I have a couple of desktop racks that house my synthesisers and have a 2U gap going spare. Any recommendations for useful units that would fill this space and serve an useful function?

 

A 15A 8-way Mains breaker with lighted switches and a Behringer half normal 24 channel patch bay. 1U each.

 

https://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro...nel-microphone-preamp-with-variable-impedance

 

A blank panel. Or maybe https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IT7KGOQ/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_7?smid=AFD3YB3MPK3U3&psc=1
to hide your external drives full of porn.

 

The most important piece of information is missing: What is the budget?

 

But seriously, you're looking for a useful unit to fill the gap in your rack?.

 

Power conditioner is always a good purchase if you don't have one.

 

Already got two 8 or 10 way (can’t remember!) power conditioners from Furman and Samson and two 48 point patch bays

 

Not sure really. Depends what the item is. I’m all for cheap and useful though and was eyeing up the American Audio dB meter, but can’t find much reviews etc about it.

 

I was thinking an RTA may provide some useful eye candy and fill a gap, but they seem silly expensive for what they do!

 

I would not recommend the AA dbMeter to anyone if it is going to be used as a true reference meter. If it is going to be used as eye-candy it can be so, however it will become such a distraction without any useful purpose that you will end up truning it off and regretting spending your money on it. Do you own a hardware sampler? There are some nice units and cheap units that will fit in that space and will be useful for the style of music you produce.

 

https://rack247.com/19-inch-rack-panels/plain-front-panels/19--2u-front-panel

 

https://www.adesignsaudio.com/reddi-v2-tube-di-box

or

http://www.sebatron.com/sebatron-vmp-2000eVU-2-channel-tube-preamp.php

or

Wooly Mammoth "Twin"
https://mammothcaveaudio.com/products/

or

https://www.buzzaudio.com/products/soc20.htm

or

https://www.audio-scape.com/products/buss-compressor
https://www.audio-scape.com/products/76a-compressor
https://www.audio-scape.com/products/76f-compressor

or

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ADL600--presonus-adl-600 (buy used on eBay or Reverb)

or

https://vintageking.com/daking-fet-3-b (buy used)

or

https://reverb.com/item/1023307-electrix-filter-factory (buy used on eBay or Reverb)

or

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/de...rack-special-edition-includes-pro-tools-first (buy w/ expansion w/o Protools First; buy off eBay/Reverb)

I'll stop now.

 

Last edited: Oct 10, 2019

I have an old school sampler (AKAI S2800) that is 2 spaces if your interested.