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Dead Fader, Replacement without sending it in?
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Dead Fader, Replacement without sending it in?

DjChris"DaDoc" Roberts 8:25 PM - 8 November, 2008
My cross fader died, It just did not respond to the position it was in.

I swapped the fader with one of the channel faders and now thecrossfader works fine but of course that channel I swapped the fader is not responsive to fader position. Fortunalty the channel is open so I just use the gain and scratch with the crossfader so is holding together fine.

It would appear that I am 99.999% sure that the fader is just bad. Is there anyway to just get a replacement fader or send the fader in and not the board. DJing 5 nights a week it would be a real problem to be without it.
DjChris"DaDoc" Roberts 8:32 PM - 8 November, 2008
Also if just the fader is available any idea how much just the part is?
Loopman 3:15 AM - 9 November, 2008
Rane must calibrate your mixer so it won't be an option, u must return it to them I am sure! but normally they are really really fast so depending on your location you could have it back in anytime.if u send them express they return as express
nobspangle 10:33 AM - 9 November, 2008
Rane may well replace the fader under warranty, best thing to do is give one of the support guys a ring.
www.rane.com
DjChris"DaDoc" Roberts 4:58 PM - 9 November, 2008
Yeah I swapped my Channel 1 fader and the crossfader to make it through the night, I had to manage channel 1 with the gain alone. I could tell once I started my main set that the fader was out of wack, one way sensitive and the other had way to much play.

I also never realised how much I actually use my channel faders as well, I thought I just left them full open and mostly used the crossfader.. funny how things are just so routing that you dont realize you do them...anyways.

I bought a SL-1 box before my sl57-ttm and never sold it and have always had it in my emergency box that I keep in the truck along with an older rane 56 mixer, and my old laptop just incase. Looks like I will be calling rane, overnighting the stuff and pulling open that emergency case and grabbing some stuff to hold me over. No video mixing but I can get by that.