Anyone here have a man cave or lady cave that they have converted into a home studio? Or do you have both?

I used to have a "retro man cave" that featured a Laser Disc Player, a VHS deck, and an old style standard definition projection TV. The reason being that Laser Disc/VHS are standard definition and look terrible when blown up on a HDTV set. So folks who dig retro viewing experiences sometimes have to keep an old tv just for that purpose and perhaps to play very ancient console games that are also not HD. I had a large vhs collection and laser disc collection that I'd been building for years even after going digital and switching to streaming.

It's along the same lines have have an old style record player in an age of digital music.

Anyone else have a retro cave? Here is a pic of mine before I donated most of it to CHAMPION VIDEO (the guy who built a blockbuster video in his basement)
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I guess my home studio is slowly turning into a "man cave".

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And I recently added a recliner, so I can sit there and chill:

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And I guess my living room can have a bit of that vibe as well.

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Currently it's a mess at my home, so there's some cleaning and tidying up to do soon!

My whole house is my man cave!

It's getting close to the same here

I live on my own with no kids, girlfriend or anything like that, so I only have myself to consider when it comes to my home

that couch be looking very nice

I honestly only use it maybe 10 minutes a week. Usually I'm in front of the computer in the music room. Daphne uses the couch more than I do.

My house started looks like a cave (not only because the entire house is black and white....actually....more black than white ).
From three rooms, two have been already turned into home studio. I have one and Dan (my husband) has one. But....we decided to at least keep a room for sleep and watch movies.

Anyway...in my music room you can feel like in a cave. I don't like natural light, so....you can't see the sunlight (no I'm not a vampire...even if some of my friends will say something else ) because I soundproofed the windows and the door. The good thing is that if you don't look at your watch you will never know if it is day or night. You can compose music for many hours in a perfect silent.

This is my black and white paradise (my phone is stupid and don't reproduce the white color).

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My 'studio' I guess is my man cave - ?
I had to get it together very quickly when the lock downs started. Consequently, it's not really very nice looking though it does function well and the room even sounds pretty decent. Having all the stuff in there: bookshelves, rugs, gear, clothes and the fact that it's not actually symmetrical helps a lot in getting rid of nasty reflections. It's essentially a 'dead' room. The ceiling is low so I don't think I could record live drums but I've had pretty good luck with saxophones, loud guitars and vocals.

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That's a great "she shed" Monica

Same here My home studio and man cave are now the same thing. Gone are the days when I had to separate them. Then again, I gave away all the "Retro" stuff so now it's all current bits including a semi retro Playstation 4





That is a very spiff "She Shed" indeed!!!




Same here It's all one thing nowawadays.

Same here, If I get into another relationship I think separate houses and not living together will be my plan.

Yeah, it would be a bit strange. Hey honey, I'm working on this track, so can you sleep on the couch or something as I need to use my main monitors and it's gonna get loud in the bedroom/man cave/studio
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Few pictures from just now. Not much difference, but I got an LED strip for my amp and for the drum computer screen too.

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Cool lights!! I got one of the mini light saber led poles to test it out. They make much bigger ones of course. Its' starting to become a bit of a weapons race on youtube it seems with led lighting

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My studio space is finally progressing again and taking shape

Won't be long until I have to do some physical work!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/gjCvS7Y758proVyo6

Please do keep us in the loop!! Take some cell phone videos and put them on youtube if possible so you can embed them here and pix etc. so we can follow your build!!!!! MEGA MAN CAVE / HOME STUDIO is there really a difference?

Not long to go now.

My flooring is down main ceiling lights installed, just giving skirting boards another coat of paint before fixing to the walls, Led strips to be installed and need to get the electrician to finish his stuff.

Desk has been ordered and will take 30 days to get here. Thomann order will be here next week.

Kali LP6 v2
Vocal head booth
M Audio Oxygen Pro 61 (we'll see if I need a proper 88 key digital piano in the future)
7 guitar rack

Pix please! Love to see the progress

Lookin' good!

Beautiful space 🤩

Awesome space!!! From what I see, Buddy supervises the work.

He does indeed, he's very concerned about where his space is going to be in there!

Maybe he's scared you won't allow him to be there when done 😅🐶

My 'finished' studio. Just hasn't got my pedal steel guitar setup in there

Wow...it turned out really amazing!!! I love how cool it looks with the blue light and I also like the fact that you have enough space for moving around.
BTW, we both arranged things inside the studio in quite a similar way. So...it would be absolutely impossible for me to not love your studio.

It was your studio photo that inspired me to do the strip lights.

Its all Phillips Hue so i can change colour etc

What a cool environment!!! Looks great!!!

Lovely

Super congrats on that! All the hard work paid of. That's a great space. Awesome!