MACKIE 1604 GAIN KNOB DIED!!!!

[John Vella]

:cry: :cry: :cry:

WTF??

I practically just bought this and already I have a gain knob that has just gone dead........

Luckily I have plenty of spare channels...

But still.... I have heard of this problem happening to several people with Mackies.... Furnee and Philth to name a few....

Is this a common problem for mackies????

It's annoying as hell because I have a very busy schedule and don't enjoy the hour drive to that music shop to deal with all those stupid f*kkin pot-heads who will prolly make my mixer worse....

-jOHNNY

[MARKEG]

yep it is. mackies are great deskd but they have serious problems. i have three channels on my 1604 that don't work correctly (the gains dont work). mind you i still wouldn't swap that mixer for the world.

[Barely Human]

Ive never seen any problems with the higher end digital desks,(like the DB8), but with the a couple of 8 buses ive seen pots go, channles not working, and crakles all over them.

[timo]

if you just bought the mackie, call their tech support. they're pretty nice.

[Antinoise]

Ya.. suddenly my 24 channel mackie has several misfunctioning gains. Its a bitch, but nothing a visit to the authorized service rep would not clear up. (2 mins from my studio) Mind you my mixer is 6+ years old.. I guess its expected..

[timo]

do you have a 24-4 or 24-8? if you got a 24-8, unscrew the bottom and look if the cables are still in-place - they tend to loosen from time to time.

[Antinoise]

24-4..