Members undergod12 Posted May 12, 2006 Members Share Posted May 12, 2006 I know there are plenty of places that offer various enclosures for making your own stompboxes but does anyone make "blank" rackmount boxes for making your own rackmount effects? I want to take my Boss Bass Synth pedal and rackmount it in a 1 unit enclosure. I figure it wouldn't be too hard to move the knobs off the circuit board and mont them on the face of the rack box. That way I could space the pots farther apart and use larger knobs so it would be easier to control in real time (I'm re-synthesizing audio through it using an effects send off of my mixer). I'm planning to have the main I/O on the back pannel but to also have another 1/4 input on the front for easier re-patching. I would also like to seperate the stacked frequency/res pot into two seperate pots (I'm always adjusting those two seperately) but that may prove a bit more difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassplayinguy Posted May 12, 2006 Members Share Posted May 12, 2006 im pretty sure you can get blank rack panels at mouser.com and partsexpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members undergod12 Posted May 12, 2006 Author Members Share Posted May 12, 2006 Thanks! I found what I needed at partsexpress.com. I'm also thinking of housing a simple compressor in the same chassis as the bass synth to improve tracking of audio going into the synth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dan-o-guitar Posted May 12, 2006 Members Share Posted May 12, 2006 Originally posted by undergod12 Thanks! I found what I needed at partsexpress.com.I'm also thinking of housing a simple compressor in the same chassis as the bass synth to improve tracking of audio going into the synth. I've been looking for blank rackmount enclosures for a while now with no luck. Can you tell me where on PartsExpress you found them? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members undergod12 Posted May 12, 2006 Author Members Share Posted May 12, 2006 I did a search for "rack" and then filtered it by the "Pro Sound Rack Acc" subcategory. They're on the second page of results (when set to 50 results per page). The heavy-duty ones are a bit pricey but the 1U 'Economy' version is pretty good at $37.09 linky poo:www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=262-440 Next hurdle: how to mount the guts (pc board) in the enclosure so it stays put and doesn't break if the unit gets jostled. My first thought was to nestle it on some strips of packing foam but then I thought of Great White and went "Nah." I'll dig around in my parts bucket to see if I can find some rubber spacers I can use to suspend the pc board from the bottom of the chassis. Any other (easier) ideas on how I could geth the board secured? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dan-o-guitar Posted May 12, 2006 Members Share Posted May 12, 2006 Originally posted by undergod12 I did a search for "rack" and then filtered it by the "Pro Sound Rack Acc" subcategory. They're on the second page of results (when set to 50 results per page). The heavy-duty ones are a bit pricey but the 1U 'Economy' version is pretty good at $37.09linky poo:www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=262-440Next hurdle: how to mount the guts (pc board) in the enclosure so it stays put and doesn't break if the unit gets jostled. My first thought was to nestle it on some strips of packing foam but then I thought of Great White and went "Nah." I'll dig around in my parts bucket to see if I can find some rubber spacers I can use to suspend the pc board from the bottom of the chassis. Any other (easier) ideas on how I could geth the board secured? If your board(s) have screw holes, or places to drill screwholes, you can use plastic standoffs. They come in various sizes and can either be stick-on or screw on. Thanks for the link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members undergod12 Posted May 12, 2006 Author Members Share Posted May 12, 2006 Horray for screw holes! It would be great if the boards had them. It's been a few years since I last opened the Bass Synth and I can't remember if it had them or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted May 12, 2006 Members Share Posted May 12, 2006 that pic sure looks like a 2 U rack chassis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members undergod12 Posted May 12, 2006 Author Members Share Posted May 12, 2006 I thought that too, but it also looks a little 'squished' like the photo didn't format right. Either that or they didn't bother taking pics of all their sizes and just used a 2U as their stock photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dot-dot-dot Posted May 12, 2006 Members Share Posted May 12, 2006 Just for reference, in the UK CPC do affordable rack enclosures. The front panels are 3mm mild steel though, so be prepared for some serious tool wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassplayinguy Posted May 12, 2006 Members Share Posted May 12, 2006 ive used these before on pedals they seem to work fine http://www.smallbearelec.com/Detail.bok?no=75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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