I spent a lot of time playing in bands and doing the home recording thing 10-15 years ago. Had a bunch of rack mount gear and dreamt of building out a mobile re

I spent a lot of time playing in bands and doing the home recording thing 10-15 years ago. Had a bunch of rack mount gear and dreamt of building out a mobile recording rig using a DJ case[1] like my dad had (for DJing weddings). Eventually found someone selling an old 4U (which is about as tall as a standard desktop is wide) ATX server case, locking front panel and all, on craigslist for cheap. It was super heavy (as was all of the other audio equipment), but having all of my stuff in one case (and only needing to set up a display, keyboard, and mouse) was pretty great. Never had much issue with heat/noise, but wasn't overly concerned at the time either. [1]: https://www.pssl.com/products/gator-console-rack-10-top-6-bottom-space https://www.pssl.com/products/gator-console-rack-10-top-6-bo...