From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2018052912071661808-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > I currently have the Harmony Singer model. It's nice, if you play guitar   
   > all the time. Useless if I'm on keyboards.  Maybe there's a way to make   
   > that work with keys, but not with my setup. Too complicated.   
      
   The video of it shows that the input says INS for instrument, so there   
   shouldn't be any reason why it won't take keyboard input!   
      
   > I'm still unpacking. Gear got all jumbled together as the week went by.   
   > Different gear on different jobs.  Hurried teardowns .... it's all a mess   
   > now.   
      
   Oh no, maybe it's time to color code the gear or something like that.   
      
   > One new thing. I made two rack ear extensions for the XR18.  The factory   
   > rack ears mount the unit flush with the rack rails. On old school wooden   
   > racks, that would be ok, as the rails themselves are   
   normally recessed from the front of the rack by about 2 inches. So the   
   > " stickie out " parts of the xr18 are still " inside " the rack with the   
   > lids are off.   
      
   They should have made more than one style of those  mounting extensions.   
      
   > I use SKB cases. On those, the rack mounting rails are on the very front   
   > edge. So the XR18 mounted in those, the little handles and the wifi   
   > antenna stick out from the front of the case when the lids are off.  Also,   
   > as it comes from the factory  you can't leave any XLR plugs connected, as   
   > they extend so far forward the SKB lids won't go on for transport.   
      
   Behringer should recognize that fact and have mounting extensions available   
   that work properly with it.   
      
   > So I made some rack ear aluminum extensions that hold the XR18 about an   
   > inch farther back inside the case. So far, so good.  The only possible   
   > issue might be the wifi antenna not being out away from the other metal in   
   > the case. If that shows up as a problem I'll deal with it. If it doesn't,   
   > fine, move on with life.   
      
   JIm   
      
   That should probably receive an extension too.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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