_ _ _ _______ _ __ ___ | |__ _ _ __| | __ _ ___| |_ |_ / _ \ '__/ _ \ | '_ \| | | |/ _` |/ _` |/ _ \ __| / / __/ | | (_) | | |_) | |_| | (_| | (_| | __/ |_ /___\___|_| \___/ |_.__/ \__,_|\__,_|\__, |\___|\__| |___/ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ ___ | | __ _ _ __ __| | | |__ ___ _ _| |_(_) __ _ _ _ ___ | '__/ _ \| |/ _` | '_ \ / _` | | '_ \ / _ \| | | | __| |/ _` | | | |/ _ \ | | | (_) | | (_| | | | | (_| | | |_) | (_) | |_| | |_| | (_| | |_| | __/ |_| \___/|_|\__,_|_| |_|\__,_| |_.__/ \___/ \__,_|\__|_|\__, |\__,_|\___| |_| _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ __ | |_| |__ ___| |_ __ _ _ __ __| | / __| | | | '_ \| __| '_ \ / __| __/ _` | '_ \ / _` | \__ \ |_| | | | | |_| | | | \__ \ || (_| | | | | (_| | |___/\__, |_| |_|\__|_| |_| |___/\__\__,_|_| |_|\__,_| |___/ You got one of those Roland Boutique JX03, JP08 or JU6 micro toy synthesizers? Make them stand at and angle so they look cool and ergonomic with this zero budget Boutique-stand tip! WHat you need: An old plastic audio cassettetape case. Most will work, some cassette tape designs that wanted to be more futuristic or edgey won't work. In general the case would look something like this: ______________ | | | | | | | _'_ | | | ' | | | | | | | | | | | | _'_ | | | ' | | | | | |__________|___| You got that?! WEll thats good because then we are already halfway! Open the case and flip both halves as far as you can. Put the front side horizontal on a surface, the inside part of the case resting at an angle. Like this: ______________________ ___--- ------------------- /\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ __ __ \ \ \ \ =\/= =\/= \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ __--\-----------------------\ ____-----\ \ |\ _____----- \ \ __\ |-\ \___----------------------------- _________ place synth on stand / / _________________________________ / ,' \ \o./\.-=/\# \ './,' ' \ __ __ ================= \ ' \ \ \ \ \ \ .. . . .. .. .. . \ __-'-------------\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ = = \ = = = \ \ \ \ \ -\/ -\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ = \ \ \ = = \ \ \ \ \ \_\ \_\ \_\_\_\_\|\\\_\_\_\_ \ ___--- \ \-------------\ \ \ --- \__\___\_____________\---,_______________________________' Now place the boutique synth on the stand. On the backside of the synth are plastic indents that will almost perfectly fit the cassettecase edge. Use some tape to make it extra sturdy. Or some plastic noppies/self adhesive bumper feet on the edges of the base to make it stand more steady... You can also do it the other way around so that the frontside is up resting at an angle and the empty open part faces the ground surface. But I feel that the other way described above tends to be a bit more sturdy.