quick n easy question about rackmount equipment

[jeffrey1121]

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

[Cumulus]

I'd say one piece of gear deserves a home.

[phesago]

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^dat many

one or two? as long as it helps the work flow?

[Hybrid88]

Pfft I've learnt you can justify anything if you want it enough haha

[Bitexion]

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.

[Hybrid88]

yeah, be warned too, once you buy a rack you will start looking for things to fill the blank spaces.

[cram1960]

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

Justify to whom?

I buy what I want. No other justification is needed.

[fh991586]

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!

[megamanx]

yeah, be warned too, once you buy a rack you will start looking for things to fill the blank spaces.

yeah! I bought my rack because I bought a radias r and a bass stantion r. they have been long gone but I keep filling those empty spaces with whatever I find at flea markets for cheap.

[CS_TBL]

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.

[DesolationBlvd]

I started looking for a rack when I had the MKS-30 and 80 and MPG-80 (8U total).

[Kidney05]

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.

might be the truest thing i've ever read on this damn site. my old man always says "oh great, another box of knobs."

[Hybrid88]

True, at least software is easier to hide

[Stab Frenzy]

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.

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.

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...