Eurorack: Max. module depth?

ldt · Joined: Jun 22, 2007 Posts: 7 Location: Denmark

I am in the process of designing a cabinet for eurorack modules. I don´t want to make it excessively deep, so how deep should it be in order to house the deepest of the commercialy available modules?
(And because I am curious: Which ones are the deepest?)

Thanks!

Adam-V · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:27 pm Post subject:

Doepfer provide a spreadsheet that lists the specifications for all current modules which includes their depth. You can download it here -> http://www.doepfer.de/pub/a100_sys.xls.
The deepest ones are the A-126 (105mm), A-112 (100mm) and the A-190 (95mm)

Cheers,
Adam-V

ldt · Joined: Jun 22, 2007 Posts: 7 Location: Denmark

Thanks Adam.
I think I will go for a depth of 120mm. And should there be some freaked out module that is deeper, there is a section of the case that is deeper.

Beermaster · Joined: Oct 22, 2006 Posts: 42 Location: London

Another thing you have to think about is the distance to the power rails for hooking up the modules. Doepfer cases are deeper than A-Sys cases but the power rails in the Doepfer are closer to the front compared to the A-Sys power sockets.

A-Sys modules have lots of extra power cable so you can hook up a module to say the left most power socket and still mount it on the far right with no problems. Cwejman and PLan B power cables are REALLY Short - to such a degree that they can only be mounted to the left and directly in line with a power socket on A-Sys gear - Just a warning to make sure that you can actually get the modules hooked up ok !

Beer