#849

Has anyone here had luck putting a threaded insert into a make noise skiff?
(or alternately have a skiff they’d recommended that doesn’t use sliding nuts?)

#850

Years ago, I installed the threaded strips Control offered into a MN skiff. It’s quite easy to remove the ends, if that’s the concern.

If you’re seeking a new skiff, I probably wouldn’t recommend the powered MN unless your power draw is super minimal (such as in a control skiff). It hasn’t really kept pace with the draw of contemporary modules.

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#851

My problem with the cable holders is most of my cables just fall right through them, blk market cables and ctrl/befaco cable and such…

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#852

I don’t have any trouble with an orange Pomona cable holder, even with Control Crono and Modular Addict Skinny cables (but it still fits braided cables).

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#853

That looks perfect! I had a Pomona cable holder that didn’t work, but that one, model 1508 looks just right, thanks!

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#854

I use one that sits on a mic stand. Comparable to this: https://www.eurodesk-z.com/products/hex-01-eurorack-cable-hanger

#855

I’ve also done this. It works fine provided you get M2.5 rails.

If you get rails pre-cut to 104 hp, just know that they won’t fit unaltered. The screws that hold the side plates on extend into the channels for the nuts/rails and take up some of the space. I used a hacksaw to remove an hp’s worth of rail, and that worked fine.

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#856

I build custom Halliburton briefcase eurorack conversions. Always wanted to squeeze a 1U row in to the Halliburton form factor without losing any HP due to the curved edges, but alas, the briefcases and suitcases I’ve found never quite did the trick.

A year ago I decided to focus on building smaller more purposeful eurorack systems and came upon this smaller Halli attache case on eBay. The dimensions ended up working out quite well for a small system, 5U at 75-76HP with just enough lip for some ventilation. More than enough room for a single voice system but not quite enough to get out of hand:

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The above was more a proof of concept more than a complete rig. Though I definintely was satisfied with the amount of functionality I was able to squeeze out of the case. I’ve got a full plan for a complete 2-voice system and I should be completing this very soon (picking up a few of the final pieces this weekend). I will be using a couple of 1U module conversions from Plum Audio in addition to other 3U modules I plan to swap in.

Once complete, this small system will be a dedicate sequencing and sound source with MIDI sync capabilities, the plan is to have it available for portable jams and live performances. Will post updates once the system reaches “completion”, but I do love how this project turned out.

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#857

Nice setup!
Would love to know what you come up with for the multi-voice setup. I’ve been trying to get two voices + some drums in a palette (62hp, 4U) and it’s been a bit of a struggle :stuck_out_tongue:
I’m considering going a bit larger but I also really like the portability and that it’s tiny enough to just have it on my desk.
Would be interesting to see what you come up with with a bit more space.

#858

Did you find a good stand for the Palette in the end? 3Dwaves have a good one but with shipping to the UK + customs it’s not great value. Curious how you and other palette users are looking after your necks.

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#859

I tried a laptop stand, which introduced more jostle than I was comfortable with while patching. Ultimately, I outgrew the case before I found a good solution.

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#860

Ah, no one wants the jostle.

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#861

Really wish intellijel made a 9u case

#862

So I keep bumping into the problem that I got this awfully nice and compact Intellijel Palette case, so I focused on getting narrow HP modules for it, only to bump into the 12 module limitation of the power supply. I’ve heard of flying buses but also people saying DON’T DO IT. It’s not like these are power intensive modules, but I’m not sure I can squeeze another power supply in there? What have y’all done? I’ve seen videos of these cases with more than 12 modules in them so clearly someone has had a plan.

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#863

Every time I see one of these I tell myself it’s time to convert my old Halliburton into a rig but I can never figure out how the rails are secured inside. Are they just wedged in tight?

#864

I wouldn’t say “DON’T DO IT” so much as “go ahead and do it but be prepared for it to be annoying to get everything plugged in and screwed in, and then be prepared for noise/bleed which you may or may not be able to reduce by moving modules around by trial & error.”

I’m not aware of any special risk it would pose to your modules or anything like that. If it turns out they do require more power than the Palette can provide (which ModularGrid can usually tell you), you might find that digital modules don’t start up properly or analog ones don’t behave in quite the way you’d expect, but that’s not usually – someone correct me if I’m wrong – dangerous to the modules.

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#865

You can easily use a flying bus cable from the Palette power slots. Well, “easily” if you have tiny fingers. But anyway you’re safe as long as the power draw of your modules is covered by the PSU of the Palette case.

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#866

I’m way under the Palette power, but what I’m not sure about is which modules might suffer more from noise than others, eg what causes noise?

#867

I do indeed have tiny fingers! :smiley: Yess!

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#868

I think that’s hard to predict without trying it out, so I would probably start with whatever arrangement is most convenient/ergonomic, and only worry about noise if you find that it’s actually a problem.

The conventional wisdom is that digital modules tend to produce noise and analog ones tend to be prone to picking it up, to wildly varying degrees, but in my system one of the worst noise producers has been my MFB OSC-02. Also, in my limited experience, Doepfer modules are some of the most prone to picking up noise – I suspect because his fairly high quality power supplies allow him to get by without much filtering/regulation of the voltages coming in from the PSU, which keeps the modules cheap.

In my system, the main power supply is an Intellijel TPS30… Max, I think?.., which doesn’t have nearly as many power connectors as I’d like, so I have one of them running to a Koma STROM busboard, which does at least some extra filtering (or at least it has a bunch of capacitors…). I keep the noise-prone modules plugged directly into the Intellijel supply (the idea being that they have a shorter path to ground), and the noise-producing ones on the busboard. I don’t know how much of a difference it really makes, but it seems to have to reduced the amount of bleed from the OSC-02 and whine from Teletype that my Wasp filter picks up, compared to when I had them all plugged in next to one another.

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