Lovely: it is a Zynthlight or a Fairzynth? 
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Black with white knobs!
tanks
this is mix zynthian
Hi to All,
Greetings from Austria !!
I built a hard transport case for my V5.1 Zynthian
Looks a bit like beauty case, but itĀ“s much more fun 
ItĀ“s designed for gigging and when I go to the rehearsal room of my Band
All USB Ports are connected permanent so I donĀ“t need to plug and unplug each time when changing locations. I see it as critical for USB connectors to be plugged frequently.
They are directly soldered to the Raspberry, so if one breaks, the whole Rasp is damaged.
Audio and Midi jacks are robust enough. Thanks to Zynthian Mainboard Designers
The Housing is vented well on all sides an also from the bottom to maintain good cooling of the Zynthians Bottom.
There is also a double floor to keep permanent cabling inside the box.
And a Vesa - Port on the bottom with a quick lock device to place it on a microphone or any other stand.
Hope You like it 
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Where did you buy the hexagonal drill?
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Wow - Beautiful!
And where did you get those chassis mount USB extenders - manufacturer and part number, please?
ItĀ“s not a drill of course
In fact I did all the wooden parts with my home brew milling machine
beech plywood 6mm
This is a āNeutrik NAUSB-W-Bā
I bought it at Thomann (Germany)
It has a USB āAā on one side and USB āBā on the other side. As the Insert is reversible you can decide which one is on the outer side of the chassis.
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Not withstanding I made my first synthesizer control panel from a piece of aluminium bent over the end of my bed, and all the holes drilled with a swiss army penknife.
I wish I was joking . . . .
Tragically there are no pictures. you didnāt waste film.
I use the double USB surface mounts. The cables tend to need carefully coiling and you do get physical interference problems with devices of one sort and another
It looks magnificent and very carefully considered.
Anything you would alter in retrospect?
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Looks usable, but IĀ“m also happy with my solution.
Indeed!
Is it making impressive soundsā¦?
right now ItĀ“s only a replacement for my Yamaha Motif Rack, I do mainly Strings and some lead synth sounds. Currently I sampled everything I need from my Motif and use these sounds on the Zynthian (Sfizz) Sample Player.
I didnĀ“t dive into synth engines so far.
Look forward to do this in the future.
Also use Audio Mixer and some MIDI routing.
This is still a great machineā¦I had it but had to sell it at a difficult time in my lifeā¦ 
I own a second-hand ES version. Still a truly stunning machine, with a crystal-clear sound and an imposing sonic front end. Thereās no way I will ever part ways with it, even if I end up using it seldom. Too valuable as a well-built hardware synth, and really neglectable the used market selling prices obtainable these days. It also has a nice and still perfectly functioning 32-bit Windows editor.
Yes it is,
I play more Zynthian right now than the Motif, but I will never part with it I think
I had the Motif ES as 76 keys Keyboard Version for approximately 2 years, but it was that heavy to carry around so I went back to use my good old Rack Version with a light Roland A-30 Master Keyboard
I just wanted to thank you all for your generous help and kindness in general and specifically in helping me āfinishingā my first zynthian build.
Here it is:
As you can see thereās one mobile charging cable involved which Iāll switch when the supplier has these nice flat cables again.
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Thatās looking good! I really like the repurposed box.
I wanted to reduce the unplugging and replugging wires when transferring my zynthian to band rehearsals or gigs and decided to go for a custom hard case.
It it built of 10mm Scandinavian birch planks and 4mm recycled plywood from back of some shelf. Aim was to keep it light. On top of that, I wanted it to fit diagonally in the trunk of my car, so some corners were cut where possible 
Dimension needed to be quite careful to allow zynthian and smaller keyboard fit on the lid. They are kept in place with velcro cable ties.
Not yet real gigging experience as build is fresh still, but it lives quite happily under my desktop.
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