MOTM

In a message dated 3/29/2000 9:21:52 AM, daveb@... writes:

>Speaking of cabinets, what form factor are people planning on using for
>large systems? I had planned on the Moog IIIC style bottom cabinet, 10U
>by
>26U, with one or two 5U high top cabinets (not including rows for Larry's
>Magic Buss(tm). But I don't know how ergonomic that is. I'm kind of leaning
>more toward the U shape now, where you go 5 rows tall, with the top rows
>slanting back towards you. This is like some of the large Serge or Buchla
>systems I've seem (or the Luther Moog). It's easier to reach stuff at the
>top and bottom, but almost requires one large cabinet to hold everything.
>Maybe you could build a 16U wide by 25U high U shaped cab, then a second
>identical one for expansion.

Forget what those other knuckle heads say Moe! Stooges have to stick together 
(???) right? I've been thinking a lot about this over the past few months 
since I don't want to build one cabinet, only to need another shortly after. 
I'd much rather have a cabinet fifty per cent full ("than fifty per cent 
empty?"), than have only enough room for 8 more 2U modules.

While I actually agree to some extent about the fatigue of having one's arms 
over one's head, I wonder how much less fatiguing it is to have ones arms at 
say a 30 degree angle above one's shoulder. Also taking into account that the 
higher rows of modules may require stretching an already fully extended arm 
to reach anyway, unless they are pitched back.

The main reason I've been looking at this is due to wanting to stay in one 
place as much as I can if I'm wearing a guitar. I've also been thinking (a 
little more realistically) about a 15U by 24U sloped cabinet, but I like the 
Apollo 11 look of the overhead panels a lot.

Keep thinkin Moe!
JB
Hey! What's the Luther Moog? Bob's jealous, evil brother?