Shallow racks are indeed hard to find. I believe this place
http://www.starcase.com/ has road cases as shallow as 10 inches. At one
time they had a side by side rack case that would seem ideal for modular
use, but I couldn't find it this time so it may be discontinued.
John Loffink
jloffink@... The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site
http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com/The Wavemakers Modular and Integrated Synthesizer Web Site
http://www.wavemakers-synth.com/ > -----Original Message-----
> From: hciassociates [mailto:mbfisher@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 9:41 PM
> To: motm@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [motm] Shallow cases besides SKB?
>
> Anyone have ideas or suggestions for a shallow (say, 10" depth or
> less), tall and/or stackable rack case for a MOTM system?
>
> Yes, the SKB pop-up mixer case works, but it's of limited use if you
> have more than two rows of modules (since it can't be stacked when
> open). I'd like to mount a 3 or 4 panel system + converter (16 spaces
> or more) in a lightweight road case, but so far I haven't found
> anything other than the traditional deep racks. Those are overkill
> and will make transport more difficult than necessary.
>
> SKB makes some shallow cases, but as far as I can tell they only go
> up to 4 or 6 spaces in height. I'm looking for more like 16.
>
> Ideas, suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Mike
>