I LOVE building custom cases.
The goal is to be able to set up for a gig in 10 minutes or less.
My first attempt was quite a bit of gear, a fairly large case, and it was just TOO heavy to carry by myself and barely fit in my car at the time.
At the time I had no elektron boxes.
Once I got an Octatrack, the RYTM had just come out and I had a Tempest.
I sold the Tempest to get the RYTM, and then figured I should go ahead and make it a dark trinity.
I wanted a tighter set up.
I knew eventually I wanted to add a large visual component to my gear, so the easier it would be to set up my music rig, the more time I’d have to set up my visual rig.
I knew it needed to be something I could do by myself, and fast.
At the time I had a SlimPhatty but decided to sell it and see if I could satisfy my needs with only the dark trinity and maybe a pedal or two.
So I started here.
I never finished the patchbay because I didn’t leave myself enough room for wiring, although I still LOVE the idea
Even without the lid, it finished out pretty nice and I used just this rig for about 3 years.
Over time I felt like trying to add more to my rig, and was trying to design a desk where the case could be removed for gigs.
In this 
thread if you scroll down you can see my first case with the Tempest etc, massive thing, UGH.
But in that thread you can see some CG mock up iterations I was experimenting with that did result in a new case.
I also decided to swap out the A4 for an AK, EXCELLENT decision.
This was some other iteration in between the desk idea and the dark trinity case.
I started to add some gear back in on that one too.
Once COVID set in and I was working from home I decided to buy a standing desk.
Once I got that, I decided to go for my dream set up.
At some point I will make a case in this layout, that I can simply slid off the top of the desk and take to a show. In this current set up things are still in flux. It’s close, but there definitely room to experiment with tighter ergonomics, add a small foot print polysynth, and some kind of hardware vocoder.
When playing live I use 3 55" monitors set up on speaker stands.
This video kinda sucks because it was SO HOT my computer was struggling with the video.
Although I like this set up, and I can set it up in 15mins or less, hauling the monitors around is kind of a PITA.
Eventually I just want a couple bad ass lasers with my fog machine.
If I decide to go ALL out for some special event, I’ll bring EVERYTHING.
https://vimeo.com/345561403
The main this about doing all this for me, is to keep all my gear plugged in and secured.
Good for muscle memory, set up time, teardown time, and gives me parameters to work within instead of getting lost in endless possibilities.
My current set up is VERY close to being my idea of a perfect rig.
Having that in place keeps me from GASsing over shit I dont need, and learning my rig like the back of my hand.
I’m 48 years old, so I could make music with this rig for the rest of my life and be completely satisfied.