Getting More Clearance Under PT-Pro

[jufros]

What do you think the best way to raise my board an inch or two higher off the ground would be?

[gnasher1993]

You could do something like this.

[fightthepower]

Originally Posted by gnasher1993

You could do something like this.

That is a great idea! It would take a bit of work, but would net the best results most likely.

[TOOL460002]

1. what are you wanting to raise it for?
2. not the best picture, and itll eat up some board space, but the most bullet proof durable way to get a voodoo pp2+ and a power strip on a pt pro is as follows (in my opinion):



if you just want to raise it off the ground, why not throw some washers under the rubber feet? or you could probably find little rubber feet that are taller (or just cut chunks of rubber and drive the screw through them).

the furman thing is a furman plug lock, which has metal things that anchor the plugs to the strip. its pretty darn durable. i own two; love em. if you raised it up, you might be able to get it underneath, but i wouldnt put money on it. as for how its attached, those L brackets support it underneath, and its got heavy velcro to attach it to the side of the board. so, you can take it off in 30 seconds if you wanted to, and its just powered off the voodoo ac port.

im biased, because ive used the furman on two pt boards, but i really like it, though the loss of board space gets in the way sometimes. but, i think the durability makes me happy.

whatever you chose, good luck, and let us know how it goes.

[gastric]

He wants to mount additional gear under the PT Pro, like channel switchers.

One problem with permanently adding risers, blocks, etc. to the PT Pro is that it will most likely no longer fit in the hard case or bag they come with. I know the hard case is already a super tight fit, particularly once you throw some tall Moog pedals on the back portion of the board.

[jufros]

Yeah that's very true. I think I'd be willing to track down a new case for it though if I'm seriously talking about a few hundred dollars worth of midi bypass switchers. The whole midi bypass thing just really seems like the absolute best way to do performances with 14+ pedals.

[gastric]

I don't disagree. In my dream world I'd have a MIDI foot controller and it'd be able to do ALL of the work.

If you could live with having multiple pedals in the same physical loop you'd be able to reduce your need for so many switchers and all the extra cabling required. And the logic to program them, too.

[NortyFiner]

Originally Posted by gnasher1993

You could do something like this.

Nicely done. The side wood makes those boards look like they should have the Moog name on them.

[jufros]

I really don't need more than an extra inch or two max of clearance, so who knows, maybe it will still fit in the case I have for it. Before I start drilling holes into the sides of the frame, I think I'll try new feet first. Otherwise, I'll steal that Beavis idea and probably do it on a smaller scale.

I'm thinking about doing this with three loopers. One of them would have to be a more expensive Wobo looper in order to get the Pitchfactor where I want it without sacrificing a loop since it can receive bypass commands via MIDI CC. I'd have...

Compressor ->

Looper 1
Octamizer
OC-2
Nocto Loco
GEB-7

Looper 2
Mammoth
Freqbox
Loop 3 Out -> Pitchfactor -> Loop 4 In ->
Brown Dog
Orbit

Looper 3
BMS
MF-101
Photron
Fatman

The thing is, the WOBO is expensive enough that it almost makes sense to just get 4 PEAK loopers. I'd definitely be able to fit them all under a raised PT-Pro and I wouldn't have to have as much wiring cramped.