How it all started... crammed into a corner (the PA80 wasn't there as there was no room for it, it was only there while the studio was being built, which was a few years ago now).
Note the awkward positioning of the Supernova II, not exactly (yes, the big blue thing) conducive to knob twiddling to get those killer sounds. That's a problem solved now (see later).

The next series of pictures shows the various stages of workshop/studio refurbishment:

This is sort of how it was (although there's lots of stuff scattered around in this pic because of the building work). A large workshop with a tiny backroom that housed the power saw (it used to be the bit where I did my electroniky stuff). You can just make out the Korg Pa80 at the back. Of course, it's location was so cozy and prime (NOT!) that the thing never got played.
The lathe and mill used to be on the right of the pic but have been moved to new benches on the left.
In this picture the dividing wall has been rebuilt from scratch and the old dividing wall removed.
The wall is double-skinned and insulated with rockwool. Now is a good time to note the bare ceiling. It's one layer of marine ply with felt roofing whatsit. No thermal barrier at all. Hot in the summer, freezing in the winter.
A pic of the raw room. Just wait and see what has happened to it :o)
The room is now free (ok, the saw is still lurking in there at the moment but he got relocated later) clutter, shelves and the like. Note that there is now an inner ceiling (woohooo!). Stuffed with rockwool it should keep the heat in in the winter and out in the summer. Remember I said that for a little later.
The workshop ceiling has also had the treatment.
A-ha! This pic shows how cozy the studio is now becoming. The wallpaper sits on 2mm polystyrene; that should help keep the heat in as well.
Ah! Also notice the thick ceiling tiles (yep, polystyrene).
Note that the worksurfaces are also in, AND A CARPET!!! Lucky me :o)

Ahhhh, and here it is. Finished. The white thing, bottom right, is a 250W flat panel heater, and it chucks out a fair bit of heat. It's wired to a thermostat on the wall. In reality, with the door pulled to, it heats the room from 9°C to 18°C in less than 30 minutes. Then I switched it off and the room temperature slowly sank... until I turned everything on, then the temperature climbed to 17°C. Just goes to show how much heat a computer and a few wall-warts (power supplies) can produce.
All wall-warts and power-bricks live on little shelves under the worksurfaces. Out of sight. Oh, that heater chucks out a gentle heat, it's not a furnace so no harm to anything above it... just in case you were wondering :o)

Here's an update: It's been a little cold outside the last couple of days (14°C) but with the heater off and the equipment on, well, it hits 23°C after a while. I guess an air conditioner is going to be needed next summer!

Note how Snowy Bear is acting as a bass trap. OK, I lied, he's not a bass trap, I'm just being girlie. OK, so there's Pinky Pig, Nanook the Husky, Poochie the Andrex puppy and Charlie dog. They all soak up some reflected sound but that bare wall to the right needs something to soften it, either a drape or some tiles.

Note the position of the Supernova II now. Much easier to twiddle its knobs.

This pic below shows the *cough* percussion area. OK, so it's a Yamaha DD-55 and a Boss DR-670.
On the wall you can see the switch that controls the heater and its thermostat. The other switch kills all power to the gear in the room. Yes, I know the wiring isn't that neat but I was getting impatient to finish.

UPDATE:
The thermostat has been replaced by an electronic, programmable jobby. It can have a different program for each day and has two settings, an economy setting and a comfort setting. It's set to 9°C for when I'm not expected in there and set to go to comfort level (20°C) an hour before I'm expecting to go in there. It's lovely and toasty. The controller controls a 1KW convector heater keeping the place lovely and warm.
Snowy and Co. The Roland crew, XV-2020 and SC55 Sound Canvas. The little Behringer mixer is resting on its laurels (no longer used and spare for later).
Spot the little lime-green Midisport 2x2 lurking next to Snowy.
BTW, note that the monitor has been repositioned to it's new place in the piccy two pics above (which is a more recent pic than this one).
Now spot the Midisport 4x4 (it's between the Triton Le and the Supernova II).
Above, one half of a nEar 05 speaker pair. Wicked little beggars! 44W into the woofer and 33W into the tweeter (they are bi-amped).
Finally, the Triton Le and the MicroKORG. Yep, this picture is also a more recent one. That 'in-yer-face' shelf has gone. The speakers are mounted on proper brackets and the microKORG has it's own (severly) angled support and there's the new monitor position to-boot.
I've redone the studio and this is how it looks now. It's much better this way, everything is front of me, well, everything that counts.

Erm, slight change to the studio. Mr Triton Le has shuffled over to the right and round (not in view in this pic) and his place has been taken by Mr Roland V-Synth. Very slurpsome, very slurpsome indeed.

Ah, since then, the Fantom XR and the V-Synth that I had got chopped in toward a Roland G-70 arranger keyboard.

G-70.

This is the left-hand side of the workshop as it stands now after the completion of the studio. This is the machining area.
This is the right-hand side of the workshop and is mostly for construction of projects and my electronic projects.
My little lathe. My brother has a Sherline lathe that is a lot smaller. This is more like a regular lathe in miniature.
This is my little Sherline mill. Don't be deceived, it's more powerful than it looks.

 

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