoVid is Over Do, you have in Person Groups you can teach at.. 20 Years My Goodness just found your Channel, this is going to be Awesome. Thank You Sir.
@scottfranson4215
@scottfranson4215 3 жыл бұрын
And how to keep Airline luggage.OUT of the Box. Had A friend And there NO Way No DOg Hit on it coming through the luggage, He is not into Anything but Vegan Clean healthy proactive lifestyle , at 1st airport could not find His Box then a very Nice person did extra work at finding it. not saying no Names. HIs Box was torn apart that kind of Hurts it was put together Professionally so Big $
@antkn33
@antkn33 3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. My wife and I bought an rv so we will traveling a lot.
@SampleLibraryReviews
@SampleLibraryReviews 3 жыл бұрын
very nice! hope you are enjoying getting out in to the wild antkn33 :)
@Ahmad-Mounir44
@Ahmad-Mounir44 3 жыл бұрын
Holly Molly! That blackmagic multidock alone is 59K! LOL
@dafingaz
@dafingaz 3 жыл бұрын
16 TB of samples? 🤯
@SampleLibraryReviews
@SampleLibraryReviews 3 жыл бұрын
Lol sorry yeah those are the ones I keep with me :)
@dafingaz
@dafingaz 3 жыл бұрын
@@SampleLibraryReviews LOL. How many TB of samples do you have total?
@buckflowens
@buckflowens 2 жыл бұрын
Very inspiring! I’m working on a mobile setup as well. Much different than this, this is hardcore.
@eyebrow1
@eyebrow1 3 жыл бұрын
Loving the "real world" format of this video. Would love to see more like these! Thanks for the great tips.
@SampleLibraryReviews
@SampleLibraryReviews 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Eyebrow thanks so much for the support. I’m trying out this approach for this series and glad you are enjoying it. More videos in the works
@tygoldsmith8896
@tygoldsmith8896 Жыл бұрын
Wow
@jonathanparham
@jonathanparham 3 жыл бұрын
Impressive. How do you fly it? Do you feel comfortable with in the belly of the plane. As an Audio Recordist, I'd stick my cables and a stuff but I'd carry my recorders and mics with my on the plane. Curious about the bus. Go RV life!
@SampleLibraryReviews
@SampleLibraryReviews 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Jonathan, flying domestic can be a little nerve racking but I have found traveling international with gear and properly registering caret to be ok.
@stever3788
@stever3788 3 жыл бұрын
Nice video. You should do a home studio tour also and have all your contributors do ones. I'd like to hear more about Backblaze with all those big files. Is it really unlimited for $6/mo? It seems like a crazy deal, most storage solutions like Google Drive or Dropbox top off at 2tb and already cost more.
@SalsaBlancaCuba
@SalsaBlancaCuba 3 жыл бұрын
Yes it is. I've used it for over a year now.
@SampleLibraryReviews
@SampleLibraryReviews 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Steve, yep, beenusingit for 3 years now - everything backed up (all 16+ TB) of my drives, but note it doesnt back up system files so you need to use timemachine if your a mac user to have a back up of your os and apps.
@stever3788
@stever3788 3 жыл бұрын
@@SampleLibraryReviews awesome I'll have to give it a try. you should get an affiliate set up. btw i think it's nice to see an honest review saying that you aren't jumping on the M1 mac mini since compute power isn't lacking on your existing machine. That and the low ram support definitely make the current gen mac mini not the best option for composers.
@tsmiguel
@tsmiguel 2 жыл бұрын
Hey thanks for all the wonderfull videos. I like to ask you: have you compare the Blackmagic Multidock speed to the interna mac SSD HDs? Can you use 4 Tb SDD HD in every dock? I mean a total of 16Tb per dock? I am courious because i may need a system like this. Thnks in advance
@gravitymediapro
@gravitymediapro 2 жыл бұрын
I very much enjoyed your video, and laughed at some of the life similarities. I’m a video guy that works on vacation too - building the ultimate live streaming rack right now. We even drive the same car! I just have more hair and less talent than you. New subscriber!
@SampleLibraryReviews
@SampleLibraryReviews 2 жыл бұрын
Hey GMP nice to connect with others like yourself who understand the creative life style :)
@sorcimatt
@sorcimatt 3 жыл бұрын
HI, thanks for sharing this super useful video. I have a question, based on your experience is it ok to use Blackmagic to store and load my virtual instruments? Thanks!
@SampleLibraryReviews
@SampleLibraryReviews 3 жыл бұрын
Hi Sorcimatt, yes I have been using my black magic docks with over 12TB of samples for over 3 years now. Love them Make sure you are Thunderbolt /usb compatible
@sorcimatt
@sorcimatt 3 жыл бұрын
@@SampleLibraryReviews Thanks!
@mikec2660
@mikec2660 2 жыл бұрын
what external ssd do you use?
@davidvalens3337
@davidvalens3337 3 жыл бұрын
Where can I get that docking station for your hard drives?
@SampleLibraryReviews
@SampleLibraryReviews 3 жыл бұрын
Hey David there is a link in the description for the Black Magic docs. I got mine from Amazon in the US
@davidvalens3337
@davidvalens3337 3 жыл бұрын
@@SampleLibraryReviews i wish they had this for ssd blades
@davidvalens3337
@davidvalens3337 3 жыл бұрын
That would be a no brainer for sure
@gmglilrodd
@gmglilrodd 2 жыл бұрын
What MacBook you started out with?
@gmglilrodd
@gmglilrodd 2 жыл бұрын
I’m looking into building my mobile studio for on to go
@SampleLibraryReviews
@SampleLibraryReviews 2 жыл бұрын
Hey GGabo, I’m currently rethinking my mobile rig. Probably wait for the M2 chips either in a MacBook or Mac mini
@gmglilrodd
@gmglilrodd 2 жыл бұрын
What’s a decent one to start out with in the 500 to 700 range
@polawin1
@polawin1 Жыл бұрын
Looking to get the M2 Max 96GB RAM 4TB SSD variant. It is going to be a real beast
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