help on audio equip racks ....?

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"Gary" <audio@file.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> i'm a hobby MIDI musician, and I'm looking to consolidate my equipment in
> a rack; preferably one that has castors (wheels) so it's moveable.
>
> I have about 6 modules, two of which have the 19" rack flanges for
> mounting; 4 of which are home audio components which have no mounting
> ability, but would need shelves of some kind. Also have an older Tascam
> 16 channel mixer (2' x 2' in size) which has no mounting flanges. Would
> be nice to have the mixer on a slightly slanted surface. I might want to
> expand beyond 6 modules, so extra rack space would be nice too.
>
> tried googling, but it's quite hard to find what I visualize i need ...
> If anyone has any pointers or manufacturers they could recommend, it would
> be much appreciated...
>
> Gary
>

You 'might' be able to find an old server rack that is wide enough to
accomodate your mixer but then you would have to spend a ton of money on
adapter ears for the resto of your gear. Probably better to get a standard
19" rack for your modules and then a table or seperate case for the mixer.

Is this just for in studio use or live?

Anyway, here are links that may interest you :

http://www.odysseygear.com/

http://calzonedealer.com/

http://www.anvilcase.com/

http://www.roadreadycases.com/

http://www.skbcases.com/product/pr [...] mount.html

http://www.middleatlantic.com/studio/ec/ecracks.htm#dt

http://www.raxxess.com/catalog.asp

Best of luck!

john L Rice

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Hi Gary,

I think something like this would work good for you from what I can
determine from your requirements :
http://www.americanmusical.com/item--i-MID-2R12.html
Set the mixer on top and rack gear below. I 'think' this is on wheels but
I'm not sure.

I have a lot of Middle Atlantic furniture in my studio and it's solid and
looks good and is reasonably priced, unless you want to make it yourself and
save money ( and spend time ).

You'll want to get a couple peices of rack rail :
http://www.middleatlantic.com/rackac/rail/rail.htm
A lot of places sell it. Then just put four peices of wood together and bolt
in the rack rail.

Do some Google searchs on building racks, here are a few that might interest
you :
http://colomar.com/Shavano/rackcase.html

http://www.homerecording.com/make_rack.html

http://www.charm.net/~jriley/audracks.html

Also check out this guy. he makes home studio racks and does custom designs
:
http://www.nice-racks.com/custom.shtml

John

"Gary" <audio@file.com> wrote in message
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> thanks for the links John. not too much out there that suits me. it's
> mostly quite rugged - like for bands that travel.
> i may have to design my own. it's only for my home studio, not for any
> live/ travel stuff. it's a combo of mixer, synth, fx, and home stereo/hi8
> stuff. i may actually be able to build my own out of wood / just
> resisting the carpentry/painting aspect of life, is all!
>
> gary
>
>>
>> http://www.odysseygear.com/
>>
>> http://calzonedealer.com/
>>
>> http://www.anvilcase.com/
>>
>> http://www.roadreadycases.com/
>>
>> http://www.skbcases.com/product/pr [...] mount.html
>>
>> http://www.middleatlantic.com/studio/ec/ecracks.htm#dt
>>
>> http://www.raxxess.com/catalog.asp
>>
>> Best of luck!
>>
>> john L Rice
>>
>>
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