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Subject: Re: [motm] Rear-facing cord?

From: "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...>
Date: 2000-04-12

> Is there a way to have my MTOM-900 rebuilt this way? If not, I'll keep it
> and plan to use it in the rear of my future cabinet for powering more
modules.

Not easily.

>
> Also, are there longer power bundles for when we have modules pretty far
> from the power supply?

30 inch ones are in the PDF catalog.

>
> More thoughts:
>
> 1. Can the power supply be made 2 units wide instead of 3? The PS could
> be rotated 90 degrees to have a smaller footprint on the panel, then the
> connector board could be put on a plate mounted to the PS or to the new
> enclosure so that the connector board would not occupy any panel footprint
> area. Yes rotating the PS will make it a deeper unit, but I see no reason
> to limit MOTM module depth to what we have so far. None of our cabinets
> will be smaller than a foot in depth I would imagine.

No, because the MOTM form factor was designed ∗specifically∗ to go into a
SKB pop-up mixer case.
Why? Because the Fenix did NOT fit in one, caused ∗many∗ lost sales.


> 2. Can we have a cool red indicator light (or LED) added by the power
switch?

Knock yourself out.
drill a hole, buy a Lumex LED from Digikey and a 2.2K resistor.


> 4. There could be an outlet on both the front and back of the module, and
> a rubber or plastic cover could be placed over the unused outlet.


Complicates the wiring. This is supposed to be the easy kit :)

> 5. Can we have a little voice chip activated at power-on say something
> cool or funny through a little internal speaker? Example: "Paul
> Schreiber Rocks!" "MOTHER!" "MAMA" "Kewl" or maybe just a cool sound
> effect. Just brainstorming as usual.

Mine does this all by itself.

Paul S.



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