Hexcal is back with a new version of the desk setup product we’ve already spent time with, and this one makes a lot of sense for music producers who want their workspace to do a little of the heavy lifting for them. Their Studio is amazing, and their monitor arm was pretty damn cool too when I reviewed that, so I’m sure this will be keeping up that momentum.
The new Hexcal Studio Plus takes the original Studio concept and pushes it further with added power delivery, cleaner connectivity, integrated lighting, and the same desk-cleaning philosophy that made the first one worth paying attention to in the first place.
We’ve covered Hexcal before, and I came away liking the way the company thinks about the desk as a full working environment instead of a flat surface with gear dumped on top of it. That idea lands especially well for producers. If you spend long hours switching between monitors, interfaces, controllers, hard drives, laptops, and charging cables, you already know how fast a setup can start fighting you. The Studio Plus is clearly built to solve that problem and to do it in a way that still looks polished.
A desk upgrade that actually makes sense for producers
For music producers, this is not really about having a fancy monitor stand. It is about reclaiming control over the place where you spend a huge chunk of your day. The Studio Plus combines monitor elevation, cable management, power distribution, device charging, and task lighting into one centerpiece. That matters when your desk has to support studio monitors, a laptop, an interface, maybe a synth or groovebox, and the constant mess of power bricks and cables that come with modern production.
Hexcal says the Studio Plus can support up to 13 powered devices with eight AC outlets and a combined 160W fast-charging setup. That alone is a big deal for studio life. A lot of producer desks slowly turn into cable storage units, and once that happens, the setup starts to feel mentally noisy before you even open a session. The point of this product is to strip that clutter out of sight and centralize the mess into something organized.
The charging layout is also practical. You get USB-C power delivery options up to 100W and 60W, plus USB-A charging and dual wireless chargers on top. That means your laptop, phone, tablet, and smaller accessories can all stay in the same orbit without a separate charging station taking over another section of the desk.
Lighting, ergonomics, and the kind of workflow details that add up
One thing I liked about Hexcal before, and still like here, is that the company seems to understand that productivity is often a sum of small physical improvements. The integrated task lighting is a good example. The Studio Plus includes high-CRI lighting with adjustable temperature and intensity, which matters when you are producing late at night, editing vocals, organizing a mix, or simply trying to keep your eyes from burning out after staring at a screen for hours.
For producers, lighting is not some side feature. A harsh desk environment can wear you down faster than people realize. A softer, controlled light source over the main workspace makes long sessions easier to manage, especially if your studio doubles as your writing, editing, and admin space.
Then there is the ergonomic side. Raising your display and clearing out the area underneath it opens up usable real estate for keyboards, notepads, MIDI controllers, or whatever else rotates in and out of your workflow. Hexcal also offers the Studio Plus in Silver now, which fits nicely into the cleaner Apple-heavy studio setups a lot of producers already run.
At $949, the Hexcal Studio Plus is very clearly a premium piece of desk hardware. That said, I do think it makes sense if your desk is the center of your creative life and you want one product to clean up five different pain points at once. For producers trying to build a studio that feels calmer, faster, and easier to work in every day, this is the kind of upgrade that can have a real effect.
Will Vance is a professional music producer who has been involved in the industry for the better part of a decade and has been the managing editor at Magnetic Magazine since mid-2022. In that time period, he has published thousands of articles on music production, industry think pieces and educational articles about the music industry. Over the last decade as a professional music producer, Will Vance has also ran multiple successful and highly respected record labels in the industry, including Where The Heart Is Records as well as having launched a new label with a focus on community through Magnetic Magazine. When not running these labels or producing his own music, Vance is likely writing for other top industry sites like Waves or the Hyperbits Masterclass or working on his upcoming book on mindfulness in music production. On the rare chance he's not thinking about music production, he's probably running a game of Dungeons and Dragons with his friends which he has been the dungeon master for for many years.
