Re: Which rack do you use or would use?
I've got a completely different take on using a rack. For a while now, one group I've been involved in my role is as a percussionist. When we had first got together, all I was playing was acoustic percussion.....congas, bongos, timbales, a bit of exotic stuff like doumbek, etc. Stuff that wouldn't take that long to set up, minimal stands for stuff like the congas, timbales, a stand for windchimes and a small traps table to hold shakers and toys.
Not anymore. As I started adding foot operated cowbells, tambourine on a foot bracket and doing a bit more multi tasking, the percussion rig has started to morph and take a life of it's own. Then all of a sudden I started adding some electronic sounds courtesy of a Roland Octapad, then much later a Roland Handsonic. So away with the acoustic congas. Then the mini-timbales were ditched, replaced by two compact old Alesis pads attached to the Octapd. The foot-pedal operated cowbell and jam block now replaced by two Roland pads attached to the cowbell brackets (I kept the acoustic tamborine with the left foot) for their versatility....changing sounds at a moment's notice depending on the tune. Yep, my kit became more and more of a cyborg with a world of percussion sounds and textures at my fingertips....although a few elements are still acoustic. So it also meant I had to find a way to cut down a bit of set up time and not have to fuss too much on getting the set up right. So I resorted to looking at the big stock of parts and clamps I had around the place. I've a small, basic Gibraltar rack, which ages ago I used to use for a few drum kit set ups, but what I was looking for was to lighten the load. The fortunate thing is that I've also a spare rack from an old Alesis e-kit (which I cannibalised for it's DM5 module to add to another e-kit to expand on it, and had a bunch of pipes, clamps and attachments left over). The great thing about it is that the basic rack itself is incredibly light....you could lift it with two or three fingers, no kidding. So, I started with that as my basis.
Okay, so why one short vertical post and one long one? Well, that allows my Roland Octapad (with the traps table attached) to easily move a bit to the right without banging into any pipe. Thus:
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