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the order. An afterthought, like a notch for the drawer latch, will almost always occur. Danny Maurer's creativity and industrious nature has been noticed by many production sound mixers. He's helped out myself, Caleb Mose, Mark Ulano CAS, and others in creating custom laser-cut foam inserts for our drawers and cases. He provided several of Caleb Mose's case inserts for this article. He expands on the benefits of laser-cut foam: "The more that you can logically organize and thoughtfully pack your gear, the quicker you can find things and the easier it can be to put everything back. The adage of measure twice, cut once [is] strong at play here. What looks like it might cost hundreds of dollars and require dozens of cuts, re-cuts and measure revisions can be done affordably with careful attention to detail. A set of digital calipers doesn't hurt either." Another thoughtful feature of this website is you can buy an insurance policy for about $8 that allows you to make tweaks and reorder your foam set after you've received it if it has incorrect measurements or mistakes of any kind. Above and below: Danny Mauer's drawings, renderings, and final foam cutouts for drawer inserts. Amanda Beggs's alternative Amanda Beggs counters with an alternative."While I envy Devendra's laser-cut foam, I've been buying and upgrading gear fairly frequently over the past few years, so I wasn't ready to commit to the foam just yet. For wireless transmitters, I did put down a thin foam layer in this drawer to protect the TX from scratching or sliding around. Luckily, I've 'Tetris'd' my TX and own just enough that it's a perfect, tight fit and they don't really move around in transit. Every single TX is numbered and has its corresponding number labeled on my [Lectrosonics] Venues and mix board as well."