DIY Large Eurorack Case Pt. 2! FINISHING THE CASE

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[@corticallarvae]

Totally correct about affording dinner

[@fullflowstudios]

Your kind and honest way of telling us the story of your journey is an inspiration for me to start on a build myself. Thank you for that!

[@Nematomusic]

Awesome to hear! Be sure to send me an questions along the way or some photos of the project if you have the time! Good luck! 🤙🏼

[@XiXora]

Looking great! You have lots of spare material for when you have worn out that pad too. Don't forget to leave your mark inside the case to remind yourself of the fun you had!

[@yodhanhunter]

I’ve been using a Trogotronic m15 for a couple years now. It’s a great system. I am in the process of building a 12u 104hp and a 12u 84hp case right now. Very cool video. Loved it.

[@Nematomusic]

Awesome to hear! Thank you!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Siiiiiiick! Really amazing job on the build! That case is EPIC! 👏👏

[@Nematomusic]

Thank you! It’s being underutilized with my attention shifted to all these live sets lately, but it was a lot of fun to build, and it’s a treat having a large case like this in the studio! 😅

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

@@Nematomusic Yeah, everything in my studio is underutilized, too.... Haha Never enough hours in the day! ✊

[@reasons4171]

I ordered my first eurorack modules and case last week. Got my case today, still waiting on the modules. I got the 104hp palette. Thanks for inspiring me to dive into the modular world. Great video as usual

[@Nematomusic]

So cool to hear! Thank you! 🙌🏻

[@kevinhattori9661]

Looking forward to the desk build! :P

[@KDwyer33]

Looks rad as hell mate!

[@MDJ5]

custom cases are one of the best parts about modular. I like to bring my rig to a buddy's place to jam and recently found an old camera case on ebay by a company called thermodyne for $50. they used to make cases for those really big film cameras which is great because they're thick, hard, shock resistant plastic. needed a heat gun to get the glue used to hold the foam in place out of it. the lid will be housing 3u by 126hp and the base will house 3u by 104hp - that way i have room to throw in some extras like pedals, 0-coast, beatstep and a sherman filterbank. edge to edge they could hold 3u by 140hp. powering it with 4x meanwell RT-65b PSU's each getting their own synthrotek noise filtering bus board. all in all I've spent around $550 on the case, power and various parts. Congrats on the big dirty thirty! here's a good smoothie recipe for your new blender: 1 banana, 1cup of blueberries, 1/2 cup of milk, 2 big dollops of greek yogurt, spoonful of sugar, splash of vanilla extract, and a pinch of cinnamon. p.s. that case is sexy AF

[@LEdHeadW]

I built my own significantly smaller case for an upgrade from a HEK. I know the shoddy maker blames his tools but even with a miter saw I couldnt manage to get nice plumb joints. It's functional but looks like garbage. I opted to get some cases laser cut using open source SVT files from Nonlinear Circuits. Another thing is if you want to save some money, there are a few options for tool libraries/maker spaces in the TC area. A few regular libraries loan out tools as well because libraries are dope like that! Your case turned out terrific!

[@BlackMan614]

I built 2 custom cases based on a thread in muff's by JLRice using those mixer flight cases. I went with the Doepfer PSU2 power supply. Required some DIY electrical skills to hookup the switch and the DC TipTop bus... but hey... like you found out... you save a lot of money doing DIY.

[@dr.eville]

I just finished building a 168hp 13u case with a trogotronic m15 20A 8 board power supply. Your case is a lot prettier but I think my total cost was $824 and I have some extra wood and metal ties I can return for a few extra bucks back. Also going to try and sell my mantis case. I have about 4.2A of modules and even after a few hours I dont feel the case getting hot, even with a metasonix tube. Trogotronic recommended that you only use about half of the amps the power supply is rated for. So the m15 20A supply is 10A on +12 and 10A on -12 which means they recommended only using 5A on +12v for the 20A supply and it should easily run without getting too hot and last a really long time... I will probably run around 6A when the case is totally full of modules though.... another nice thing about this power supply is that if you need to you can buy more power bricks and upgrade to 30A or 40A without having to totally buy a new system/case.

[@Nematomusic]

Thanks for throwing that info in here! Congrats on the new case as well then! 🤙🏼

[@ericmosh]

Happy new year!

[@Nematomusic]

You too man!

[@adroc9841]

Case looks great! How are you liking the Trogotronic power?

[@Nematomusic]

No issues! I don’t think you can beat it for the price!

[@Derrick_Evans]

Having any noise issues with the power supply yet. Looking to build a 18u 164hp and wondering how it’s working out for you.

[@Nematomusic]

No problems with heat or noise thus far! Still very happy with everything

[@Derrick_Evans]

@@Nematomusic cool man thanks for the reply. I just ended up buying one more intellijel tps80w. Gonna just take my 12u 126hp and bought two more rows to make it 18u. Build a big case for it all.

[@dropshadow1932]

Impressive work! A yacht! Checked out your latest album, very nice stuff. Keep killin

[@Nematomusic]

Thanks man! Just waiting for you now, we can be boat buddies. 😟

[@reynir27]

So you're 30...You're still the youngest person alive who is seriously into modular :)

[@Nematomusic]

This made me feel much better 😂

[@ericmosh]

@Reynir Hutber nope I'm 27 and also into modular. :D