Re: alternate doepfer cases?

From EMIS
Sent Mon, Jun 15th 1998, 17:22

Subject: Re: alternate doepfer cases?


>So if you're doing it to save a few bucks you'll probably be making a
mistake. if you're doing it for fashion then you better be ready to do the
work and spend the time to make a good looking case. if you're doing it to
make a more functional and flexible system then throw cost to the wind and
design what you need and then do the work and build it.<

In the UK companies like Maplin can supply standard 3U racks. I think they
are really cheap like $40. A friend of mine has bought one, fitted his own
(second hand) power supply and installed a mixture of RS and Doepfer
modules.
If you want to save serious money and you are prepared to do some research
and wield a soldering iron it is definately possible.
No sweat on the bus board either. I never use a bus board to distribute cv
and gate, sometimes I have to employ multiples but a lot of older modulars
work in that way.
CW

According to my 1998 Maplin catalogue a Sub Rack with a top and bottom and
mounting for the rear panel costs £74.45, and you'll still have to buy the
Threaded mounting rails (4 needed) at a costs of another £12.20. The rear
panel costs another £9.17, and then there is the power switch, filtered
mains socket, fuse holder, power supply etc....  and this is only to make a
G3 frame. The skeleton sub rack that Maplin do for £28.55 is only a very
small part of the bits needed to make up a G3 frame.
If anyone can suggest a cheaper way of building a G3 rack, I would be
interested - but buying the bits from Maplin or Farnell is not any cheaper.

Andy Horrell