My Mackie VLZ "pro" 1642 mixer has started to mess me around. Here's the problem: whenever I use the mixer one (or more) of the channels craps out on me. It's not even a consistent fault. It's as though a channel will stop working & only come to life when a sufficient amount of signal comes through to 'wake up' the channel. Strangely enough, I can record for a couple of hours without this problem, then suddenly it will go funny again. It's infuriating because this "musical chairs channel crap out" stuff has already spoilt a couple of recordings. It's not as though it's happening on a particular channel, it's a random pest!
Anyone else had this problem? Is it fixable? Or more to the point - is it worth fixing? I bought this thing mainly for the XDR preamps, which are fab when they work. My warranty on this thing has passed and I don't know if sending it away to be fixed will be the best investment of time & money. This brings me on to my next question (deep breath):
If I put the Mackie to one side for a moment, my minimum requirement to keep things ticking over would be 4 channels of preamp that could at least be as good as the Mackie. I'm after 'clean & quiet' so please offer any suggestions.
Many thanks,
Jeppo
Anyone else had this problem? Is it fixable? Or more to the point - is it worth fixing? I bought this thing mainly for the XDR preamps, which are fab when they work. My warranty on this thing has passed and I don't know if sending it away to be fixed will be the best investment of time & money. This brings me on to my next question (deep breath):
If I put the Mackie to one side for a moment, my minimum requirement to keep things ticking over would be 4 channels of preamp that could at least be as good as the Mackie. I'm after 'clean & quiet' so please offer any suggestions.
Many thanks,
Jeppo