I don't often comment on review videos because so many spend too much time on fluff, leave out too much vital info, or distract with extracurricular production enhancements. Your review was perfect--straightforward, thorough, and honest. KUDOS! You needed a bit better lighting/production, but a lot of people do, and I much prefer that the important stuff is well done. Again, informative and thoughtful video, man!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed. Luckily my lighting has improved recently haha. Got into the video production aspect more heavily in the past couple months, didn't care before then 🤮
@@AndrewSouthworth I just got mine. I’m almost done putting it together. I’m having trouble with the pizza screws in the rack area. Are the second set of pizza screws necessary on the top? Because if so I must be crazy because it doesn’t fit! Someone please help!!
whether or not i could fit my 6U Pittsburgh Modular case on the desk due to depth restrictions was preventing me from buying this, but after seeing your 9U next to it and really getting a good glimpse of how much workable depth there is on this desk sold me. Definitely ordering one soon. Thanks for the video!
The desk is pretty awesome! I love it. I'd just make sure that the height of your case won't block any studio monitors you have. If the Eurorack case is slanted or flat it shouldn't be an issue, or if your monitors are raised. Just want to make sure you don't block the path between your ears and one monitor.
Very helpful video. Thanks! I have those Mackie monitors, an iMac and Komplete Kontrol s61 as well. You sold me on the desk. Might even get a drawer like you got.
I have an Argosy Halo on order (which I placed on hold) and was already getting cold feet due to the MDF they use. Was looking at JamRacks but that desk is $2000. I think I found my next desk and one that is made out of real wood for under a grand. Output is really coming through for people with this. Hopefully down the road they will start making larger standalone racks to hold more outboard gear.
Looks good, I want to know how you dust and clean everything? Anything I leave out, like a keyboard or sythersizor it just get covered in dust within a cupple weeks.
How comfortable is it just sitting at your desk using the computer keyboard and mouse, with the keyboard tray and controller fully pushed in? Just thinking about using it as my main day job desk, and then using it for music making in the evening...
Hi Andrew! I'm really interested in buying this desk. Could you do me a favor and measure the top? I want to know if I can fit a 27" iMac along with two KRK VXT8s. I'm not sure what size your monitors are, so I can't really tell. If you can, I'd really appreciate it! Great video!
Hey Techno Dad. Output actually has a fully dimensioned drawing on their page that says 60" wide by 16" deep. Makes sense as there is space for 3 19" rack mounts with some wood spacers. I also have a 27" iMac and my monitors on the top. Definitely recommend this desk, still loving it 5 months later.
@andrew How long did it take for your desk to arrive in the mail? Their site says 10 to 12 weeks, but I feel like they say that to underpromise and overdeliver...
I had the same reaction, I had been looking for desks for a while and could find nothing that fit my space or had the features i was searching for. This ticked all the boxes. I might have preferred 4U rack space but 3U is fine.
@@AndrewSouthworth yeah 6U would have thrown off the monitor level probably. I just have a few 2U synths from Roland and would have liked to have racked more than 3 of them.
@@AndrewSouthworth man I started to put mine together today and ran into a massive issue with the Confirmat Screws stripping completely. 3 out of the 6 I used stripped. I had to buy a vice grip and back those out of one of the legs and the two for the privacy backing. I did damage to the wood in the leg in the process, had to sand it down and will buy more shellac tomorrow to repair it. I'm seriously wondering why they didn't use Robertson/square screw. I've got to try to find 3 more screws now and a different bit obviously. What a pita. What bit did you use one those screws if I might ask? Maybe also an impact driver instead of a drill? Anyway people should be aware of this issue during the build.
@@Iofflight78 Glad you mentioned that publically. I hope everyone who buys a Platform desk watches there official build video. You can't help notice that they mention how easy it is to strip the screws multiple times, which raises some concerns. A giant orange warning in the assembly instructions perhaps. Hopefully you got yours worked out. New buyers, check it: th-cam.com/video/Ll1cArnOtOQ/w-d-xo.html
@@MatthJenks What I did was find comparable screws and I used actual hard hand soap that was a bit softened on the screw. Saddle soap would work as well. My desk had a nice lavender smell for a few days. But it helped the screws go into the hard wood. I'd recommend that for anyone doing this build as it will help the screws go in more smoothly.
I must have it defective keyboard tray because mine does not slide flush all the way under like yours does. In fact I have to reach behind and toggle the small black pieces to get it to slide all the way back. Even then in this default config it sticks out about 5 in. I went on here searching to see if other people have similar issues but I presume I just have defective sliders?
Hi Andrew, I’m wondering if your desk included the screws to install your rack gear? (My desk included the screws to install the rails, but not any screws to install equipment). Wondering if you might tell me the size of the screws that you used to fix in your drawer and other gear? Thanks!
I'm not sure if they didn't come with screws or if they came with the wrong size, I know I tried to fit some screws in and it didn't work. I believe they're 10-32 screws (but I had other equipment that came with screws, so I didn't specifically have to buy them).
Thanks for responding - a friend consulted Output directly and was told 10-32 x 3/4 screws. Just trying to work out the equivalent metric size here in Australia to make sure we avoid cross-threading. Thanks again.
Yikes, didn't realize the rest of the world outside the US would have issue's getting US screws. In our Home Depot's we stock common metric sizes, but thats probably because we understand we're the weird ones who won't just switch to metric haha. I hear shipping to Australia can be pretty expensive too.
Hi Andrew, very informative video thanks for that. I have two questions for you; are you still happy with the desk now that almost a year has gone by? Secondly, im 6'4, so I will definitely try the risers, are they permanently attached or can you slip them off after the fact (if I find they are too wobbly , as you say)Thanks!
Thanks! Still love the desk, one of the best studio upgrades I did. The risers are like little spacers a few inches thick you put under the legs of the desk, totally removable. It was probably wobbly since im on carpet and I didn't have anything on the desk, but didn't want to risk it.
Great video. I hope you don't mind the question but how long did it take you to get yours? I ordered 4 weeks ago and now Output is telling me 8 weeks to ship so I am looking at over 2 months. I can't wrap my head around why it takes so long to cut 10 planks of birch on a CNC machine.
I think about 4 weeks from order to arrival? They probably have a much longer queue now, especially now that they have more colors and new accessories.
Do you feel like this desk would work well if you swapped the positions of the keyboards? In other words, having the 88-key on the top surface and the computer keyboard/mouse on the keyboard tray. The tray isn't tall enough to fit my digital piano according to their compatibility specs, so I'm wondering if that reversed setup would still feel OK.
Thanks! There isn't any spot built into the desk for it (unless you mount your studio monitors off the desk on stands). However the design of the feet for the desk leaves a ton of clear space underneath - I have enough room under the desk to store a stool, a foot rest, my backpack, my foot pedal, and some boxes. If I had a tower i'd probably put it on the ground all the way to the right or left next to the 'legs' of the desk. I'm sure how good of a view I get in this video, but if you see pictures on their website you'll see how spacious they kept the area under the desk, very little surface area of the desk actually touches the ground.
Hi, Andrew. I bought this handsome desk too and I use iMac Pro 27". I feel It's some kind of difficult to "reach" the height of iMac Pro. Do you have this problem too? I must adjust my chair in highest position and sit very straight.....
Good and helpful review Andrew! I am assembling my new Platform this evening. It came in three boxes, heavy, heavier, and heaviest. I need help getting the heaviest upstairs. I also got the stained wood with keyboard tray. It is replacing an old Quikloc z-stand with computer keyboard tray and monitor stand attachments.
Nice! I'm still loving the desk, one of the best improvements to my workflow i've ever done. I was home alone at the time so I unboxed downstairs and carried it up in pieces as I needed each part. Let me know if you have issues with those feet risers, I found them to be unsteady on carpet so I just dealt with the desk being slightly too low. Very minor inconvenience though, if anything its improved my posture.
Great video - Do you know the dimensions for the keyboard try? I have a Juno 60 and if it can fit in that tray this is an instant purchase for me. Thanks!
How deep is this desk from front of desk to the rackmount space? I need about 25" for my mixer with my keyboard in front of it. I want the qcon pro G2 with expander eventually
About 16". If you mean like piano keyboard, I would get the keyboard tray so you can slide it in and out when you need it (thats what I have in this video). Another idea, in the past I used a mixer for live settings and I actually had a dedicated mixer stand - that might work well for you to keep stuff of your desk.
This desk didn't work for me. Reasons: They lied about the height/clearance of some keyboards (NORDs specifically) so I couldn't use the KB tray, I would have never spent almost $800 on this if I would have realized their approved list was inaccurate. I would have been better off with side racks, independant monitor arms, and an IKEA hack desk system and would have come out even or less with much more versatile setup. I think this works for some, but it didn't work for me and I am basically out $800 because of a lie. Not going to give Output my business ever again.
Honestly if you look at the competition it's actually a great value. Every other desk I looked at was either more expensive, didn't have the features I wanted, or looked like trash. To me the only other viable option was building my own desk, and at the time I was in a condo with no workshop or tools. This is a premium product for sure, but it is actually premium in quality and features and not just in price. This is one of the happiest purchases I ever made for my studio. When I moved it pretty easily came apart and re-assembled at the new house too, which is another big feature thats easy to overlook.
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I don't often comment on review videos because so many spend too much time on fluff, leave out too much vital info, or distract with extracurricular production enhancements. Your review was perfect--straightforward, thorough, and honest. KUDOS! You needed a bit better lighting/production, but a lot of people do, and I much prefer that the important stuff is well done. Again, informative and thoughtful video, man!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed. Luckily my lighting has improved recently haha. Got into the video production aspect more heavily in the past couple months, didn't care before then 🤮
It's an absolute joy to own this desk. It hurts your bank account but it's totally worth it. Can't recommend this enough.
Yeah definitely Haha. At least we'll probably have it for many years, so it's not expensive in the long run.
@@AndrewSouthworth I just got mine. I’m almost done putting it together. I’m having trouble with the pizza screws in the rack area. Are the second set of pizza screws necessary on the top? Because if so I must be crazy because it doesn’t fit! Someone please help!!
whether or not i could fit my 6U Pittsburgh Modular case on the desk due to depth restrictions was preventing me from buying this, but after seeing your 9U next to it and really getting a good glimpse of how much workable depth there is on this desk sold me. Definitely ordering one soon. Thanks for the video!
The desk is pretty awesome! I love it. I'd just make sure that the height of your case won't block any studio monitors you have. If the Eurorack case is slanted or flat it shouldn't be an issue, or if your monitors are raised. Just want to make sure you don't block the path between your ears and one monitor.
Great review. I'm really considering getting one of these desks.
Thank you so much for doing this - it is very helpful (and I'm getting one!).
Very helpful video. Thanks! I have those Mackie monitors, an iMac and Komplete Kontrol s61 as well. You sold me on the desk. Might even get a drawer like you got.
Nice! Its a great desk.
Great review man, I'm about to make a big boy move and cop one of these
I'm buying it! Thank you for this in depth review!
Awesome, you'll love it!
Great review. So honest and direct!
Glad you liked it! I love the new color and accesories they've released lately.
Thanks for the video!!
I have an Argosy Halo on order (which I placed on hold) and was already getting cold feet due to the MDF they use. Was looking at JamRacks but that desk is $2000. I think I found my next desk and one that is made out of real wood for under a grand. Output is really coming through for people with this. Hopefully down the road they will start making larger standalone racks to hold more outboard gear.
This desk is lit af
Looks good, I want to know how you dust and clean everything? Anything I leave out, like a keyboard or sythersizor it just get covered in dust within a cupple weeks.
Just ordered. Thank you
Nice review homie. Very interested in this desk
great review, thanks!
thanks for this video, pretty much sold me on it!
Glad it helped! I'm gonna have to ask Output for an affiliate program or something, haha.
How comfortable is it just sitting at your desk using the computer keyboard and mouse, with the keyboard tray and controller fully pushed in? Just thinking about using it as my main day job desk, and then using it for music making in the evening...
This !!! Does anyone have an answer for this?
I plan to use this desk for productivity/programming & also music production
Nice video bro, thanks. Out of curiosity, how much space is there from the floor to the bottom of the the keyboard tray?
Good video, the background track was dope the one around 6:58
Can you tell me how wobbly it is from right to left. Looks sturdy from back to front but what about from side to side?
With my gear on it its rock solid. If you try to shake it side to side you can by about 1/16th" or less, but its hard to shake at all.
Hi Andrew! I'm really interested in buying this desk. Could you do me a favor and measure the top? I want to know if I can fit a 27" iMac along with two KRK VXT8s. I'm not sure what size your monitors are, so I can't really tell. If you can, I'd really appreciate it! Great video!
Hey Techno Dad. Output actually has a fully dimensioned drawing on their page that says 60" wide by 16" deep. Makes sense as there is space for 3 19" rack mounts with some wood spacers. I also have a 27" iMac and my monitors on the top. Definitely recommend this desk, still loving it 5 months later.
Does anyone know if eusonic is the official distributor to Europe
The 88 key vertion of your NI keyboard does not fit under the desk, I see that on another video.
new version comes out,lots of upgrades
Wish they would make a sit-stand option.
I think they will@@AndrewSouthworth
@andrew How long did it take for your desk to arrive in the mail? Their site says 10 to 12 weeks, but I feel like they say that to underpromise and overdeliver...
It looks like it took 3 or so weeks. But this was in early 2018.
I had the same reaction, I had been looking for desks for a while and could find nothing that fit my space or had the features i was searching for. This ticked all the boxes. I might have preferred 4U rack space but 3U is fine.
Yeah more rack space would have been lovely, I'd have loved 6U of space, but I guess that would make the desk way too tall and even more expensive.
@@AndrewSouthworth yeah 6U would have thrown off the monitor level probably. I just have a few 2U synths from Roland and would have liked to have racked more than 3 of them.
@@AndrewSouthworth man I started to put mine together today and ran into a massive issue with the Confirmat Screws stripping completely. 3 out of the 6 I used stripped. I had to buy a vice grip and back those out of one of the legs and the two for the privacy backing. I did damage to the wood in the leg in the process, had to sand it down and will buy more shellac tomorrow to repair it. I'm seriously wondering why they didn't use Robertson/square screw. I've got to try to find 3 more screws now and a different bit obviously. What a pita. What bit did you use one those screws if I might ask?
Maybe also an impact driver instead of a drill? Anyway people should be aware of this issue during the build.
@@Iofflight78 Glad you mentioned that publically. I hope everyone who buys a Platform desk watches there official build video. You can't help notice that they mention how easy it is to strip the screws multiple times, which raises some concerns. A giant orange warning in the assembly instructions perhaps. Hopefully you got yours worked out.
New buyers, check it: th-cam.com/video/Ll1cArnOtOQ/w-d-xo.html
@@MatthJenks What I did was find comparable screws and I used actual hard hand soap that was a bit softened on the screw. Saddle soap would work as well. My desk had a nice lavender smell for a few days. But it helped the screws go into the hard wood. I'd recommend that for anyone doing this build as it will help the screws go in more smoothly.
I must have it defective keyboard tray because mine does not slide flush all the way under like yours does. In fact I have to reach behind and toggle the small black pieces to get it to slide all the way back. Even then in this default config it sticks out about 5 in. I went on here searching to see if other people have similar issues but I presume I just have defective sliders?
Maybe it is defective. Unless you mounted the sliders incorrectly to the desk. I’d contact output.
Hi Andrew, I’m wondering if your desk included the screws to install your rack gear? (My desk included the screws to install the rails, but not any screws to install equipment). Wondering if you might tell me the size of the screws that you used to fix in your drawer and other gear? Thanks!
I'm not sure if they didn't come with screws or if they came with the wrong size, I know I tried to fit some screws in and it didn't work. I believe they're 10-32 screws (but I had other equipment that came with screws, so I didn't specifically have to buy them).
Thanks for responding - a friend consulted Output directly and was told 10-32 x 3/4 screws. Just trying to work out the equivalent metric size here in Australia to make sure we avoid cross-threading. Thanks again.
Yikes, didn't realize the rest of the world outside the US would have issue's getting US screws. In our Home Depot's we stock common metric sizes, but thats probably because we understand we're the weird ones who won't just switch to metric haha. I hear shipping to Australia can be pretty expensive too.
Hi Andrew, very informative video thanks for that. I have two questions for you; are you still happy with the desk now that almost a year has gone by? Secondly, im 6'4, so I will definitely try the risers, are they permanently attached or can you slip them off after the fact (if I find they are too wobbly , as you say)Thanks!
Thanks! Still love the desk, one of the best studio upgrades I did. The risers are like little spacers a few inches thick you put under the legs of the desk, totally removable. It was probably wobbly since im on carpet and I didn't have anything on the desk, but didn't want to risk it.
Hi, may I ask, does the table sag anywhere or does the keyboard tray sag in the middle from the weight of the keyboard? Best regards,
Great video. I hope you don't mind the question but how long did it take you to get yours? I ordered 4 weeks ago and now Output is telling me 8 weeks to ship so I am looking at over 2 months. I can't wrap my head around why it takes so long to cut 10 planks of birch on a CNC machine.
I think about 4 weeks from order to arrival? They probably have a much longer queue now, especially now that they have more colors and new accessories.
@@AndrewSouthworth Thank you
Do you feel like this desk would work well if you swapped the positions of the keyboards? In other words, having the 88-key on the top surface and the computer keyboard/mouse on the keyboard tray. The tray isn't tall enough to fit my digital piano according to their compatibility specs, so I'm wondering if that reversed setup would still feel OK.
I wouldn’t like having my keyboard and mouse that low, but maybe it wouldn’t bother you. The keys would also block an rack gear you have mounted.
@@AndrewSouthworth hmm that makes sense, I appreciate the response!
Excellent helpful review. Does it have room for a tower pc?
Thanks! There isn't any spot built into the desk for it (unless you mount your studio monitors off the desk on stands). However the design of the feet for the desk leaves a ton of clear space underneath - I have enough room under the desk to store a stool, a foot rest, my backpack, my foot pedal, and some boxes. If I had a tower i'd probably put it on the ground all the way to the right or left next to the 'legs' of the desk. I'm sure how good of a view I get in this video, but if you see pictures on their website you'll see how spacious they kept the area under the desk, very little surface area of the desk actually touches the ground.
Hi, Andrew. I bought this handsome desk too and I use iMac Pro 27". I feel It's some kind of difficult to "reach" the height of iMac Pro. Do you have this problem too? I must adjust my chair in highest position and sit very straight.....
I am worried about this too being far away. I think my next Imac will be on an arm so I can push it back
Thanks for a good review bud. You have any idea of the shipping weight? I can’t seem to find it anywhere online
Not sure, but its super heavy. The biggest and heaviest box i've ever had delivered. I've moved refrigerators that were lighter than that box.
I got like 20 black screws.. what are those for
Probably the rack mount screws.
Good and helpful review Andrew! I am assembling my new Platform this evening. It came in three boxes, heavy, heavier, and heaviest. I need help getting the heaviest upstairs. I also got the stained wood with keyboard tray. It is replacing an old Quikloc z-stand with computer keyboard tray and monitor stand attachments.
Nice! I'm still loving the desk, one of the best improvements to my workflow i've ever done. I was home alone at the time so I unboxed downstairs and carried it up in pieces as I needed each part. Let me know if you have issues with those feet risers, I found them to be unsteady on carpet so I just dealt with the desk being slightly too low. Very minor inconvenience though, if anything its improved my posture.
Great video - Do you know the dimensions for the keyboard try? I have a Juno 60 and if it can fit in that tray this is an instant purchase for me. Thanks!
54.25" x 15.625"
Gator Goforth how much room height-wise is there between the tray and the desktop? will it fit an novation sl49 mk3?
How deep is this desk from front of desk to the rackmount space? I need about 25" for my mixer with my keyboard in front of it. I want the qcon pro G2 with expander eventually
About 16". If you mean like piano keyboard, I would get the keyboard tray so you can slide it in and out when you need it (thats what I have in this video). Another idea, in the past I used a mixer for live settings and I actually had a dedicated mixer stand - that might work well for you to keep stuff of your desk.
@@AndrewSouthworth I might just have one made custom. I want my mixers in front and want midi key on a tray with computer keyboard up front on desk
That'll be even nicer. Maybe not even more expensive Haha.
How long did it take for the desk to ship?
Like 2 weeks or so.
What midi controller is that?
Its a Maschine Mk2 I believe. Now I use a Push 2.
What made you switch to Push 2? Were you an Ableton Live user before buying the Push?
What is that 3u storage drawer?
Oh not sure. Just a random one I found on amazon. If you search for 3u rack drawer their you’ll find a few options.
Looked it up haha. Navepoint is the company.
Munnies lol
This desk didn't work for me. Reasons: They lied about the height/clearance of some keyboards (NORDs specifically) so I couldn't use the KB tray, I would have never spent almost $800 on this if I would have realized their approved list was inaccurate. I would have been better off with side racks, independant monitor arms, and an IKEA hack desk system and would have come out even or less with much more versatile setup. I think this works for some, but it didn't work for me and I am basically out $800 because of a lie. Not going to give Output my business ever again.
Damn, what did they say when you contacted them about this? Im surprised they didn't refund you.
$800 for a table, 3x3U racks and a tray
Honestly if you look at the competition it's actually a great value. Every other desk I looked at was either more expensive, didn't have the features I wanted, or looked like trash. To me the only other viable option was building my own desk, and at the time I was in a condo with no workshop or tools.
This is a premium product for sure, but it is actually premium in quality and features and not just in price. This is one of the happiest purchases I ever made for my studio. When I moved it pretty easily came apart and re-assembled at the new house too, which is another big feature thats easy to overlook.