Doepfer MAQ16/3 panel

I’ve been using the Doepfer MAQ16/3 sequencer for a while now and for the most part, really like it. Something about it has been driving me nuts since I got it though. It has 3 CV outs, 3 gate outs, and a MIDI socket on the rear of the unit. So when rack mounted, you can’t get at them, which means they have to be permanently patched (especially annoying for the MIDI socket if you want to occasionally use it with different gear).
My solution to this problem has been to leave a 1U gap underneath it and route cables from the rear through that gap. The ugliness plays hell with my OCD.

I’ve hunted for a while for some kind of 1U panel that just proxies the rear connections out to the front, without luck.
The closest I found was something similar for the schaltwerk which look like this..

These images came from the doepfer yahoo group. I’m not even sure that they were ever for sale. I couldn’t find them on the main doepfer site. The lack of a doepfer logo on the panel also makes me wonder if this wasn’t someones (very well done) DIY project.

I might have to resort to attempting to DIY a solution to this myself, which isn’t a particularly difficult project, just time consuming, tedious and there are 1001 other things I’d rather be doing than soldering connectors.

In the meantime, I think I’ll get a 1/4″ patchbay, and use a bunch of those 1/4″ to 1/8″ converter jacks.

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