EKS Otus in a box

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[upd] EKS Otus in a box

Hello,
I’m a bit new here. I bought an EKS Otus some time ago and made a Case for it. It is not ready yet but the most parts are finished.
Here are some pictures:
This needed a case

Some action pictures


Everything is operational

what do you guys think about it?

[Update]
The Paint work is ready.
Still waiting on some fans to get a better air flow and a wireless usb adapter. Most of the work is done now.

Specs: Iiyama ProLite E1908WSV-1, 19" / AMD Athlon64 X2 4400+ / 2GB RAM /
500GB HDD / Terratec Aureon 5.1 PCI /
EKS Otus / Windows XP pro SP3 / Virtual DJ v5.2

As ready as it will ever be:

Added some LED light so i can see what keys i’m pressing, made one power connection with a on/off switch. I think it is just how i want it now.

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Holy mother of whoever! That is feaking cool!

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not bad, couple questions:

  1. is there holes in the box for ventilation for the computer?

2)are you thinking of using some foam in there around the eks in case the box where to fall?

3)what would you guess the weight of the box is?

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Very nice wood work. Are you going to cover it with that carpet like material or something else.

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It is still not ready.

  1. There are holes on the back for the PSU.
  2. I use a towel now but is still need to buy some foam.
  3. Somewhere around 20Kg i think.

the outside will be painted black.

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Wow! Ziet er heel netjes uit Maarten!

Heel erg nice!

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Really nice work. Very clean and efficient!

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I agree that is a nice use of space :slight_smile:

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Very cool!

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Sweet, it would be dope to send it over and get the outside ATA flight case style and use cut out foam for the inside.

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That’s super sweet. I take it you won’t be getting a pair of otuses

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I’m painting it black. We have made aluminum on the corners of the top and the bottom.
As for the foam i’m still looking for some of it. Witch is at least 40cm X 45cm.

Well one does the trick and for 700 euro it is not cheap.

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added a new picture in the original post.

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looks great!

looks like you added some mic inputs?? or are those line outputs? (those blue cords to the right of the otus)

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those are outputs (left and right)

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added a new picture to the original post:

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I agree it looks as a great set up ¡¡

And since all things are perfectible, I’d suggest the box to have its cover done in a take out fashion. (possibly in a 2.0 version?)

That way you may place the screen on the side (with its foldable stability support) while allowing for attendance to watch you playing, cueing, searching, effecting, controlling, etc. whatever you are doing with the OTUS in a visible way. Plus you gain complete dancefloor view.

With OTUs you’ve already got rid of the need to reach for the laptop/PC, why then lose the chance to let dancers watch you Djing… as they like to??

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Hhmm that could be an idea. Have to think about it. Thanks for the comment.