New MIDI Keyboard Pull Out Tray [Custom Built]

Updated: Aug 1, 2024

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I want to quickly share my custom midi keyboard pull-out tray!

It’s been such a huge music studio upgrade, which cost very little money.

I purchased kitchen drawer slides, and screwed some plywood to them.

Here’s two videos showing the MIDI Keyboard Tray opening / closing!

How to Make MIDI Keyboard Pull Out Tray

First, you’ll want to get Kitchen Drawer Sliders. Make sure they’re decent quality.. not super cheap, but not the super expensive ones.. they also don’t have to be soft closing.

Next, I was confused on how to attach the Drawer Sliders to my Music Studio Desk…

I came up with the idea of securing a piece of 2×4 wood to the desk with bolts. I then screwed the drawer sliders to this 2×4 wood, which you can see in the picture.

Not shown, but then I was able to screw 1×1 wood to the drawer sliders, then the plywood screwed into the drawer sliders.. it works excellent!

What Else Do You Need?

You’ll also need a monitor arm to create “floating space” under the computer screen so the MIDI Keyboard can slider underneath.

The end result is a very smooth MIDI Keyboard pull out tray!

This allows me to take advantage of my M-Audio Oxygen Pro Template to open plugins for hands-on mixing! It’s been awesome so far!

By the way.. Season 3 of Music Production Made Simple Podcast is now released!

About Author: GratuiTous

GratuiTous discovered FL Studio around 2009 when a friend introduced him to the DAW.. he then began making FL Studio tutorials in 2011 which lead to creating his Beatmaker Training Platform. He also authors music production books, and hosts the "Music Production Made Simple Podcast". Fun Fact: He was an electrician in Canada for 10 Years!

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