Dope, inspirational dude. My girlfriend and I plan on hitting the road this summer. I'm a full time musician, so giving up my studio is not an option, but this is. Thanks :)
Cool. I've been waiting for this vid. I still had a pair of NS10s up until about 10 years ago. My build still has some way to go, but being PC based (not a laptop) is going to cause me some headaches! It's been some years since I quit music, but it's fun to mess about sometimes. Plus it's become my video editing machine now. :D
I would love to have some NS10s in our future studio! Couldn't justify anything bigger than the 5s being in the van. Whether it's for a project or just for fun, creating music is a must for me. What kind of videos do you work on?
The NS10s are probably not much bigger than what you have, but they're passive and at least 25years old by this point. I'm most of the way through a van conversion and i'm posting the build progress and van life travels in the future, which is how your channel ended up on my suggested list. :)
Cool. Thanks for the vids on your channel. The van ones have been an inspiration and your lovely children travelling with you. What a great education for them, better than any school!
hi. cool van! i am doing somehting similar in my ambulance :) could you give me some pointers please on your monitors setup please? i was thinking 12v amp into passive mini monitors to avoid using the inverter. I am struggling to find some decent mini passive monitors though. Would love if you could share some wisdom! Thank you!
How do you mount your studio monitors? Im trying to do this in my van as well. If you could toss a link to the box that holds them thatd be really cool!
Hey, great set-up! I am doing the same thing in the back of a van... just very curious to know what kind of sound quality you achieve in such a small space? Are there issues because of the ceiling being so close or anything like that? If you had a chance to make a video covering that topic, I can promise you at least one very interested viewer!! Keep on rocking the van!
Hey there! My setup is mostly used for initially creating ideas. I use the speakers during the songwriting process for the most part. When it comes to mixing I mostly use my headphones and the speakers are used for additional referencing. Although for being in a van, the sound through the speakers is pretty accurate surprisingly.
Love the vids! I’m a DJ/Producer and headed toward the #vanlife Assuming you have a PA system too... did you design a specific space for equipment/cable storage so it’s not in the everyday living space?
I don't actually bring along a PA system in the van with us full time. I leave it in storage. The few times I've taken DJ gigs I've traveled with it underneath our bed on our pullout deck, which fortunately has plenty of space for it.
Yeah sure! It's about as simple as it looks. We measured the speaker dimensions and created little boxes that were just bigger, leaving room for some grip material. Then we mounted the top of the boxes to the bottom of our cabinets.
@@TheFitesOfficial thanks. What type of grip material and wood did you use? Screws? Thanks again. I want to do something similar and make sure it stays together :p
@@Gagarinprojectofficial I charge my Macbook ahead of time so that I don't have it pulling power the entire time. But even if I have to, it's still not incredibly taxing on our power station. Less than 100 watts/hour.
I'm not sure how much power it would take honestly. Based on other similar gear I've used it wouldn't terribly power intensive though. Do you have a power setup in mind already?
Not yet, I’m about to buy a van and I have to be able to work on music out of it so I just started looking into power options, I got the arrow interface which is thunderbolt 3 powered so that’s fine I’d just need to run a laptop, mpc 2000xl and an analog synth. Everything I find on RUclips talks about running fridges and camp stuff that if it had bad power it wouldn’t damage, but plugging in $2000 synths to whatever I get I want to make sure I’m not doing anything dumb that damage gear or run my van battery dead so trying to understand how it all works and the type of power I’ll need
We turned our caravan into a mobile recording studio and one of my biggest concerns was exacltly what you mention here. I haven't heard about the Goalzero Yeti (as Fite Travels mention in this video) but it sounds like a really good and solid solution. We tried out some different inverters to our battery and finally decided to go with a very similar to this one -->> amzn.to/2NRSOHU . Important that is has a pure sine wave!
@@elevenbstudios I think the important thing here is having separate power from your vehicle's batteries. I would not recommend running any music equipment off your vehicle's batteries. At the very least, protect your gear by using a quality power conditioner just like you would at home.
@@TheFitesOfficial nice one!! Thanks for the info and inspiration!! 👍🏼 Not sure I can rely on the solar here in the UK 😂 But that battery sounds just the job!!
Dope, inspirational dude. My girlfriend and I plan on hitting the road this summer. I'm a full time musician, so giving up my studio is not an option, but this is. Thanks :)
That's awesome! Safe travels this summer man.
we need to start a group for vanlife producers asap bro
Yeah! I got so many great ideas for a studio when I build my van!
@@scrumtios0 please share them
Radical man , please share more on this subject .
Ok will do!
Great mini studio! It definitely gave me some ideas for the one I want to build for myself!
Right on!
Do you have to turn off the base so it does not shake the van?
that's a cool studio ! thanks for sharing. enjoyed watching it.
Thanks for watching! :)
OMG love it. That's what i want to do. Thank you.
Nice setup. Lets link up
We just passed you on the 101! Super cool studio.
i like your videos. hope you guys keep making them
Nice Studio
hell yeah man !..this is fatastic.!
i am gonna built something like this too for sure :D
Awesome video guys, thanks for sharing! I look forward to watching the rest of your videos later!
Thanks for watching! :)
Cool. I've been waiting for this vid. I still had a pair of NS10s up until about 10 years ago. My build still has some way to go, but being PC based (not a laptop) is going to cause me some headaches! It's been some years since I quit music, but it's fun to mess about sometimes. Plus it's become my video editing machine now. :D
I would love to have some NS10s in our future studio! Couldn't justify anything bigger than the 5s being in the van. Whether it's for a project or just for fun, creating music is a must for me. What kind of videos do you work on?
The NS10s are probably not much bigger than what you have, but they're passive and at least 25years old by this point. I'm most of the way through a van conversion and i'm posting the build progress and van life travels in the future, which is how your channel ended up on my suggested list. :)
Right on! Well thanks for watching and I'll swing over and check out your build progress.
Cool. Thanks for the vids on your channel. The van ones have been an inspiration and your lovely children travelling with you. What a great education for them, better than any school!
hi. cool van! i am doing somehting similar in my ambulance :) could you give me some pointers please on your monitors setup please? i was thinking 12v amp into passive mini monitors to avoid using the inverter. I am struggling to find some decent mini passive monitors though. Would love if you could share some wisdom! Thank you!
I love it but what about reverb and the acoustics?
I don't really use the speakers for mixing, mostly just during the creative process. We didn't try to treat the van for sound.
whats your electrical setup to power the monitors, computer and other equipment?
What about the acoustic treatment?
How is your sound isolation? Is the music very noticeable from outside the van?
That hasn’t really been an issue because I mostly work using headphones.
How do you mount your studio monitors? Im trying to do this in my van as well. If you could toss a link to the box that holds them thatd be really cool!
Yes bro! Love finding another musician living in a van conversion. You in America? Ps. Who was passed out upstairs 😂
HAHA our kiddo rarely ever takes naps, so when she passed out it was the prime opportunity. Yes we're in America!
Hey, great set-up! I am doing the same thing in the back of a van... just very curious to know what kind of sound quality you achieve in such a small space? Are there issues because of the ceiling being so close or anything like that? If you had a chance to make a video covering that topic, I can promise you at least one very interested viewer!! Keep on rocking the van!
Hey there! My setup is mostly used for initially creating ideas. I use the speakers during the songwriting process for the most part. When it comes to mixing I mostly use my headphones and the speakers are used for additional referencing. Although for being in a van, the sound through the speakers is pretty accurate surprisingly.
What do you use to keep it charged?
How did you secure these speakers? Impressive set-up man.
Question, what does you go by as an artist? Is it "Ash"? or?
How did you fix the speaker?
We built some boxes for the speakers to slide into and had rubber pads underneath the speakers to keep them from moving.
@@TheFitesOfficial thx 🙏🏼
Love the vids! I’m a DJ/Producer and headed toward the #vanlife
Assuming you have a PA system too... did you design a specific space for equipment/cable storage so it’s not in the everyday living space?
I don't actually bring along a PA system in the van with us full time. I leave it in storage. The few times I've taken DJ gigs I've traveled with it underneath our bed on our pullout deck, which fortunately has plenty of space for it.
Do u release anything while you’re on the road ? I’m just amazed if u can !!!!
I haven't! I've worked on quite a bit of material in the van but haven't prioritized releasing anything.
What air condition you have
Are you open to discus how you hung the speakers.. it looks pretty simple but curious about a few details.
Yeah sure! It's about as simple as it looks. We measured the speaker dimensions and created little boxes that were just bigger, leaving room for some grip material. Then we mounted the top of the boxes to the bottom of our cabinets.
@@TheFitesOfficial thanks. What type of grip material and wood did you use? Screws?
Thanks again. I want to do something similar and make sure it stays together :p
Thanks. I was really interested in seeing your mobile setup. How many amps total per hour does it draw? Sounds like not a lot.
No not much at all! Including my interface and two monitors it pulls about 30 watts at 2.7 amps.
@@TheFitesOfficial how is it possible ? Macbook Pro alone needs around 40-60 Watts / hour to charge.
@@Gagarinprojectofficial I charge my Macbook ahead of time so that I don't have it pulling power the entire time. But even if I have to, it's still not incredibly taxing on our power station. Less than 100 watts/hour.
What would you recommend power wise if I wanted to run a hardware synth like a Moog voyager
I'm not sure how much power it would take honestly. Based on other similar gear I've used it wouldn't terribly power intensive though. Do you have a power setup in mind already?
Not yet, I’m about to buy a van and I have to be able to work on music out of it so I just started looking into power options, I got the arrow interface which is thunderbolt 3 powered so that’s fine I’d just need to run a laptop, mpc 2000xl and an analog synth. Everything I find on RUclips talks about running fridges and camp stuff that if it had bad power it wouldn’t damage, but plugging in $2000 synths to whatever I get I want to make sure I’m not doing anything dumb that damage gear or run my van battery dead so trying to understand how it all works and the type of power I’ll need
We turned our caravan into a mobile recording studio and one of my biggest concerns was exacltly what you mention here. I haven't heard about the Goalzero Yeti (as Fite Travels mention in this video) but it sounds like a really good and solid solution. We tried out some different inverters to our battery and finally decided to go with a very similar to this one -->> amzn.to/2NRSOHU . Important that is has a pure sine wave!
@@elevenbstudios I think the important thing here is having separate power from your vehicle's batteries. I would not recommend running any music equipment off your vehicle's batteries. At the very least, protect your gear by using a quality power conditioner just like you would at home.
Will apolo twin work on windows and fl studio?
in dual boot with Windows 7 its works for me but I have to connect and power the Apollo at the dualboot start menu for windows detect it.
How do you charge your battery for the setup dude?
Andrew Young We have (2) 100 watt solar panels to charge our system.
@@TheFitesOfficial nice one!! Thanks for the info and inspiration!! 👍🏼 Not sure I can rely on the solar here in the UK 😂 But that battery sounds just the job!!
Are those the hs5’s?
Janzen Yes they are!
Fite Travels that’s pimp! Do you have a soundcloud or something? Wanna check out your music
@@scrumtios0 Thanks man! Yeah check out my band the Notionaries.
brooo