Mini Modular Moments - Episode 16 - Boxed In

Nicki's journey into creating a mini modular set up.
Another DIY project to relocate the Ground Control into its own box. Made from a cigar box which matches Les' cigar box guitar :-)
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[@vision_thing]

Great work Nicki, love it.

[@iamseeingdots]

Thank you! It was fun making it :)

[@draconianrhythms]

I love it .. the lights are wicked

[@iamseeingdots]

Thanks! It’s all about the lights 😂 they were essential :)

[@musicalmiscellany]

Clever way to create a small skiff. Are you going to use a USB to Eurorack converter to power it? That might work really well. Nice work. Anxious to see the next episode.

[@iamseeingdots]

I can power the ground control directly from the faceplate. However I am going to be using usb power for the small black case… videos on that are imminent! Watch this space :)

[@musicalmiscellany]

@@iamseeingdots Ah. I didn’t realize ground control could do that.

[@iamseeingdots]

@@musicalmiscellany it’s brilliant. Because if you power it from the front you can use the connector on the back to provide power to a bunch of other modules :)

[@AndyVonal]

Fabulous! But how are you going to power it?

[@iamseeingdots]

There’s power on the front panel of the ground control :) you can even use that to power other modules from the ground control - another reason why the ground control is so amazing :)

[@AndyVonal]

@@iamseeingdots Oh of course! I'd forgotten about that! Sweet!

[@fragile1980]

What about power and rails?

[@iamseeingdots]

The ground control can be powered direct from the faceplate, I decided not to use rails as it is a pretty snug fit in the box, and I do have the lid to protect it when we take it out the building. I do have to remember to be super careful with it because it isn’t actually screwed in!

[@draconianrhythms]

@@iamseeingdots could you simply screw it into the wood supports?

[@tonalaxis_AXiS_MODULAR]

​@@iamseeingdots you should screw it in place, I have 2 homemade skiffs that use wooden rails.

[@iamseeingdots]

@@draconianrhythms yes we could definitely do that. The only reason we haven’t is that I may move it from case to case. If it ends up being a permanent fixture in there we will definitely do that :)

[@iamseeingdots]

@@tonalaxis_AXiS_MODULAR if we decide to keep ground control in the box permanently we will defo do that :) 👍🏻