Hi y'all. Been looking into storage and transportation solutions for the gear I haul around to jams with my buddies.
Usually I toss my throne, laptop stand, sticks, cables etc into a big plastic tub bin and then wrap my mixer, interface, mics and any more fragile stuff into bubble wrap or cloth and so on, try to place it in between the stuff in the bin and hope for the best. It's ok generally, but being a project guy like a lot of you, I'm always thinking of a safer and cooler way to store or transport this stuff.
I've tried to create my own foam holders, but the few times I tried even with a new exacto blade/utility knife I still rip it and make a mess. I found sheets of perforated dense foam that has cubes pre-set and you just carefully pull out bits and then fit your gear into the slots. Was going to find a toolbox or small bin just for my audio interface and one mic which is the basic fragile stuff I take most of the time but then thought since the sheets are fairly large to begin with, I'd do the first one to fit all my gear in one.
So in case I ever need to store it away or take it all somewhere, I have room for the most of it. Found a nice sized plastic tub that looks cool, and it happened to fit the foam pieces perfectly. There's a piece of egg carton style on the bottom and top, then the shapeable piece in between and it fits everything snuggly and safe.
I also found a smaller super shatterproof case that fits two mics perfectly. I'm going to eventually find and make one that fits the DM10 module (or the Strike module!) eventually in case I ever need to store or transport it.. I do have the original packaging but it's huge, plus I don't want to have to take off the mount, so I can make a foam holder that fits it in that will be in a shape with room for the mount stub. Just looks more pro than unpacking a bunch of towels or bubble wrap and if we were to have a party in the basement and I need to pack up the gear, it's a lot more damage proof.
I'm also thinking of getting more of this foam to create holders for the pads and cymbals also if I have to pack the drumset up and store or move it, although I know there are a few cool carry bag solutions that have various slots built in for this kind of thing too.. but I can stack bins fairly easily so I may stick to that type of storage.