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Post by bgrotto on Jan 23, 2022 21:01:28 GMT -6
Hi all. As some of you may know, i have a commercial studio that i own and operate. I also do a LOT of mix work on my home rig, and tend to travel between both setups with some select outboard to facilitate that. What I'm wondering is, does a 19" rack product exist that would allow for racking up gear in, say 6U or 8U bunches, that I could easily pull out of my home racks (all in one piece, so the gear all traveled together), then place into a traveling rack for transport?
Does this make sense?
I basically am imagining a set of rack rails that effectively hold a few pieces of gear, but rather than permanently mounting them to a rack, they are configured with some sort of "quick release" that allows them to be dropped into ANOTHER 19" rack and secured for use. Then when it comes time to move them, the "quick release" would allow you to pull the whole thing out and move to another rack. Etc.
Ideally, this would retrofit to existing racks with rack rails already installed, and thus NOT require new or specialized rack rails.
Am I crazy or would this be a totally kick ass idea?
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Post by gravesnumber9 on Jan 23, 2022 21:12:40 GMT -6
If it could slide into any standard rack it’d be very cool. Not sure how that would work though.
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Post by drastic on Jan 23, 2022 21:22:22 GMT -6
www.circlethreedesigns.com/roadcases#/fly-out-racksScroll to the bottom there’s a little blurb about “fly rack to truck pack”. Basically their fly racks can slide into their bigger road cases. I was looking at this for our new IEM rig so we could just transfer our fly rigs over for bus tours, etc. I haven’t seen it for studio stuff though
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Post by timcampbell on Jan 24, 2022 6:31:54 GMT -6
Well you could screw all thread into the rack instead of screws and use some kind of quick release nut or use a quick release system if you could find one that would fit inside rack screw holes. Cameras use a lot of quick release systems and there are press types similar to guitar quick release strap buttons.
The easiest though is just make a dedicated transportable rack for all that gear you constantly move  |
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Post by jeremygillespie on Jan 24, 2022 7:17:27 GMT -6
I think the weight of it would be a major PITA. I know just trying to mount or remove my 6 slot lunchbox with built in power supply is a total pain to deal with when I have to move it or bring it to another studio. Just a thought!
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Post by subspace on Jan 24, 2022 7:38:14 GMT -6
I had a system that consisted of pull over road cases that housed my wooden studio racks. Each studio rack was a 2U or 4U wooden sleeve, some 11" deep, some 22" deep, that were normally stacked in the studio. For a road recording/sound gig, they stacked in the 22"x22" pull-over rolling road case. Little different application than what you're talking about, but when I just needed a couple pieces it was simple to grab one or two of the wooden rack sleeves rather than unracking anything.
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Post by ericn on Jan 24, 2022 21:28:58 GMT -6
Kind of, what you can do is rack everything in say normal 3/4 1 or 2 space racks, have somebody build a “ rack with shelves for those racks at home. Then have them build a short rack with shelves and a custom pullover road case. Now don’t think I’m a genius for this type of rig there were a couple sound companies who had FOH racks built this way for easy switching between rigs / shows.
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Post by javamad on Jan 25, 2022 1:41:11 GMT -6
If you could sort out the power supply and audio cabling into quick release too, it could be attractive.
Its a bit niche though? How many people move gear so often they would make the investment?
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Post by thehightenor on Jan 25, 2022 2:44:09 GMT -6
Double up on the gear …. a simple but very expensive solution  |
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Post by bgrotto on Jan 25, 2022 7:26:58 GMT -6
Double up on the gear …. a simple but very expensive solution Don’t think I haven’t considered this 🤣 |
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Post by bob on Jan 25, 2022 13:15:43 GMT -6
What am I missing? Why don't you just have a bunch of nice, (shock-absorbing if required) 6 or 8U rack cases that you stack up neatly?
If you want to get snazzy you could maybe have all your connections out of the back in a loom or db25 so it's easy to plug and unplug (or perhaps a rear patch panel).
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