I was digging through some old boxes in the basement today and came across some extra Auralex U-Boats I had left from construction of my studio 9 years ago.
If you aren’t familiar with U-Boats, they are used to decouple 2x4 lumber framing from the surface of the ground. They’re made from dense rubber. They’re one of the components that go into a “floating” studio floor. They cost about $2-$3 each.
As they’re fairly sturdy, and grippy, I played around with using them as a riser for a second Elektron instrument.
In tabletop configuration, which is stable enough, they clear the jacks on the back, when the instrument is flat on the table.
Adding a set of Bluelounge CoolFeet to the rear U-boats for the top instrument gives it some forward tilt. You can stick these right onto the U-boat, rather than the instrument.
If you take one u-boat and wedge it into the other to get a little more height and added stability due to the tension in the wedge.
When wedged, the height clears the jacks of an Elektron instrument’s rear even more, if it is flat on the table. If the front instrument is titled, and therefore higher in the rear, it may still clear, it just depends on how high you’ve tilted up the rear jacks.
Wedged configuration , no tilts:
Tabletop configuration, rear tilt of top instrument only via CoolFeet:
I plan to use these as a portable riser blocks for live sets, where table/booth space is limited.
