After last years Synth-DIY meeting, I decided I wanted some semi-portable
racks that are easier to transport than the rack cases I had, so I had my
brother-in-law (who's a sawyer at a custom cabinet co. and can throw a
couple sheets of something into the computer-controlled machines) build me
some cabinets to order.
A picture of them from the meeting appears here:
http://www.sound-photo.com/synthphotos/jm6.jpgThere are a few others on that site.
These are 10U per cabinet, and the upper cabinets are made to stack on top
of the lower ones and join together with some fasteners. With the hand-holds
cut into the sides and being relatively small, they are a lot more portable
than the other cabinets I have. There's a power supply in each of the three
cabinets with modules in them, so the wiring is just a matter of plugging
them in.
Accessorized by Stooge Industries, naturally.
...Craig
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Seth Elgart [mailto:selgart@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 9:59 PM
> To: motm@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [motm] SKB 106DJ rack
>
>
> At 6:51 PM +0000 10/6/04, object88 wrote:
> >Just keeping an eye out for gigable solutions... as much as
> I love the
> >look of Larry's racks, I think of them as studio furnature, not
> >something to be set up in a parking-lot or bar stage. Has
> anyone tried
> >similar racks?
>
> Have you taken a look at the SKB popup mixer case?
>
> http://www.skbcases.com/product/pro_audio/mixer/skb19-p12u.html
>
> It's a standard rack size in width, 12 units in height and 5"
> deep. I have two of them: one for some Waldorf synths and one
> for my yet-to-be-built MOTM modules. You can fit about a
> Minimoog's worth of modules in one of these cases.
>
> I've looked at the case you're thinking about. I have a 12
> unit "cube" rack. It works great but it won't fit in a car
> door. It's been sitting in my drummer's house (several of his
> houses by now) for years. I find the popup mixer cases much
> more portable as long as you can get away with the 5" depth.
> My Waldorfs fit in there just fine, but there's no way I can
> get my Matrix 6R in it, for example. It's perfect for MOTM
> modules, however.
>
> There's nothing wrong with the case you're looking at, I've
> just chosen to go a different route.
>
>
> Seth
>
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