@joeykaram Which case are you referring to? The Unison or the Flyht? I also have a $50 coupon but its for the Unison case, the one I started this thread with.
I decided not to go with the Unison based on some of the comments here but also because I don’t think its big enough for what I want to do. I randomly found this on Amazon for $170 (normally $240), shipped and sold from Amazon. It seems it was the last one because now it shows external sellers only. It might end up being too big but I can return it and I couldn’t pass up on the sale price.
Maybe? My order info says nothing about SKU, only that its new condition and sold by Amazon directly. And I swear I saw the full price the day before, then the next day I refreshed the page by accident and boom, price is 170 and it said only 1 left in stock. Maybe some Amazon trickery since I had the page open for a while? Maybe I’m being delivered a toaster? Stay tuned!
I did quite a bit of searching and research into foam and if you choose to do so, you can get a superior kind of polyethylene foam or a slightly less expensive polyurethane foam (same as most charcoal case foam) custom cut to the size of your case.
You rip out the inferior pull and pluck cube foam and use spray adhesive to lay the new foam into the case bed, then you cut the shapes of what you want to put in it, the cutting is simple and there’s a lot of content on youtube about how to make a pattern to cut around. This is a very general tutorial but it’s quick and to the point.
The foam comes in layers of your choice in increments of depth so it’s easy to cut to the correct depth and maintain a flat bottom and snug fit, The guy in the video could or should have bought foam with shorter layer increments, you can get all the way down to half inch layers. There is a minimum order of $50 on custom cut foam from the place I’m aware of, but I think it might be worth it since you saved all that money. If you want a link to the foam manufacturing company order estimate page, I’ll pull it up for you.
There are demos on Youtube of people doing more impressive jobs, but most people would rather get the gist in 3 minutes and be impressed later on their own time if the research leads them in that direction.
Also, I believe it’s $50 minimum but I think it does include shipping but not tax. And for the record I was sizing a block of foam thats like 19x26 and cut into half inch layers with a depth of like 3.5 inches and it was at or under the $50 mark, you would only need to replace the bottom layer, the top is fine as is.
This is great to know! It really opens up the options for case purchase, so pretty much any mixer case could be used for a multi-instrument setup. I’m definitely interested if you don’t mind passing along the manufacturing company.
This is great! Could you point me towards the specific product you used for the power on this case? I see it is Ugren, but I can’t easily find it. I’ve been trying to figure out an easy noise free usb power situation for quite sometime.
Considering buying the XL version of Unison Performance case for live gigging. I’m not a fan of the velcro. But it seems like a solid case. The odyssey case looks interesting, but what are some other cases?
Just want to stuff maybe 3 elektron devices, maybe a blofeld, a pedal or two, blackbox sampler. Power is probably AC. Any suggestions? Finally, I am also concerned about cables (going to have to get a lot of right angled adapters etc) and the midi plugs will take up space too .
I’ve had one for a few years now. It’s pretty light but there’s a trade off- it’s not the most heavy duty. This hasn’t been an issue for me though. I’ve lugged it around my city and used it for a few performances. If I was flying somewhere I might want to use something else, but I think it’s robust enough to take on the road.
I also really love its size and shallow panel. It’s been perfect for a few of my live setups, all containing one larger sampler (Octatrack or MPC One) a few effects, a synth module, and small mixer.
I got it and loved it. It’s pretty big and fit a lot of gear. But, I had a lot of difficulty finding replacement foam. If you want I can send pictures of my setup.
Yes please! Could you also elaborate on what you mean with extra foam? I thought the idea is to simply use the Velcro on the bottom and that the top of the suitcase has foam padding?
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