Hi, Mario: Mario Lang writes: > Hi. > > Many external music devices come in the well-known 19" format. > For instance, I've got a rather old Behringer 19" mixer (20 channel, 8xmono, > 6xstereo), a Novation DrumStation (19"), and I am planning to > get myself a Delta 1010. Now, can anyone suggest > a supplier for 19" chassis? I've recently cut my hand > at the sharp edge of my Novation, and I finally decided > I have to put all this stuff into one neat thing. > > Web research doesnt really reveal anything useful, and so > I figured I'd ask you guys, I am sure some of you > actually have 19" chassis. Any experience? Where do I get > such things? A way to tilt the stuff > by 45 degree would be very cool. > They're called racks, and the action of putting something in one is called rack mounting. That will help on the Google search! <grin> You'll find there's quite a variety. Some are very industrial, others will also work admirably in the family room. Of the latter, I like http://www.raxxess.com http://www.kkaudio.com I do have a word of caution, though. I've found there's a difference in understanding about what a rack should be between computer people and musicians. Both groups use 19 inch racks, but musicians racks are bolted at the front only, so far as I've ever seen. And, the concept of sliding rails seems alien to people selling racks to musicians, whereas it's fairly common with servers. I say this because I'm trying to get both in my little workspace. I have a 4U dual Opteron server that sits in a Raxxess quietizer because I have no rails. I'm concerned whether simply bolting it to the front is too much load. Certainly, it wouldn't make it easy to pull for maintanance. Just to complete the subject a little, there are portable 19 inch racks, many of which are ATA rated, meaning you can slap a shipping sticker on them and send them to some destination through a company like Federal Express or TNT. Others are even made of wood and not intended for shipping, but require some table to stand on. Last point is getting at the wiring. If you can, I'd advise a concept where you leave yourself enough room to get behind the racks to do things like move cables. It's ideal if you don't always have to crawl to get at the connections. > -- > CYa, > Mario -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://a11y.org If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.
