Laying down or upright?

[SteveMac]

Yes, that's the one I was thinking of Zee. For some reason I couldn't find it. Hmmm, the tightener looks a little cheap so do the wheels. It doesn't mention how much weight it can take but it looks like the right set up if its strong enough.

It's had 16 reviews and they're not very good. It's only got a 2 for quality.

 

[Dr ZEE]

It's had 16 reviews and they're not very good. It's only got a 2 for quality.

MF-"brand" traditionally gets mostly it sucks reviews ... often you can read something ala "It sucks all the way, but priced right" ..lol
anyhow...
what it looks to me like, that the photo made from behind. Or am I wrong? (the bottom vertical rack rails should be on the front side ...?) Another words, you actually can adjust the angle "up" but it gets locked in about 45 degree in 'lowest position'...and looks like the rack frame has some sort of little feet (maybe rubber?). Again I am not sure about this.
I spent about 30 mins to 'digitally' swing the damn frame over (...tricky job I must say ...) also I've added couple possible versions on how I would try to reinforce the thing if it does not look/feel like it is strong enough for the weight of the unit.
here's the pic:

 

[SteveMac]

Oh yeah, you're right. They had that flipped around. Weird looking rack holes. They look like they need a bolt behind them. Not just regular rack screws. I would trust that frame to hold the 38 the thing I'm not sure I would trust is the lock down clamp to position it at a higher angle. I've seen so many of those break off or just be generally cheap on other gear. I wouldn't want to see the thing flip over backward while I was recording. But, you could probably rig it at the preferred angle and add extra support kinda like you've done there.

 

[Dr ZEE]

... the thing I'm not sure I would trust is the lock down clamp to position it at a higher angle. I've seen so many of those break off or just be generally cheap on other gear. ...

heh heh ... the clamps look just the same as on MF's mic boom stands (I have couple of those ). You see, cheap clamps is our home-recordist's destiny , I mean, look at Beck's lamp clamp (right near the reel on the photo) ... I've got one of those too - holding the lamp above my mixer ... LOL, the damn thing just does not hold well. Hey, Beck!, have you ever thought of stepping up to a pro-clamp for your lamp?

/later

 

[A Reel Person]

Hey, Beck!, have you ever thought of stepping up to a pro-clamp for your lamp?

Dude, that was cold!

 

[jpmorris]

I now have a pair of these:

http://www.dv247.com/invt/12633/

...rack ears for the Soundcraft Spirit E12. They are about 3mm longer than the plastic flanges on the TSR-8. The middle hole is about right, the other two holes are not so it will have to be modified.
On the whole it's looking good, though. What irks me is that the trolley itself did not turn up as promised, so I currently only have the ears and not the rack.

 

[Dr ZEE]

Dude, that was cold!

Dave, do'Ya mean Cold Hearted ?
Yep, that's me
Also, Dave, if you are not a member of suffering yet proud owners of 4 Way Clamp System club, then you'd have hard time finding such "humour" being humorous....

/respects

 

[Beck]

I've got one of those too - holding the lamp above my mixer ... LOL, the damn thing just does not hold well. Hey, Beck!, have you ever thought of stepping up to a pro-clamp for your lamp?

No Sherlock, that's the base of a lighted magnifying glass for examining circuit boards, tape heads and such. It has a C-clamp that goes under the edge of the table (Hmmm... I guess it is kinda like the 4-way clamp, but it stays together ). I move it around from place to place … very portable and very sturdy… never fallen off.

The other things in the background (just so you don’t have to guess)

- One rubber TEAC reel holder
- One bottle of lens cleaner on its side (for the magnifier)
- One plastic ziplock bag containing various adaptors
- Just to the right of that with orange handle is a tiny mirror to look behind circuit boards n’ stuff (like your dentist uses)
- Right of that is a small length of 456 tape, say about 5”
- Right behind that is a new rec head for the Tascam 22-2

Under the table is plastic rolling thing with several drawers full of tools, wire, resistors, capacitors, various ICs – op-amps, voltage regs, logic chips… you know. And sitting on top of that under the gray dust cover is a Roland TR-707 drum machine I bought in 1985… maybe it was '86. Anyway, it was right around the time I sold my mint condition TB-303 and TR-606 for 50 bucks each.

At the bottom of the pic, leaning against the rolling rack are three reels of Quantegy 406. Right under the TSR-8 is an M-1B line mixer. On top of that are two patchbays... not in use at the moment.

All my studio lighting is soft and indirect… very unlike me.

 

[Beck]

I now have a pair of these:

http://www.dv247.com/invt/12633/

...rack ears for the Soundcraft Spirit E12. They are about 3mm longer than the plastic flanges on the TSR-8. The middle hole is about right, the other two holes are not so it will have to be modified.
On the whole it's looking good, though. What irks me is that the trolley itself did not turn up as promised, so I currently only have the ears and not the rack.

It looks like those will do nicely - good find.

 

[Dr ZEE]

No Sherlock, ...

The other things in the background ....

first of all: ROFL

.........second:

I sold my mint condition TB-303 and TR-606 for 50 bucks each.

Holly-shmolly! F**ng bummer! OMG! ok, 606 is kinda' cool but the sound of it isn't so hip so you've lost there maybe just few 1/2" reels of tape or so...but 303!!!!!!!!!!! - , some techno-heads and alike(s) will kill for one! This one hurts - that's a nice tsr-8 as minimum or a nice b-16/e-16 or TLM-103 or even something like this ... (I want one )
....ok, I've done things ... at pre-ebay time ... I've sold two of my guitars ...just gave it up at local music store for instant cash-check ...needed cash did not really needed guitars...what a dumb a*s! ..I've sold for about $250 each ..one was some 80s american red strat, the other was Gibson black beautiful LP also from 80s... 500 bucks for both !!!! I will never be forgiven by myself

 

[Dr ZEE]

speaking of rack mounting... I had that thought, but have no idea if it would work, also not really a cheap option, but still...
Would couple of rack shelves (on on the bottom, one on top) do the work (hoding a unit like tsr/32/38...etc) ?..., well, maybe with some modification(s)...
I mean shelves like these:
this
this (this one looks good, but fifty bucks! )
this

 

[Beck]

I had even tapped in to the circuit board and put separate outputs on the TR-606 with 1/8" jacks, which became a faddish mod floating around the web many years later (darn, I should’ve got a design patent on it).

I never experimented with the 303 like people did later with filters and mods in the techno scene. I only wish I would have kept it so I could sell it now, because I see what they’re going for.

I just wanted some bass. I ended getting the 360 Systems Midi Bass Pro, plus a couple of my synths, like the Kurzweil 1000 PX+ have great basses of all kinds.

One of the dumbest things I ever did was throw away an Electro Harmonix Vocoder a few years ago. I had too much stuff I didn’t use, and was getting tired of moving stuff around.

About a year later I started cruising eBay and saw an EH vocoder just like mine that had sold for $385.00.

EH was kinda cheap and junky to us, back in the day (yep, Wednesday). In a span of about five years it seems a lot of things went from old crap to collectable, and I guess I hadn’t been paying attention.

The vocoder was in an old broken down wooden rack I had built from light bulb crates. I was tired and too lazy to take it out, so I chucked them both in the trash as a set.

Do you think someday God will punish us for stuff like this, or maybe at least give us, “The Talk?”

 

[Dr ZEE]

Do you think someday God will punish us for stuff like this, or maybe at least give us, “The Talk?”

- Hello!? Hello! Who's this.
- Yes. Good afternoon, Mister ... ?
- Yes. Who am I talking with?
- This is God.
- Holy shshsh.....crop. Am I in trouble? Am I going to he.....ll?
- No, nothing major yet. But,....hmmm, but we DO need to talk, sir.
********
wooopsss

 

[SteveMac]

Regrets (or Confessions)

1970's Stainless Steel Epiphone Banjo with mother of pearl inlay. $80.00

1963 Black Gibson SG, traded for a 73 SG which I sold for $250.00.

 

[Dr ZEE]

1963 Black Gibson SG, traded for a 73 SG which I sold for $250.00.

wha-ha! Twice in a row!

Regrets (or Confessions)...

YES! confessions these are!
Excuse? - Here is one: done this as Jesus taught: "share with your neighbor!" ... thus , shall not regret...

yeah. heh heh

 

[Dr ZEE]

hey, guys, in case any of you are shopping around or thinking of bulding something up... I've found this auction, which looks like may be a good base to build a nice roller-stand for what ever machine you have... well, I'm not sure of couse, but it looks like if you build a wood-box/frame/or metal-rack-like-frame which will hold the machine, then you can attach those metal side plates to the box/frame (or maybe it would be even possible to attach those plates to the machine itself, similar as you'd attach rack ears) and you get your machine rolling and adjusting the angle as you wish... 10bucks starting bid plus sh. ..here's link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7398310908

 

[Cosmic]

Upright here

Hi All,

My Studer 807 works standing up. I get the impression that the good folks in Zurich seem to prefer that it lie down: the machine has no feet on the bottom, but on the 'outcropping' of its cabinet (a narrower extension of its back) four rubber feet are found.
Also, the manual makes brief reference to the fact that tape transport tension comes from the factory set for horizontal use. Whether this is just Studer being....well, Overly Swiss about this, I don't know, but I have zero problems with it upright.
Also, with all the ins/outs situated on the top rear of the machine, when it stands, it makes it sooo easy to change a cable as needed.
I briefly toyed with the idea of the original swivelling 4-wheel studio stand, but between space constraints in my apartment and the fact that the stand, being "Original Studer", would probably cost as much as my old Honda, I quickly came to my senses again.

Best,
C

 

[jpmorris]

Finally, I have the rack trolley. It's made by Stagg. It actually took me two days to drill the holes in the Soundcraft rack ears.. 30 minutes for each hole (four needed drilling), and the rest of the day chibbling away at it with a file so that actually lined up. One day for each strip.

I didn't have access to a drill press, and I'd never drilled steel before anyway. With more skill and the right tools it would be a lot easier.

So, I've now got the TSR-8 sitting in its own stand, like a proper console recorder. I doubt anyone really cares, but if they do, I can post some pictures when I've got the room back in order.

 

[Dr ZEE]

I doubt anyone really cares....

- wrong!

I can post some pictures when I've got the room back in order.

that's your obligation now...
I wish to see/know about any experience related to racking/boxing R-T-R machine DIY projects. As I'm in the process of planing on/doing this sort of things. First I gotta' build up some sort of body/box for an old tube ampex machine, which I'm not sure about how I want it... leaning toward some sort of desk-top version (maybe angled position). there are some other issues involved there (the machine need some air to breath), also am thinking through about placing more/and better in/out jacks, maybe extra VUs etc...
.........
so post some nudes of your trolleybus
...actually would be cool to see a quicktime video of you drilling

 

[jpmorris]

Okay. This was taken with a very cheap and very nasty digital camera which I got on a whim. It is extremely dependent on light and will only work during the day. I had to move the trolley out into the light to get it to work at all.
When the room has been cleared of the bits of desk leaning against the Revox I may try again, and I'll take a proper (film) shot too. But don't expect to see the film one for several months.