http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001cpb4.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001cpb4 http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/pic/0001wdr1.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001dckq.xml The just assembled rack next to my crates of books and stereo for size reference. http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/pic/0001wdr1.xml 38b0fe07022b57c54612857576f53e2d image/jpeg 1600 1200 465671 http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/pic/0001wdr1 Rack http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001ewg9.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001ewg9 Here's what will be going into the rack, via direct bolt-in the rails (Unless noted): Clock-wise top right: <u>Kustom power conditioner with lights</u>. <u>Korg DDD-1</u> drum machine/sound module (will be on bottom of rack for time being) Slide-out shelf where some stompboxes will reside in place of the current <u>Boss BX-8 stereo mixer</u>, that will be removed to be a tabletop unit again. <u>Oberheim Matrix-1000</u> (a.k.a.: Obie Matrix-1k) analog synth. <u>ProCo PM-148</u> unbalanced audio patchbay. (Side by side on one shelf) <u>Korg 05R/W</u> wavetable tone generator, <u>Boss SE-50</u> multi-fx. <u>Alesis Data-Disk</u> (oops, upside down!) librarian/sequence recorder-playback. Will be included for now, may be replaced with some other tone mod or fx unit down the line. <u>Cooper Electronics MSB+ Rev.2</u> MIDI patchbay. http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/pic/0001xqxk.xml 2e32c832143a657a1602077d4f130952 image/jpeg 1600 1200 455013 http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/pic/0001xqxk rack http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001dckq.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001dckq Using ordinary file folder labels to tag each cable used in this project (A MIDI cable feeding into an Alesis Data Disk shown.) As a guide, I wrote down the in/out assignments I used when rebuilt the original rack in '96 http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/pic/0001yhz6.xml 6a4e034aa5c460c834bfb97a1b3e527c image/jpeg 723 539 45311 http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/pic/0001yhz6 label http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001g9r1.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001g9r1 midi http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001f3kq.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001f3kq rack http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001dckq.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001dckq What a cable looks like after both ends wrapped with a tag. http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/pic/0001zgbk.xml 4677f8097e01b917e7d9100715ad7ae3 image/jpeg 509 379 37219 http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/pic/0001zgbk label http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001g9r1.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001g9r1 midi http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001f3kq.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001f3kq rack http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001dckq.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001dckq This shows MIDI cables already plugged into the side of the MSB+ that handles MIDI messages coming from the various components. As this digipix also shows, how cable bundling and routing is being handled. http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/pic/00020ped.xml 3c63ed086e5ebd397b122881e3eb7cf4 image/jpeg 510 378 35680 http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/pic/00020ped cable routing http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001p942.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001p942 midi http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001f3kq.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001f3kq rack http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001dckq.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001dckq Completed(?) MIDI cableing phase of project. Not seen: longer cables that'll be going to both main controller (keyboard), and MIDI<->Computer interface. Anything I can improve on? http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/pic/00021zk9.xml 5734408b5cda836b1033be225511fb0f image/jpeg 721 538 72750 http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/pic/00021zk9 cableing http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001hrf6.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001hrf6 midi http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001f3kq.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001f3kq rack http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001dckq.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001dckq routing http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001kc94.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001kc94 How it looks with the faceplate. http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/pic/00022f4w.xml 6ac8bc04e4730d724d82eb72ed8de4de image/jpeg 700 525 55635 http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/pic/00022f4w patchbay http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001qkyp.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001qkyp rack http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001dckq.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001dckq Heh. What it looks like after the faceplate is removed, revealing 24 modules. http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/pic/00023aaf.xml 97ff49e5016124a65ebedf1f172c5ae0 image/jpeg 993 322 58865 http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/pic/00023aaf patchbay http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001qkyp.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001qkyp rack http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001dckq.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001dckq Yup, nothing real fancy about a patchbay: just four jacks per card with a 4-postion slide switch to determine how the card is going to work: Open: The position I'll be using on the stompboxes that'll be on the slide-out shelf. The jacks on your right are actually the backside of the P-bay itself. They will have ordinary cables going from the top-right jack, feeding signal to a fx box, while the bottom-right will return the altered signal to it's partner to the lower left. If I need to use the pedal, I'll just use a patch cable from the originating source, and plug it into the top-left jack, and then use another cable to feed from the lower-left to go elsewhere. Did that make sense? Normal (won't be using):Some use this to divert a signal from its intended path, but in doing so the signal is shunted entirely unless a return line is used, or something else is plugged into the lower-left jack. H Normal (or Half-Normal): I'll be using this mode instead. The source signal won't be shunted as in "normaled", but will branch off, like I'm using a Y-cable, unless I plug something into the lower-left jack. Parallel (won't be using): Sends signal to as many destinations as the card will handle. Won't return anything back to path. http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/pic/00024975.xml 750419da94b1c449d41c7d9371432a02 image/jpeg 588 222 23307 http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/pic/00024975 module http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001rwgw.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001rwgw patchbay http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001qkyp.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001qkyp rack http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001dckq.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001dckq I think I'm finished with this phase of the project. I can't think of anything else I should do now, other than moving it in place and connecting it up to the other stuff. http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/pic/0003d97g.xml 062dc79c41a6bdbb9ae1111db27c1418 image/jpeg 480 640 194369 http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/pic/0003d97g rack http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001dckq.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/jim_ghote/gallery/0001dckq