Having to re-work module positions due to the shallow rack depth. ; Older Doepfer modules with the deeper boards especially. ; 4MS modules really don't fit correctly either but I am thinking of fitting them in. ; Some of the problems are with forgetting to space shallow modules over the bus board spaces as the bus stand-offs reduce effective depth that much further. ; Bus board to top of rail ~50mm. ; Case wall to top of rail ~61mm.
Also at issue with these Make Noise bus boards is that they were advertised as 24 connections per board, when in fact there are only 20. ; Reducing the total powered module capacity by 8 (two bus boards on this build) can be very significant when many small HP modules are installed.
This is being built in an Enclave Flight 12U rack. ; Beware and do your homework in regards to the desired modules to be installed and the limitations of this rack due to the shallow depth (especially under bus boards). ; Also beware of the power supply ports and cables coming into the rack. ; I've had to re-arrange modules again to accomodate for this. ; It seems that I am having to re-arrange modules due to space constraints several times on this rack. ; It's either my poor planning or perhaps a deficiency in the case design itself- mainly being too shallow. ; For newer SMT boards, it's not such an issue. ; For those of us with older modules or those that are just deep (i.e. Triple Slice), this case can be a challenge to layout an ergonomic module placement. ; I am at the point of just getting what I have to fit properly and hope that it feels right when creating patches. ; I guess I will be keeping my Doepfer suitcase rack to mount those modules that just won't fit in here (Triple Slice, older Plan B, etc.).
Sort of bummed.
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