A studio desk is a workstation built around gear, with bays for 19 inch rack units, shelving that lifts displays and monitors to a useful height, and room for a MIDI keyboard.
About Studio Desks & Furniture
A studio desk is built around gear, not paperwork. Where an office desk gives you a flat surface, a music studio desk adds bays for 19" rack equipment, shelving that puts displays and speakers at a useful height, and enough workspace for a MIDI keyboard or control surface to sit in front of your screens, so everything stays within reach while you record and mix.
Our studio furniture range covers compact desks for home setups through to larger recording and production workstations, designed to house 19" rack gear and provide ample space for any configuration of monitor displays, studio monitors and MIDI controllers. Once the desk is sorted, acoustic treatment is the next upgrade for most rooms. If you are after a console for live audio rather than furniture, see our mixing desks.
Studio Desk FAQs
What makes a studio desk different from a normal desk?
Purpose-built studio desks add features an office desk lacks: 19" rack bays for outboard gear, raised shelves for monitors and displays, and a deeper work surface that fits a keyboard or control surface in front of your screens.
What size studio desk do I need?
Measure your gear first: the width of your MIDI keyboard or control surface usually decides it. Compact desks suit a laptop, interface and small controller; larger workstations handle multiple displays, bigger controllers and rack equipment.
Do I need a desk with built-in rack space?
Only if you run rack-mount gear such as preamps, interfaces or processors. If you own one or two units, a desk with a small bay keeps them handy; larger collections are better housed in a separate 19" rack beside the desk.
