PLAN B analog blog

4 1/4 inches form the back of the faceplate is the deepest a Doepfer
standard module can go.  Ours adhere to those standards.  Can't speak
for the others, although I think (I may be wrong) that the Zero VCO is
a bit deeper than this?

but remember you have to leave slop room in the back for the power
rail and those connectors, unless you can mount those behind modules
that yo know don't go all that deep (like the new M15 for instance).







--- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com, "NoRMaN PHaY"
<vietgrove@...> wrote:
>
> OK, I have my first lot of Plan B modules here (they're very
> impressive, they sound great in fact), I'm rolling some ideas around
> in my head for a case for them.  I don't want to go for the garden
> variety rack case, it takes up too much space. ideally I want to build
> something up like a smaller version of the Buchla scissor case.  Three
> or maybe four rows, and it'll fold in half so I can take it out and
> play live  and it won't eat up a load of space in the car or onstage.
>  I've got a couple of questions, one for Peter, one a more general
> euro-rack format related one.
> 
> Firstly, what is likely to be the maximum depth of any Plan B module,
> is there a "this is as deep as it's going to get" standard?  I'd like
> to make the boats as shallow as possible.  The deepest thing I have
> here is the dual timbral gate, if there's going to be many modules
> that are that deep, then it's going to be hard to construct a scissor
> case that'll fold up nicely.  I guess this is a plea for shallower
> modules, like the VCO!  What is the deepest module in the current
> lineup, and is anything in the future likely to go further back?
> 
> The second thing is regarding the width of rack rails.  Is it possible
> to get these in widths wider than 84 units?  I don't want to go too
> wide, but it did occur to me that something wide enough to take the
> big sequencer and the tap clock in the same row, or 4 VCOs, 4 of the
> little expanders and a couple of 4u mults that Doepfer does (it would
> rock if Plan B did a similar 4u mult) would make for a more logical
> layout, seeing as I'm not too bothered about rack mounting.  As with
> my frac racks, I look at euro rack ears and think "you could fit
> another module in there!
>  
> best wishes & all that.
>