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TheMilford wrote:Quick question guys:What's a better format, Eurorack or 500 series?IMHO for the Rusty Box, 500 seems more applicable whereas for our 12-bit Modulation Delay seems like euro makes more sense.What say you?of these 2 options I would say go for 500 series, as it s a studio standard. best with an input jack on the front panel. on the other hand I m not sure if a 19 œ 1 HU rack wouldn t be the better choice, since A) nobody will buy a 500 rack just to use a rusty box and B) a 19* rack could as well be used in a bass rig.

Quick question guys:What's a better format, Eurorack or 500 series?IMHO for the Rusty Box, 500 seems more applicable whereas for our 12-bit Modulation Delay seems like euro makes more sense.What say you?

bassdriver wrote:TheMilford wrote:Quick question guys:What's a better format, Eurorack or 500 series?IMHO for the Rusty Box, 500 seems more applicable whereas for our 12-bit Modulation Delay seems like euro makes more sense.What say you?of these 2 options I would say go for 500 series, as it s a studio standard. best with an input jack on the front panel. on the other hand I m not sure if a 19 œ 1 HU rack wouldn t be the better choice, since A) nobody will buy a 500 rack just to use a rusty box and B) a 19* rack could as well be used in a bass rig.FWIW: The standard 1U 19" rack is a definite... We are trying to decide if we should also design it to fit in the 500 series format. It seems these days 500 series is losing some followers.Conversely, I think the Rusty might not be very popular amongst synth peeps for eurorack is more of a consideration for out 12-delay we have in the pipeline

twelvepoint wrote:For the 19" and 500 series version: is it possible - or desirable - to put a transformer in front and use it as a mic preamp? Just wondering if that would have some appeal to the 500 series recording folks?We've actually considered output and possibly input transformers as add-on options. The price would be quite a jump up though. no idea how the Rusty would sound as a mic preamp. Interesting though.

For the 19 and 500 series version: is it possible - or desirable - to put a transformer in front and use it as a mic preamp? Just wondering if that would have some appeal to the 500 series recording folks?

bassdriver wrote:of these 2 options I would say go for 500 series, as it s a studio standard. best with an input jack on the front panel. on the other hand I m not sure if a 19 œ 1 HU rack wouldn t be the better choice, since A) nobody will buy a 500 rack just to use a rusty box and B) a 19* rack could as well be used in a bass rig.Yeah, it's almost like two different applications. Live seems like a 1U rack makes way more sense, but for studio use a 500 series makes a lot of sense. I think the choice should be focused that way -- query customers to find out how most boxes are used or just make both.

I spoke to the bassist of Nasalrod down in Portland a few weeks ago. She had a Tronographic Rusty Box, and told me some tall guy from Washington turned her on to it. One of y'all? Tremendous bass sound either way

jbar wrote:some tall guy from WashingtonI have a pretty good idea who it was.

True Boxidiser tale- an entire tall boy of Rainer (just like water, only worse tasting) spilled into my Boxidiser at practice two weeks ago. Still works like a total champ. Has reminded me to buy a second one as a back up at some point.Using the Boxidiser as a guitar preamp for an Ampeg V4 is a very solid choice.

Nate Dort wrote:jbar wrote:some tall guy from WashingtonI have a pretty good idea who it was.