Alesis Studio 32 mixer problem

[IndefiniteDrums]

Okay so I recently acquired an otari 8-track 1/2" deck and busted out the old Alesis Studio 32 inline mixer to get her going, but to my surprise I turn it on and the led meters are lit halfway... so I plug in some headphones and I hear constant noise... eff... well so we opened it up and the smaller separate board that looks to be part of the power supply has a couple of big 'ol capacitors and a few seem to be blown... could this cause the terrible noise from to the outputs?? even with a mic into each channel I still see that the individual channels are getting a signal... if it is the caps, could these be eaisly replaced and problem solved or do I need to get another mixer?
Thank you so much in advance
Beau Hodges

 

[dementedchord]

not only possible... but likely... becarefull inside this one... i've only worked on two of them and dont care for how they are constructed... they can be very problematic... there's a good reason they never really caught on...