Dumb Question!

[Woland]

This is probably a dumb question, but I'll go ahead and ask it anyway: is it okay to place synths on a metal surface? I mean, would the surface harm the synths in any way? I'm asking because I have very limited space to accommodate my ever-growing synth collection and I've been looking at warehouse shelving as a solution (building upwards!). The thing is, the shelves are usually made out if metal. I can't see why it would be a problem, but it is better to be overly cautious in such situations, I reckon!

[jok3r]

Because basically every keyboard stand you can purchase is made out of this or that kind of metal, I don't think this should be a problem...

[Woland]

Thanks for the response! I did say it was a dumb question I was just thinking about it effectively being flat sheets of metal, as opposed to arms of a keyboard stand.

[OakBloodThree]

I doubt there will be anything to worry about from an electronic/electromagnetic standpoint.  The shelves might even give some extra shielding (which is proabably not necessary, but not harmful either).

If there are speakers in the room with the shelves, the thing I'd watch for is acoustic resonances which could cause nuisance vibrations.  Sheet metal shelves are so good at vibrating that you can even !

[Razmo]

Most synths have either plastic or rubber feet so they will never conduct with the metal shelves anyway.

[chysn]

I was reading some modular forum recently, I think it was on Facebook. A guy heard a weird noise from his system and it turned out to be one end of a patch cable sitting on his metal table. So... a metal table shouldn't cause any problems, but if you ever hear a weird noise in the future, it should be the first thing you look at.

[megamarkd]

I was reading some modular forum recently, I think it was on Facebook. A guy heard a weird noise from his system and it turned out to be one end of a patch cable sitting on his metal table. So... a metal table shouldn't cause any problems, but if you ever hear a weird noise in the future, it should be the first thing you look at.

But if you get something like the Koma Electronik Field Kit + Expansion, a metal desk is one of your instrument's stimulants