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That is a thing of beauty.
Stupid question: how do you attach the ELZ-1 to the shelf and do you think that would be sturdy enough for a portable rack case?
I use double sided tape (too trailer park?) for small bits (bomebox, thru box, usb hub, etc) but want to shelf/rack some heavier gear and looking for options.
It’s not attached at all, meant to be moved or taken out of the space for making new sounds on the back deck etc.
The pedals behind it WILL be secured with heavy duty Velcro, pedalboard-style, as I don’t want those to slide around. I imagine that would work fine on the ELZ-1 if you want it to stay put in a portable rack setup.
These are the fairly inexpensive sliding shelves on Reverb but seem solid enough. The back of them have mount holes for rear rails that would make them super solid, but this rack doesn’t have rails on the back side. Fine for my application as everything is pretty light.
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this kind of reminds me of a 70s style james bond scene where Q is about to present a watch that can shoot missiles.
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My contribution though I’m ditching these 27u racks for some 15s and a 42. The 15s will for the base of a desk and all the 3 u modules will get moved to a new 42u rack.
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If I may, where did you source those shelves? They are far more efficient than the ones I am using now which take up an entire rack space just for the shelf as it is more of a box, and not open on the front and back like yours. Thanks in advance!
I got mine on Reverb here-
Your setup is super baller btw 
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Thank you, thank you, and yours too! I wish I could get my studio that crisp!
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a friend had the casio vz and i messed around w/it one day and it was like autechre era tri repetae sounds. had a nice presence to it.
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Yeah it’s a unique sounding FM, very futuristic to me.
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Sweet vz10! I always likes those. I think they would have given Yamaha some real competition if they didn’t say “Casio” on the front.
Nice marantz deck too.
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What did you do with the TX81Z?
Passed it on along with the Wavestation. All great synths, just always wanted a VZ.
Darn, the power supply went in mine and i do miss it… the VZ is far more worthy of the 19 inch real estate though…
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As much as I’m down with the vz like everyone else…
I think you showed me it’s the marantz I’m missing in my rig…
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It’s a fairly standard deck, no advanced features or anything… I got it to impart real tape hiss and saturation on synth parts (Lyra especially) to then sample into the SP. I’m sure I’ll figure out other uses tho
Love this thread. Been considering growing my MKS-70 into a rack stack that includes ESQ-M, Pulse or SE-1X, and perhaps an old EMU sampler.
But in the meantime I can live vicariously through these great photos.
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