Mackie overdrive

[Plyphon]

Woah mad post Críoch, thanks. I'm going to see if I can pick up the mixer. Be dope if it does work lol

[Críoch]

Keep us posted man

[Plyphon]

Fuckin gone someone picked it up before i could sneak in there. I hope they find this thread..! ha. Got a search alert up though, if another comes up...

[Críoch]

Nice!

The right one will come along. Just stay away from yellow Fader caps

[yentz]

ggot a cr 1604 off ebay for 56 euro incl shipping.
channel 1 not working but changing fader or op amp shouldnt be too difficult. should arrive the next days
really looking fwd

[Críoch]

Yentz got Plyphon's Mackie! Love it

[Plyphon]

I think he may have! The one i was looking at was around that price. 56 euro shipped is mental cheap though

[Críoch]

Hahaha.. I was only joking. Fucks sake. Such a small world lads!

Like minds think alike and fools seldom differ, eh?

[yentz]

Arrived today. Took tve unit apart. Ordered 1 Fader + Knob. The rest goes well gonna clean, add anticorrosion und lubricant and it will be running really smootly. There are no smd components used so repairing is fairly easy. Might try to diy rack ears with some alu frames from the hardware store. 56 Euro is less than I spend on a night out...

[Críoch]

Excellent.

You'll have the satisfaction of fixing it up too. Fair play man

[yentz]

yeah really looking fwd to it. Still waiting for the replacement fader and dioxit f5 + f100.
there is so much old hardware on eBay nobody wants. just crazy.

[quest]

Good call on the DeOxit it’s magic in a can. I’m gonna do the same for my 1604 the knobs are getting pretty stiff

[WOLF!]

yeah really looking fwd to it. Still waiting for the replacement fader and dioxit f5 + f100.
there is so much old hardware on eBay nobody wants. just crazy.

Hardware mixers are worth almost nothing nowadays.
These Mackies mentioned over here are just cheap stuff so that won't break the bank but most of them are pretty battered. DeOxit is your good friend here .
A while back I've bought a Midas Venice 320; I had a Mackie (VLZ) in the past but I like the Venice a lot more.

[Críoch]

Be careful with deoxit or anything like that. It'll loosen stuff up & get you going.. but if there is any dirt at all, it just shifts everything about. Doesn't get rid of it. In fact, it could attract more dust & dirt. Especially if you use a lot.

Do think about removing as much of the dirt before you apply the deoxit, or whatever. I always use a few tiny drops of the f100.. then remove the excess. A film is enough imo. Doesn't need to be swimming. The spray has other stuff in it, as well as being a bit unruly to apply sometimes.

You also need to make sure that there is nothing in the product that your using that's gonna start disintegrating your fader

After that, make sure you keep those faders pulled down & the mixer covered when it's not being used.

[nomadjames]

Got the 16:8:2 up and running!! She's scratchy as all hell and got two channels that are dead on one of the sides, so I guess I'm taking it apart...Running the Lyra through it now...about to hook up some effects to the sends.

Need more fucking cables.

[Ben Kohonays]

Need more fucking cables.

The eternal problem.

[WOLF!]

Need more fucking cables.

And Patchbays , and sockets, and 19inch racks and space .

[nomadjames]

Really want to incorporate patchbays soon. one of these days.

The first channel on this mixer is pretty wonky. It only plays through one side and is super scratchy. Hopefully a cleaning will remedy it.

[nomadjames]

I noticed some of the stems on some of the pots are bent. Guess I gotta bend them back. Anyone else ever dealt with this?

[Críoch]

Thankfully not.

Wonder if you may damage them more? Inside.