Do you need this MRCC accessory?

[oldgearguy]

How many can be connected to an MRCC?  

seriously though, I still use a non-MRCC MIDI patchbay and sacrifice an I/O on each MRCC to connect to this non-MRCC PB because I have more traditional DIN MIDI connections than fits on two MRCCs.

I'd be willing to give up a USB port on each MRCC for a total of 8 more Inputs.  So pencil me in for two no matter what their price ends up being.


Suggested engineering design thought experiment -- looking at my setups, my MRCCs are not rackmounted.  I do have a bit of space above each MRCC, but no good way to anchor this new box.  Maybe you could design a replacement left side panel that would be an extender to also screw into the new box.  If it was a solid piece of metal (rather than a bolt-on bracket) it should be strong enough and with a small strip of adhesive-backed felt that stuck to the front of the new box, it would prevent the paint from being scratched when the two boxed were screwed to the new side panel.

 
Thanks for your feedback!

Each MRCC can host up to 4 of these if you can sacrifice the USB MIDI Host ports.

We could potentially make it with angled side panels like the MRCC has. Then it would be possible to remove the rubber feet from one side of the MRCC and the adjoining side of the expander, then connect them together with a small flat bracket using the holes left by the feet. The only complication is the bracket and screws have to be thin so it won't lift the enclosures, and it will probably rest on the table surface in place of the feet. If the wholes were tapped and counter sunk that would help.

I wouldn't be a fan of them side-by-side because my L-R space is more constrained.  Because you tend to have to leave space *somewhere* for the front-facing cables so they can flow and be out of the way of the buttons and screen, I tend to have open space above the MRCC.  Plus, for those people that have it rackmounted, above/below still could work for them.

Bottom line though - no matter where it ends up being placed (even on the ground), as long as I can label the ports in the menus and cable stuff up to it, it's an instant buy (x2).