19" Rack panels for DIY synths?

[Curtin, Steven D (Steven)]

The ARF synthesizer also used this scheme -

Here's the web site.

http://www.midiwall.com/wall/arffive.html

I've found rack boxes to be too difficult to pull out and fix, so the Wiard
in the rack with custom stuff built with blank Wiard panels is a good
compromise for me.

Steve C

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Steven Curtin  
Lucent Technologies Microelectronics
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http://curtin.emf.org
sdcurtin at lucent.com
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> ----------
> From: 	Hairy Harry[SMTP:paia2720 at hotmail.com]
> Reply To: 	harrybissell at prodigy.net
> Sent: 	Wednesday, October 18, 2000 10:54 AM
> To: 	mclilith at ezwv.com; synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
> Subject: 	Re: 19" Rack panels for DIY synths?
> 
> I started designing a synth like this... 2U rack panels, with
> patchcords to the right. Anyone wants to see a design drawing ???
> 
> H^)
> 
> 
> >From: Glen <mclilith at ezwv.com>
> >To: synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
> >Subject: 19" Rack panels for DIY synths?
> >Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 02:17:05 -0400
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >I've noticed that almost all the commercial modular synths use small
> front
> >panels. Does anyone ever use full size rack panels for DIY synth modules?
> >It would seem to make some sense, you could contain your synth gear in
> the
> >same packaging as the rest of your rack-mount audio gear.
> >
> >Can anyone see a disadvantage to this? I suppose that some modules
> wouldn't
> >need this much panel space. In that case, simply build more than one
> module
> >into the same box, to fill up the space more efficiently.
> >
> >Later,
> >Glen Berry
> 
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