I Forgetall hooked up, talking to my computer and each other, tuned, and with enough cable slack to bring the gear down to the desktop or play it where it is! also all connected through one small power strip behind the audio interface. #eurorack #ikea
Jigme Datse@epilanthanomai Ikea makes audio racks?
@JigmeDatse No. But a lot of their storage is 33.5cm (13.25") wide, so a 64hp (30.5cm; 12.8") case with thin sides fits nicely. And since the case isn't bolted to the furniture it's very mobile, which I like.
It turns out the hutch shelves on my Ikea Micke corner desk are 16cm (6.25") deep, which is perfect for a 3U (13.4cm; 5.25") case with extra space for power. In this pic my case is the 4ms Pod64X, with external dimensions 33x16x5.7cm.
@JigmeDatse But also I'm happy that not only does my eurorack case fit, but also it turns out that the shelf sizes were a good fit for my other basic equipment, too.
And besides furniture, I wasn't entirely sure I'd be able to get the MIDI and audio interface fully working with my DAW on my Linux box. So getting that all working together and all movable and working with my constrained space was just perfect for me.
@epilanthanomai Linux audio seems to be surprisingly good these days. Of course, that's on well maintained systems. My "TV Computer," isn't really doing it right now, and I need to spend a few hours (probably a few hours hands on) trying to sort out what's up with that.
@JigmeDatse Linux desktop audio works reliably, which is far better than when I started decades ago. Framework devs have put a ton of work into smooth ux across major environments. Unfortunately I find competing frameworks and sparse low-level docs often make it hard to do anything past the pre-packaged use cases they planned for. Frustrations with that are big part of why I've taken up eurorack.
I was pleasantly surprised when in-DAW MIDI and audio worked where my low-level tools struggled.
@epilanthanomai I've yet to try doing MIDI stuff, not having any MIDI instrument to do so with.
@JigmeDatse It's working fine for me in reaper. No major issues really.
Command line was pretty frustrating, though. And coding up what I wanted myself? Ultimately not worth it for me.
So, there again, very pleasantly surprised at how seamless it was in reaper. Now I just have to learn their editor instead of writing melodies in vim :-)