Neat little Kronos accessory I found over the weekend

jeebustrain · Post by **jeebustrain** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 2:55 pm

I'm always looking to streamline my (rather complex) setup. I used to carry around a little floor fan to gigs in case I needed something to move air around. I happened to be at Home Depot this weekend and ran across this USB powered mini-fan totally by accident. It folds up really tiny and can go just about anywhere. And it's also small enough to fit in the lower tier of my setup. 2 speeds and moves just enough air. I think it was like $8.

Here is the whole setup, including my custom-built pedalboard that wraps around my Ultimate Apex stand.

fuse · Post by **fuse** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 3:09 pm

Your #1 fan?

Diego5150 · Post by **Diego5150** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:32 pm

That is a good find, one might even say hair raising!

jeebustrain · Post by **jeebustrain** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:38 pm

the punnage in this thread is mind blowing.

drama1 · Post by **drama1** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 6:56 pm

Hey: For those outdoor, hot muggy/buggy nights, this might just help keep those nasty bugs from climbing into the slots and all over my screen on my Kronos. Good find. Now, how to keep it from flying off my 61 kronos? Sometimes, more often than not, some of the stages we play is like being on a trampoline.

jeebustrain · Post by **jeebustrain** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 7:31 pm

drama1 wrote:Hey: For those outdoor, hot muggy/buggy nights, this might just help keep those nasty bugs from climbing into the slots and all over my screen on my Kronos. Good find. Now, how to keep it from flying off my 61 kronos? Sometimes, more often than not, some of the stages we play is like being on a trampoline.

you could just get some small bits of velcro tape to lock it down. There's enough surface area on the bottom for that. It's not a super powerful fan, just big and fast enough to move a little air.

Post by **Sharp** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 10:10 pm

fuse wrote:Your #1 fan?

lol...

GRISWOLD3 · Post by **GRISWOLD3** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:17 pm

I'm curious what stand you are using for the iPad? BTW I have one of those fans that I use on my PC.

jeebustrain · Post by **jeebustrain** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:10 am

GRISWOLD3 wrote:I'm curious what stand you are using for the iPad? BTW I have one of those fans that I use on my PC.

it's a regular mic stand but with a HyperPad, made by Ultimate Support. There is a little gooseneck that screws into the top of the stand. It's really neat. I managed to find an open box one at Best Buy for like $15.

http://www.ultimatesupport.com/product/HYP-100B

andrewt · Post by **andrewt** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:05 am

Great idea. I'm always sweaty after setting up my rig in a hurry.

crazylounyc · Post by **crazylounyc** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 4:01 am

What is that under the IPAD?

jeebustrain · Post by **jeebustrain** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 5:08 am

crazylounyc wrote:What is that under the IPAD?

a TC Electronics VoiceLive Touch 2 harmonizer/vocal processor

crazylounyc · Post by **crazylounyc** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:14 pm

Thanks.

jeremykeys · Post by **jeremykeys** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 1:19 am

I'm curios about your pedal board. Who makes it?

jeebustrain · Post by **jeebustrain** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 2:22 am

jeremykeys wrote:I'm curios about your pedal board. Who makes it?

Me! I took a 3/8" sheet of oak plywood, cut out a notch on the front with my tablesaw, mounted a lower rail on the front/back side (to let it sit over the stand legs) and "upholstered" it with some dense black rubbery shelf liner. It fits perfectly in a Gator pedalboard bag I found. The entire thing cost me about $11 to make. I routed all the cables together and used some 1/2" automotive conduit to make a single cable run from it that I can snake up the stand. All the cables are secured with screw-downs. the loose wire you see is from the Burn pedal, which I haven't gotten around to running thru the conduit.

I like it especially because my set-up times for my pedals went from like 3-4 minutes to like 20 seconds.