MOTM

Insert classic ghost town whistle here...

Ooh wee ooh wee ooooooohhhhhh!!!!

The list has been a ghost town man. Where is everybody? Is anybody afraid to 
talk due to the recent conversations about list content?

Anyway, I found a company called "Middle Atlantic" who sells a 2 unit rack 
similar to the Frakrack by Paia and the rack rails by MOTM. You can purchase 
pre-punched 2 space wide panels for this thing with holes for 1/4" jacks, 
XLR, ,Pots, vents or computer connectors.

I plan to mount one of these racks at the bottom of my twelve space SKB for 
my MOTM and use the individual 2x2 panels for multiples, Headphone Pre-amp 
and a VU meter maybe. Maybe even a joystick in the future if Paul doesn't 
come out with a MOTM one! You can buy the 2x2's with either 8 or 4 holes for 
1/4" jacks. You can make the 8 hole guy into a multi that is two sections of 
4 that connect as 8 with a switch you have to drill in separately. The model 
number of the rack is MPS-FK and the panels are MPS-3/8X8. You can also get 
blank panels.

Check it out at middleatlantic.com and tell me what you think. I don't know 
about pricing yet because they do not allow for on-line ordering. Apparently 
they have to contact you with the closest vendor to you via e-mail. Pretty 
cool for modular multiples or smaller modules that won't take up a whole 
blank MOTM panel! I think I remember seeing these locally for about $25 for 
the rack and $5 each for the panels? Not really sure.

Thomas White

PS. For you Kenton 2000 owners out there. Is there enough room on the rack 
ears to drill holes 2 rows for 1/4" jacks on either side of the Kenton? I 
would like to mount jacks here and make 1/8" to jack adapter cables so I can 
access all of the Kenton rear mounted jacks 1/4" style from the front face 
of my modular. how about additional room for a MIDI in jack too. Is it 
possible? Give me a shout. Thanks for your help and opinions.



>From: "Dave Bradley" <daveb@...>
>Reply-To: motm@onelist.com
>To: <motm@onelist.com>
>Subject: RE: [motm] future module?
>Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 09:00:58 -0600
>
>Paul, didn't you have a sound file of this phaser up on the web page awhile
>back? Is it still there?
>
>Dave Bradley
>Principal Software Engineer
>Engineering Animation, Inc.
>daveb@...
>
> >
> > From: "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...>
> >
> > VC'd analog phasor on the drawing board.
> >
> > Paul S.
> >
> >
>

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It has been kinda quiet lately...  I tried to start up a conversation last week on
the matrix patching and that fizzled quickly.  I guess Paul's comment about "sucking
pond water" kinda killed things ;)  That's OK, I wanted opinions and I got 'em!

Middle Atlantic makes lots of stuff, including some reasonable studio furniture.  It
is pretty widely available.  Guitar Center and MARS both carry it.  On line, you
should be able to find it from www.zzounds.com and www.sweetwater.com.  I have a CD
shelf from them that is just the thing for holding CD-ROMs, etc. in the studio.  I
have some racks from them which are so-so.  They were relatively inexpensive and met
my size requirements but I had one arrive broken and I've had some alignment
problems with them.  For metal panels however, Middle Atlantic makes good stuff.

Eric

--- thomas white <djthomaswhite@...> wrote:
> Insert classic ghost town whistle here...
> 
> Ooh wee ooh wee ooooooohhhhhh!!!!
> 
> The list has been a ghost town man. Where is everybody? Is anybody afraid to 
> talk due to the recent conversations about list content?
> 
> Anyway, I found a company called "Middle Atlantic" who sells a 2 unit rack 
> similar to the Frakrack by Paia and the rack rails by MOTM. You can purchase 
> pre-punched 2 space wide panels for this thing with holes for 1/4" jacks, 
> XLR, ,Pots, vents or computer connectors.
> 

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I can't speak for everyone on the list, but I have been in "house-buying" mode lately and that has kept me too busy to keep up with the list as much as I would like.

As far as drilling out the rack ears on the Kenton Pro-2000, I don't believe there is enough room to bring every jack from the back around to the front.  I solved this problem by making a custom  1U high X 19" Long "Breakout Panel" for my MOTM (see attached bitmap).  Not only does it bring all of the 1/8" jacks from the back of the Kenton to the front as 1/4" jacks, it also brings all of the MIDI jacks around front as well.  I even had room for several Quad Multiples Jacks.  It really works great and was relatively easy to build!


>>> "thomas white" <djthomaswhite@...> 02/28/00 10:33AM >>>

From: "thomas white" <djthomaswhite@...>

Insert classic ghost town whistle here...

Ooh wee ooh wee ooooooohhhhhh!!!!

The list has been a ghost town man. Where is everybody? Is anybody afraid to 
talk due to the recent conversations about list content?

Anyway, I found a company called "Middle Atlantic" who sells a 2 unit rack 
similar to the Frakrack by Paia and the rack rails by MOTM. You can purchase 
pre-punched 2 space wide panels for this thing with holes for 1/4" jacks, 
XLR, ,Pots, vents or computer connectors.

I plan to mount one of these racks at the bottom of my twelve space SKB for 
my MOTM and use the individual 2x2 panels for multiples, Headphone Pre-amp 
and a VU meter maybe. Maybe even a joystick in the future if Paul doesn't 
come out with a MOTM one! You can buy the 2x2's with either 8 or 4 holes for 
1/4" jacks. You can make the 8 hole guy into a multi that is two sections of 
4 that connect as 8 with a switch you have to drill in separately. The model 
number of the rack is MPS-FK and the panels are MPS-3/8X8. You can also get 
blank panels.

Check it out at middleatlantic.com and tell me what you think. I don't know 
about pricing yet because they do not allow for on-line ordering. Apparently 
they have to contact you with the closest vendor to you via e-mail. Pretty 
cool for modular multiples or smaller modules that won't take up a whole 
blank MOTM panel! I think I remember seeing these locally for about $25 for 
the rack and $5 each for the panels? Not really sure.

Thomas White

PS. For you Kenton 2000 owners out there. Is there enough room on the rack 
ears to drill holes 2 rows for 1/4" jacks on either side of the Kenton? I 
would like to mount jacks here and make 1/8" to jack adapter cables so I can 
access all of the Kenton rear mounted jacks 1/4" style from the front face 
of my modular. how about additional room for a MIDI in jack too. Is it 
possible? Give me a shout. Thanks for your help and opinions.



>From: "Dave Bradley" <daveb@...>
>Reply-To: motm@onelist.com 
>To: <motm@onelist.com>
>Subject: RE: [motm] future module?
>Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 09:00:58 -0600
>
>Paul, didn't you have a sound file of this phaser up on the web page awhile
>back? Is it still there?
>
>Dave Bradley
>Principal Software Engineer
>Engineering Animation, Inc.
>daveb@... 
>
> >
> > From: "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...>
> >
> > VC'd analog phasor on the drawing board.
> >
> > Paul S.
> >
> >
>

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In a message dated 02/28/2000 11:35:21 AM, djthomaswhite@... writes:

<< Check it out at middleatlantic.com and tell me what you think.  >>

I've used these products and a number of our (EAW) reps represent them as 
well.  Good quality product, and a good company to work with.

BGW also has a similar product.  Both of these companies will do custom work 
too, although it isn't cheap.  Another custom shop that does REALLY nice work 
is RCI Custom Products:

http://www.rcicustom.com/

Ivan

In a message dated 00-02-28 11:52:29 EST, you write:

<< I tried to start up a conversation last week on
 the matrix patching and that fizzled quickly.  I guess Paul's comment about 
"sucking
 pond water" kinda killed things ;)  That's OK, I wanted opinions and I got 
'em! >>



eric,
one thing i noticed was that you asked about arp 2500 style matrix "bus bar " 
switching ( which i`ve never used... only read about and most of the comments 
about them weren`t that favorable in terms of crosstalk, panel space 
utilization / efficiency and reliability ) and the thread jumped to ems style 
pin matrix`s ( which i`ve also, sadly, never used ) but, there too, i`ve read 
lots of stuff about reliability issues, crosstalk and cv node summing errors 
that make me wonder about their long term use vis-a-vis patchcords. i`d love 
to have had the opportunity to have tried out an aks or vcs3 to find out for 
myself ! aspects of their system design / packaging are interesting and 
certainly, some very nice e.m. has come from people who use them ( or their 
gigantic cousin, the synthi100 ).
me, i guess i`m "old fashioned" ( or was that just "old" ) ( or is the new 
buzzword "retro" - ??? ), i have found patchcords satisfactory over the years 
and never really looked for a different alternative.
best,
dave v.

> Ooh wee ooh wee ooooooohhhhhh!!!!

Hey, speaking of list content... Doesn't that kind of sound belong on the
Levnet Theremin list?   <grin>

PS. For you Kenton 2000 owners out there. Is there
enough room on the rack ears to drill holes 2 rows for 
1/4" jacks on either side of the Kenton? I would like to
mount jacks here and make 1/8" to jack adapter cables
so I can access all of the Kenton rear mounted jacks 1/4"
style from the front face of my modular. how about 
additional room for a MIDI in jack too. Is it possible?
Give me a shout. Thanks for your help and opinions.

I have done this, but you cannot get ALL functions.  You can get up to six
1/4 jacks per ear.  Or, four jacks and a MIDI IN.  So, I have MIDI in and
both CVs and GATEs on one ear, and the six AUX outs on the other.  That
takes care of all MY front panel needs.  Otherwise you need to expand to
other locations like the panel Chris did (or some other version).

Larry H

Hi All !

Saw saw Paul's "pond water" response :)

Just remembered that on AH there was a discussion about this .  Some 
users chipped in and thought it was not "that bad" .

Search the AH archives at :

www.midiwall.com

Bye for now .


Keep 'em oscillating :)


Hugo
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