Larry, this is gonna look great, in fact they already do right now! I\ufffdm definitely looking forward to see the finished setup! All the best, :-) Michael. (errm - greetz from Valencia this time ;-) Quoting "J. Larry Hendry" <jlarryh@...>: > While I have been getting no synth related work done at all, my cabinet > maker has been hard at work putting together my personal cabinets that will > add to my existing 4 row x 24U set up many of you have already seen. After > making and shipping more than 20 cabinets to others, I finally got him back > on track to make my cabinets. I have been out of space for a long time. My > original cabinet maker quit after he made the first 3. > > The concept for my cabinets came from my desire to combine the slant front > look of the Moog cabinets with the wrap around functionality of the Roland > System 700 wing cabinets. My other desire was to make a percentage of my > modular space set up for mounting on the 19" rails so that I can mix and > match MOTM modules into the same cabinet with my 19" rack gear that will > also reside in that cabinet. That will include my Kenton MIDI2CV, a PAiA > vocoder, and s few other select items. > > The bottom cabinet is set up for the magic buss just like my center > cabinets. The top cabinets are simply a 12U high x 19" rack size. These > cabinet nest up to my main cabinets so there is no gap between. The > inverted near triangle space in the corners will have a metal panel that > will house joysticks and push buttons and perhaps a theremin-like antenna > for generating CV controls. > > http://www.wiseguysynth.com/larry/cabinet/wing-cabinets.jpg > > In a couple of weeks I get to pick these up and bring them how for > finishing. The bottom space holds 2 rows of 8U wide each. The top cabinet > holds of course up to 2 rack rails sets. So, these cabinets add 72 U of > space for MOTM modules and 4 19" rack U tall. It is my plan to stop at 168U > (96+72). However, the astute will notice that since these cabinets have a > 45 degree angle, that I could double this exact setup and end up with a > horseshoe console. capable of holding 240U. (96+72+72) > > Larry :-) > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >
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Re: walnut wing cabinets with magic buss
2005-05-14 by Michael Zacherl (aka TonTaub)
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