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quick n easy question about rackmount equipment
how many pieces of rackmount gear do you think you need--IYHO--to justify actually buying a rack? I'm sick of my stuff just sitting out 

Re: quick n easy question about rackmount equipment
I'd say one piece of gear deserves a home.
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Re: quick n easy question about rackmount equipment
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^dat many
one or two? as long as it helps the work flow?
^dat many
one or two? as long as it helps the work flow?
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Re: quick n easy question about rackmount equipment
Pfft I've learnt you can justify anything if you want it enough haha 

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Re: quick n easy question about rackmount equipment
Your spouse/girlfriend/mom will say "Oh god, yet another box of useless s**t" no matter what you buy (unless it's Victoria's Secret underwear for her), so might aswell buy a rack for your single module. Maybe get a box of underwear on the side to soften the blow.
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Re: quick n easy question about rackmount equipment
yeah, be warned too, once you buy a rack you will start looking for things to fill the blank spaces. 

Re: quick n easy question about rackmount equipment
Justify to whom?jeffrey1121 wrote:how many pieces of rackmount gear do you think you need--IYHO--to justify actually buying a rack? I'm sick of my stuff just sitting out
I buy what I want. No other justification is needed.
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Re: quick n easy question about rackmount equipment
If you have only one rack unit, and whose ears can be removed, it is possible to simply keep it as is on your desktop (and put up some other gear in top of it). Otherwise, you'll find a rack case (road or desktop type) very usefull, if not indispensable. And yes, when you'll see those empty slots, you will most likely search to fill them!
I started with a M3R, but quickly added a TX81Z and a U220. So a rack was really needed, and I ended up also getting a mixer that could be put in the 20U rack furniture as well. Then I got a 12U SKB case to put on top of it, and I still can't get enough space. Some patchbay or power bars are now left standing on the side of my synth "A" rack legs, because it uses less space this way...
Rack units are great if you are low on space available for keyboards. But don't forget they still weight a lot when you need to move a full roadcase by yourself!

I started with a M3R, but quickly added a TX81Z and a U220. So a rack was really needed, and I ended up also getting a mixer that could be put in the 20U rack furniture as well. Then I got a 12U SKB case to put on top of it, and I still can't get enough space. Some patchbay or power bars are now left standing on the side of my synth "A" rack legs, because it uses less space this way...
Rack units are great if you are low on space available for keyboards. But don't forget they still weight a lot when you need to move a full roadcase by yourself!
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Re: quick n easy question about rackmount equipment
Hybrid88 wrote:yeah, be warned too, once you buy a rack you will start looking for things to fill the blank spaces.

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Re: quick n easy question about rackmount equipment
I bought my 14u rack (which can be tilted) when I only had an FS1r.. Tilting meant I could operate it by looking down on it, that was the handy bit that justified it all for me. Now it's more or less filled up with the JD990, SN2r, VL70m (bolted onto a plate), SRV3030, 2 patch bays and the E-Mu.
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Re: quick n easy question about rackmount equipment
I started looking for a rack when I had the MKS-30 and 80 and MPG-80 (8U total).
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Re: quick n easy question about rackmount equipment
might be the truest thing i've ever read on this damn site. my old man always says "oh great, another box of knobs."Bitexion wrote:Your spouse/girlfriend/mom will say "Oh god, yet another box of useless s**t" no matter what you buy (unless it's Victoria's Secret underwear for her), so might aswell buy a rack for your single module. Maybe get a box of underwear on the side to soften the blow.
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Re: quick n easy question about rackmount equipment
True, at least software is easier to hide 

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Re: quick n easy question about rackmount equipment
True, some units are well designed for use without a rack whereas some aren't and don't have feet etc. Depends on the unit really.fh991586 wrote:If you have only one rack unit, and whose ears can be removed, it is possible to simply keep it as is on your desktop (and put up some other gear in top of it). Otherwise, you'll find a rack case (road or desktop type) very usefull, if not indispensable.
I have 16U of rack space on my desk (2x 6U racks which I also use to get my monitors to a good height and a 4U roadcase with my soundcard, convertors and an FX unit in it which I use for live and location recording as well as in the studio) and it's about 50% full, has been for a few years and I don't really feel the need to fill it up just cause it's empty. Not like I do with a Eurorack case at least...
