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Shallow cases besides SKB?

2003-07-17 by hciassociates

Anyone have ideas or suggestions for a shallow (say, 10" depth or 
less), tall and/or stackable rack case for a MOTM system? 

Yes, the SKB pop-up mixer case works, but it's of limited use if you 
have more than two rows of modules (since it can't be stacked when 
open). I'd like to mount a 3 or 4 panel system + converter (16 spaces 
or more) in a lightweight road case, but so far I haven't found 
anything other than the traditional deep racks. Those are overkill 
and will make transport more difficult than necessary.

SKB makes some shallow cases, but as far as I can tell they only go 
up to 4 or 6 spaces in height. I'm looking for more like 16.

Ideas, suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Mike

RE: [motm] Shallow cases besides SKB?

2003-07-17 by John Loffink

Shallow racks are indeed hard to find. I believe this place
http://www.starcase.com/ has road cases as shallow as 10 inches. At one
time they had a side by side rack case that would seem ideal for modular
use, but I couldn't find it this time so it may be discontinued.

John Loffink
jloffink@... 

The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site
http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com/

The Wavemakers Modular and Integrated Synthesizer Web Site
http://www.wavemakers-synth.com/

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: hciassociates [mailto:mbfisher@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 9:41 PM
> To: motm@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [motm] Shallow cases besides SKB?
> 
> Anyone have ideas or suggestions for a shallow (say, 10" depth or
> less), tall and/or stackable rack case for a MOTM system?
> 
> Yes, the SKB pop-up mixer case works, but it's of limited use if you
> have more than two rows of modules (since it can't be stacked when
> open). I'd like to mount a 3 or 4 panel system + converter (16 spaces
> or more) in a lightweight road case, but so far I haven't found
> anything other than the traditional deep racks. Those are overkill
> and will make transport more difficult than necessary.
> 
> SKB makes some shallow cases, but as far as I can tell they only go
> up to 4 or 6 spaces in height. I'm looking for more like 16.
> 
> Ideas, suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Mike
>

Re: [motm] Shallow cases besides SKB?

2003-07-17 by Sikorsky

hello all,

if you're in the UK then Studiospares has a 'Buster' case that is around the
same price as an SKB, also Canfords do a rackmount / wallbox sort of thing
which is probably suitable
i however went down the SKB route, and i hate them (okay - love/hate)
mike if you're in the UK get in contact and i'll give you some details

cheers
paul b
sheffield
uk

Re: [motm] Shallow cases besides SKB?

2003-07-17 by Mike Fisher

Thanks to John for that link - I contacted StarCase last night and by 
early this morning they'd gotten back to me to let me know that they 
can do any size/configuration, they just need specs to give a quote.

So I've sent them a basic description (16 spaces, 10" depth, etc) and 
I'll follow up here later when I hear from them, to let you all know if 
this looks like it might be a viable option.

Mike

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On Wednesday, July 16, 2003, at 08:01 PM, John Loffink wrote:

> Shallow racks are indeed hard to find. I believe this place
> http://www.starcase.com/ has road cases as shallow as 10 inches. At one
> time they had a side by side rack case that would seem ideal for 
> modular
> use, but I couldn't find it this time so it may be discontinued.
>
> John Loffink
> jloffink@...
>
> The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site
> http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com/
>
> The Wavemakers Modular and Integrated Synthesizer Web Site
> http://www.wavemakers-synth.com/
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: hciassociates [mailto:mbfisher@...]
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 9:41 PM
>> To: motm@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: [motm] Shallow cases besides SKB?
>>
>> Anyone have ideas or suggestions for a shallow (say, 10" depth or
>> less), tall and/or stackable rack case for a MOTM system?
>>
>> Yes, the SKB pop-up mixer case works, but it's of limited use if you
>> have more than two rows of modules (since it can't be stacked when
>> open). I'd like to mount a 3 or 4 panel system + converter (16 spaces
>> or more) in a lightweight road case, but so far I haven't found
>> anything other than the traditional deep racks. Those are overkill
>> and will make transport more difficult than necessary.
>>
>> SKB makes some shallow cases, but as far as I can tell they only go
>> up to 4 or 6 spaces in height. I'm looking for more like 16.
>>
>> Ideas, suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Mike
>>
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