Elektron Stands - Yes or No

DIY, less than 5 Euros :sunglasses:

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Just throwing a couple of other ideas in the mix for anyone thinking to DIY…

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Those are very cool, I like the side by side design and the foldout “legs”. I think if I try to make stands again I’ll go for something like that; the vertically stacked designs look great and save a lot of space, but don’t work for me, for some reason. Having said that though, I have my octatrack at the top of a 19" mixer case, with a G1 nord modular underneath it, and it works fine for gigs… so I guess it’s just something I’d need to get used to.

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Yeah I reckon having a reliably reproduceable setup layout and developing the muscle memory is the main important thing, not whether side by side or above and below works best. Go with what works for you.

OT question… do you send prog changes to the Nord from the OT? I get misbehaviours when combining them.

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I seem to remember it being a bit fiddly, with the bank setting not actually doing anything, and having to use a CC instead for bank switching… As a result, I don’t really do any patch changing via the OT, also since the G1 takes some time to re-configure the DSP when selecting a new patch, so I tend to just have four patches loaded and either use them all at once or switch between them depending on the track.

Yeah I find even patch changes in the same bank don’t reliable switch when changing OT parts. Anyway the folding legs I dig and find useful for compacting during transport, though advise attaching rubber doorstops inside where the wood would touch the base of the elektrons to avoid marking the machines.

Hey! Could you share this design with me? It looks like its no longer at this link

genius

I love this! pure genius

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If you are not DIY or have access to the tools, an IKEA laptop/tablet stand is a good option too:

Oh wow. I needed some doorstops for the new house anyway so I ordered some extra :smiley:

lol I didn’t even realize it was a doorstop till now :laughing:

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Doorstop, synthstop… same difference :stuck_out_tongue:

Most stands seem to inhibit using a deck-saver.

I drew and 3d printed a few sets. They are simple angled stands, work with other instruments well too.

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I liked these multi position 3d printed ones, I didn’t pay too much for this and there were a lot of color choices.

This picture I took isn’t very good, but you can tell what it does.

I’ve gotten a cheap pedalboard to mount the digitakt digitone and octatrack, but the positioning was awkward. And it was huge. Idea was to be able to hook it up with one plug so i could jam in the living room…

Are there any premade solutions for this trio? Might be worth investing in hooked jacks and midi cables i guess

I did something like that with a 12V 7.5amp cctv camera power supply and a daisy chain extension to 3 digis and keystep pro, but it’s piecemeal and not made for that purpose.

I’ve always found the look of these black bricks lying flat on a surface very inspiring. No stands. As if they’d just landed in my hands.

And then you take them out of the studio and put them on any random table. Instant work of art. It’s just begging to be played.