Rackmount Gear Thread

[Psyre]

I love the rack format and have moved through a lot of cheaper units:
DEP-5, SRV-2000, Quadraverb, Midiverb, Line 6 Echo Pro, and plenty more compressors and eq's etc as well as some Akai samplers.

TheY are all pretty decent, the roland's are a little noisy but I was able to get the best deteriorated VHS simulated sounds I've ever gotten with the DEP-5, atleast on guitar. I'd like to get another quadraverb, but it's better for electronic stuff the guitar imo.

I've enjoyed more than a few 19" synths as well: JV-880, FB-01, still have a TX81z.

It was piling up and I was having issues with small rack setups everywhere so I've tried limiting myself to my 24u rack and sold off all the excess.

My rack now consists of:
Eventide Orville
Eventide Eclipse
Kush Tweaker x2
Kush Electra
Motu 828es
Alesis Adat expander
Tx81z
Samson s-patch x2

[$harkToootth]

Philly Bros... $60...Look at all those Knobs -> Gem Sound EC7 Digital Echo

[friendship]

I almost bought an Ibanez HD1000 last weekend but then I didn't.

[$harkToootth]

Ooh, I am a huge Tobacco fan! I hope you get that vocoder

I didn't get it. Even though it was 20 minutes away it was in a part of Jersey that is a pain in the ass to get to I would have probably pulled the plug and got it today but it sold.
Some days my lack of drive exceeds my GAS.

[$harkToootth]

Actually, the whole Electrix Line (as others have pointed out) seem clutch. The EQ ones look ace. They were made for DJs so I'm wondering if you recorded a couple loops at different frequencies and us that to bring loops in and out. That would work? Right? I mean... again, DJS used that shit.

[MrNovember]

Ooh, I am a huge Tobacco fan! I hope you get that vocoder

I didn't get it. Even though it was 20 minutes away it was in a part of Jersey that is a pain in the ass to get to I would have probably pulled the plug and got it today but it sold.
Some days my lack of drive exceeds my GAS.

Oh I 100% understand this. For me most of the good deals are in Toronto, which is just a pain in the ass to deal with getting into the city. I tend to miss a ton of deals because of my low drive

[codetocontra]

This format sucks.

[01010111]

no it doesn’t

[rfurtkamp]

no it doesn’t

^this.

It is elegant, simple. You know exactly what you're getting, how it fits, how it won't. No stupid velcro games, no power supply silliness.

Rack it up, plug it in, profit.

[Psyre]

no it doesn’t

^this.

It is elegant, simple. You know exactly what you're getting, how it fits, how it won't. No stupid velcro games, no power supply silliness.

Rack it up, plug it in, profit.

90% of the time supports Line level as well!

[tremolo3]

What sucks is that the good ones are either rare or stupidly expensive.

[JonnyAngle]

This format sucks.

:starts thread: Let's get amped up for rack shizz

:two pages later: racks blow ass, brah

LOL

[$harkToootth]

This format sucks.

:starts thread: Let's get amped up for rack shizz

:two pages later: racks blow ass, brah

LOL

Honestly, I've never related to codetocontra more because of this thread ... I do this shit all time. Near daily basis 2bH.

[crochambeau]

Rack mount stuff benefits from utility stuff like patchbays/etc.

In the early days of my pre-frontal lobotomy, I got fed up and sold stuff off because I was tired of the reach-around.

Nowadays I cannot imagine working in an environment that will not support literal floor to ceiling stacks of gear.

[rfurtkamp]

[quote="crochambeau"}
Nowadays I cannot imagine working in an environment that will not support literal floor to ceiling stacks of gear.[/quote]

I would gladly have everything racked versus the pile of *some* pedals!

Should I ever do a signature "pedal" it's going to be a pair of my Test Patterns from Hell in a 19" box!