MOTM

I've ordered my MOTM rack rails, and I'm in the process of attempting to
figure out what I want in terms of a cabinet for all of my MOTM gear. I've
checked out custom cabinetry on the Synthtech web site, and got some good
ideas there.

I've also heard from other modular owners that some racks look like a good
idea, but aren't, such as those that are typically above or beside a
mixing console.

For those of you who have spent hours upon hours in front of your modular
gear, what is the most "comfortable" (or less fatiguing on the back)
position to have your equipment in? I'm leaning toward a floor
mounted/slightly slanted rack that is at chair level so I won't be bending
over, standing up, or leaning over equipment to get at the modular gear.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

-->Neil

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Neil Bradley            In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is not
Synthcom Systems, Inc.  king - he's a prisoner.
ICQ #29402898

My little treatise on cabinet design form factors is here:

http://www.hotrodmotm.com/cab.htm

Moe

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For those of you who have spent hours upon hours in front of your 
modular
gear, what is the most "comfortable" (or less fatiguing on the back)
position to have your equipment in? 
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From: Neil Bradley <nb@...>
I've ordered my MOTM rack rails, and I'm in the process of attempting to
figure out what I want in terms of a cabinet for all of my MOTM gear. I've
checked out custom cabinetry on the Synthtech web site, and got some good
ideas there.

I've also heard from other modular owners that some racks look like a good
idea, but aren't, such as those that are ypically above or beside a mixing
console.

For those of you who have spent hours upon hours in front of your modular
gear, what is the most "comfortable" (or less fatiguing on the back)
position to have your equipment in? I'm leaning toward a floor
mounted/slightly slanted rack that is at chair level so I won't be bending
over, standing up, or leaning over equipment to get at the modular gear.

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Here are some links for food for thought:

http://www.wiseguysynth.com/larry/cabinet/cabinet.htm
...a 4 page tour

http://www.wiseguysynth.com/larry/namm/both01.jpg
... what one will see at NAMM

http://www.hotrodmotm.com/mysynth.htm
...infamous synth-of-doom

http://threshold.opb.org/Generation/motm/index.html
...a whole different shape

http://www.wiseguysynth.com/larry/misc/Darmok.jpg
... Scott Juskiw's beauty

There are others out there....

I tried this for awhile.  I had a 20U high slanted cabinet sitting on a
table top. It worked okay, but ideally for easier patching you want
something that's longer in the horizontal direction than the vertical
direction.  A couple of side by side rack cabinets would be a better
fit.  I ended up building my own cabinet instead.

John Loffink
jloffink@... 

> 
> I've ordered my MOTM rack rails, and I'm in the process of attempting
to
> figure out what I want in terms of a cabinet for all of my MOTM gear.
I've
> checked out custom cabinetry on the Synthtech web site, and got some
good
> ideas there.
> 
> I've also heard from other modular owners that some racks look like a
good
> idea, but aren't, such as those that are typically above or beside a
> mixing console.
> 
> For those of you who have spent hours upon hours in front of your
modular
> gear, what is the most "comfortable" (or less fatiguing on the back)
> position to have your equipment in? I'm leaning toward a floor
> mounted/slightly slanted rack that is at chair level so I won't be
bending
> over, standing up, or leaning over equipment to get at the modular
gear.
> 
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> -->Neil
> 
>
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