Modular case

Miscellaneous
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I had a bit of free time today, so I decided to start a modular synth, starting with the most important part, the rack case :smiley:

Comments welcome as usual!

[img width=600]http://users.sr-iserlohn.de/modular_rack1.jpg

[img width=600]http://users.sr-iserlohn.de/modular_rack2.jpg

[img width=600]http://users.sr-iserlohn.de/modular_rack3.jpg

This baby still needs a paint job, and of course some modules to inhabit it.

It is built around the synthesizers.com module sizes (multiple of 2.125" wide, 8.75" high),

and can on each floor house 20 MU, totalling in 60 MU for the whole rack.

The modules will just be screwed into the wood panels, as I don’t plan on removing them except for maintenance.

The synth I’m going to build is based on yusynth modules mostly, and is currently in the planning stages.

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That is one big modular :slight_smile:

Make me one too :wink:

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Made a bunch of plywood panels today, pictures will follow :slight_smile:

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hehe make sure you can actually get it back inside!

Also what PS are you going to use for that bad boy?

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Oh, it’s not _that_ big :wink:

PS will be ±15V, 5V; I have a ring transformer still lying around which is suited perfectly well to the task with 120VA power rating :slight_smile:

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You based it off the synthesizers.com DIY notes. I made a case with the same directions but its much smaller only a single row I forget how many U. Like most things I make it looks like frankenstein went at it with a ax but it does the job. Good luck with that.

How many amps does your PS make?

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2x 10A, but i won’t put it past 8A, so it won’t run too hot

I planned the case that big simply because it’s gonna grow endlessly anyway :slight_smile:

By what I wanna stuff in there, I’ll need at least four of those racks…

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I need a job where you work! It sounds like they pay good and give you lots of time off :slight_smile:

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Haha, I’m a student - free time’s enough, but salary… :frowning:

Anyway, here the promised pictures:

[img width=600]http://users.sr-iserlohn.de/panels1.jpg

[img width=600]http://users.sr-iserlohn.de/panels2.jpg

Here’s a pic of the transformers:

[img width=600]http://users.sr-iserlohn.de/trafos1.jpg

And here is a pic of a 19" rack case I don’t know what to do with…

ideas?

[img width=600]http://users.sr-iserlohn.de/case1.jpg

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And here is a pic of a 19" rack case I don’t know what to do with…

ideas?

Great for a rack mounted mixer. Or a filter bank, or one of the expanded versions of Ray Wilson’s Soundlab. http://www.musicfromouterspace.com/.