Re: Developing replacement for AT

Fair enough. But I'm a DJ and I'm fairly mobile, i.e. I carry the stuff myself.

An aluminum case would be nice if it has to stay that big :-)

I guess it would be good not to re-engineer much so using the same display
and keyboard would save time and effort.

Michael

At 3/7/05 08:17 AM  Monday, you wrote:
>Reducing the size of the unit simultaneously means reducing the size of the
>display and/or it's front-side controls.  Since the current Audiotron setup
>is perfect, what he's asking for is to not lose that same form factor.  To
>make it skinnier and not lose anything, you'd have to make it taller pushing
>2U's of rack space with adapters and rack U's are a premium to any DJ or
>other audio specialist.
>
>--Chris
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Date:    Sun, 6 Mar 2005 22:15:40 -0600
>From:    Michael Scott <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: Developing replacement for AT
>
>Quoting Michael Wagner <[email protected]>:
>
> > >Same audio style case dimensions
> >
> > I'd rather have 2 form factor choices. I like my AT rack mounted for
> > when it goes with me inside a DJ head to a gig. But when I'm doing a
> > small gig,
> > I prefer the SLIM form factor. Since the board inside the AT is really
> > about the size of slim here, we could offer the same board in both form
> > factors.
>
>That might also be accomplished using mounting brackets.
>I've purchases a small(ish) 24-port switch made by Hawking technologies. The
>width of the case itself is quite a bit smaller than a 19" rack, but the
>brackets are longer to extend out to the proper dimensions.
>
>Using the same case size keeps production and inventory costs to a minimum.
>
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