Yeah that you have to be careful with indeed. In this case, graphite carbon traces and the pcb don't seem to mind but anything else made of plastic (especially nowadays with cheap manufacturing on some devices or obsolete parts)/ still gotta be careful indeed.
Just got my SL1210s and Gemini mixer back out after over a decade and crossfader was always broken. Just tried this and now working perfectly. Thanks so much 👍🏻
Very informative. Thank you for pointing out that the DJ is responsible for maintaining his gear. I have worked as a club DJ for 30 years and made it a point to completely clean everything every 6 months. Nicotine can really mess up your equipment if you don't clean it. Also covering everything when not in use helps. Again Thank you for this video
I've got gost movements in all 4 the volume faders and also the X fader . Only got to clean them but no lubrification, now the Xfader works properly, the rest fo the Volume faders only one is Alive but not working properly . Any suggestion ? Thanks
I found that not lubricating makes the faders carbon traces to wear down quicker and dirt accumulate faster. Lubrication on faders is needed for the same reason you need oil in your car engine. Your car can run without it but for how many blocks? Lubricant is there to smooth the mechanical wear.
You're spraying conductive lubricant into your mixer, who knows where that lubricant will flow to and what two contacts it will bridge. You can risk it but if you damage your equipment, it all on you because you were too lazy or unwilling to open the unit up.
@@RebelWorkshop Thanks for the info👍. I tried removing it but it didn't work for me because I didn't have a solder sucker when I did it and I had a gig the next day so my time was limited.
awesome video...I also had no idea about Fader Lube...one question though: would there be a way of applying this Fader Lube without opening the mixer? I opened my 12 channel Soundcraft audio mixer and it was a nightmarish web of cables and circuitry , I immediatly closed it back up in fear i might damage something. So im hesitant to open it again, hence my question.
If youre thinking of spraying fader lube through the cracks of the front panel then keep in mind - that stuff is conductive. If you short two things that have no business being shorted then a mess of wires will be the last thing you'll have to worry about. Take your phone and (photo and video) document the process of you taking it apart so that you can put it back together. Other than that, welcome to the world of repair, don't get intimidated by a few wires.
Bro i have a problem, one platter speed more little faster than the other platter ever! So hard to beatmatch in my NS7ii, my NS7 i dont have This problem i tryed all, (sorry my english) have solution for this?
Never use acetone! Holy hell. Isopropyl alcohol on the metal shells and fader/potentiometer contact cleaner aka fader lube aka Deoxit F1 (You don't have to buy the Deoxit brand. No name electronic cleaner companies are out there.. But just make sure you're getting the one designed for potentiometers faders cuz regular contact cleaner that you would use on the other parts of the circuit board will dissolve the carbon pad on the faders..) Also you can probably do this regular feeder maintenance by just spraying the deoxit from the top of the mixer using the little straw that comes with the cans.. You just want to move your fader up and down many many many many many times and it actually will dissolve and expel any foreign material like dust and hairs.. rarely need to take apart a fader like this for dirty or scratchy pots and faders.. Just spray the correct cleaner and work it into the mechanism.
Thanks, I have a Vextax VCM 600 with the same issues and replacement faders are like Unobtanium and priced accordingly ($70 USD delivered for just one fader). Hoping this will bring the unit back from the dead.
Nomads Tech Journal no good I’m afraid. There were 3 damaged faders and at least one that was glitchy. I ended up finding another VCM600 brand new in the box for $100 so wasn’t worth the time and $ to repair the first.
If the pin-out is the same, I don't see why not. Some tests would need to be done with a multi-meter. There's a lot of places where parts were made to be cross compatible. Unfortunately you'll have to rely on some investigative testing.
hi I have Ge 7 Eq made 1983 and making crackling sound when I move the slides up or down they become less crackleing when I move them many times but will get back to crackling once I move them again! can I use that spray to spray from outside the unit? I have somebody told me that could be a bad resistors and if I spray anything will collect more dust!! thank you
The spray is a conductive liquid. You spray it in the wrong place, connecting traces that should not be connecting and you can say bye bye to the whole device. There are no shortcuts to this repair unfortunately.
And what about a controller who's faders are mounted onto a one main board unlike one in this video? Like a Numark mixtrack pro that one picked up from a pawn shop for $60. If you've got the money, you can absolutely always buy a new fader. This video's for those who must make due with what they've got.
Acetone and plastic aren't best friends. Watch out when using it. It can melt some parts...
Yeah that you have to be careful with indeed. In this case, graphite carbon traces and the pcb don't seem to mind but anything else made of plastic (especially nowadays with cheap manufacturing on some devices or obsolete parts)/ still gotta be careful indeed.
Do yourself a favor a just use isopropyl alcohol to clean parts like this .. even a little drop of acetone on anything plastic and it will melt!
Just got my SL1210s and Gemini mixer back out after over a decade and crossfader was always broken. Just tried this and now working perfectly. Thanks so much 👍🏻
stumbled across this video as i was hunting for a slide pot replacement. great video man! well done!
Very informative. Thank you for pointing out that the DJ is responsible for maintaining his gear. I have worked as a club DJ for 30 years and made it a point to completely clean everything every 6 months. Nicotine can really mess up your equipment if you don't clean it. Also covering everything when not in use helps. Again Thank you for this video
Really good video. Thank you. My behringer pmx5000 will live again
Hey, that's fantastic. Happy this is actually helpful to people, I'm getting some good feedback on this one.
the faderlube meme is perfect to weird out people, thank you
Thanks for the video, have to do this on a xone db2 soon, was looking for a good tutorial to get started and this helped!
Awesome, applyin this repair to my VCI 380. Peace and thanks.
Fader Lube when yo Shaft Don't Wowk no mow.
Informational and slightly amusing too thanks :)
Hilarious video and helpful as well.
Which model of crossfader can I use to replace my numark mixtrack platinum fx crossfader?
Would doing this solve the issue of a Fader having too much side-to-side play?
now THIS is some quality tutorial!
I've got gost movements in all 4 the volume faders and also the X fader . Only got to clean them but no lubrification, now the Xfader works properly, the rest fo the Volume faders only one is Alive but not working properly . Any suggestion ? Thanks
I found that not lubricating makes the faders carbon traces to wear down quicker and dirt accumulate faster. Lubrication on faders is needed for the same reason you need oil in your car engine. Your car can run without it but for how many blocks? Lubricant is there to smooth the mechanical wear.
FADER LUBBEEE
thanks bro! great video! liked and subscribed
can I just spray some in from the top instead of taking the slide off?
You're spraying conductive lubricant into your mixer, who knows where that lubricant will flow to and what two contacts it will bridge. You can risk it but if you damage your equipment, it all on you because you were too lazy or unwilling to open the unit up.
@@RebelWorkshop Thanks for the info👍. I tried removing it but it didn't work for me because I didn't have a solder sucker when I did it and I had a gig the next day so my time was limited.
@@Pauleazy420 No worries. The suckers are about 10 - 20 bucks on amazon.
I need a tutorial on how you unclipped those fader shells
FADER LUBE!
darn. soundcraft epm6... soldered all the way through (done with a machine) can't desolder the fader
Dang, that sucks...
awesome video...I also had no idea about Fader Lube...one question though: would there be a way of applying this Fader Lube without opening the mixer?
I opened my 12 channel Soundcraft audio mixer and it was a nightmarish web of cables and circuitry , I immediatly closed it back up in fear i might damage something. So im hesitant to open it again, hence my question.
If youre thinking of spraying fader lube through the cracks of the front panel then keep in mind - that stuff is conductive. If you short two things that have no business being shorted then a mess of wires will be the last thing you'll have to worry about. Take your phone and (photo and video) document the process of you taking it apart so that you can put it back together. Other than that, welcome to the world of repair, don't get intimidated by a few wires.
@@RebelWorkshop thanks so much for the advice!☺ I will attempt the repair again, this time photographing my progress.
Now how do i fix a Volume fader that is snapped off or in other words the stem is broken off
3D printing FTW. Shapeways can print your designs if you don't have a printer of your own.
Dope video currently doing a refresh on a vestax 🤙
Youre funny ;) Thanks for inspiration love Cheers "Faderlube"
Bro i have a problem, one platter speed more little faster than the other platter ever! So hard to beatmatch in my NS7ii, my NS7 i dont have This problem i tryed all, (sorry my english) have solution for this?
Never use acetone! Holy hell. Isopropyl alcohol on the metal shells and fader/potentiometer contact cleaner aka fader lube aka Deoxit F1 (You don't have to buy the Deoxit brand. No name electronic cleaner companies are out there.. But just make sure you're getting the one designed for potentiometers faders cuz regular contact cleaner that you would use on the other parts of the circuit board will dissolve the carbon pad on the faders..)
Also you can probably do this regular feeder maintenance by just spraying the deoxit from the top of the mixer using the little straw that comes with the cans.. You just want to move your fader up and down many many many many many times and it actually will dissolve and expel any foreign material like dust and hairs.. rarely need to take apart a fader like this for dirty or scratchy pots and faders.. Just spray the correct cleaner and work it into the mechanism.
Thanks, I have a Vextax VCM 600 with the same issues and replacement faders are like Unobtanium and priced accordingly ($70 USD delivered for just one fader). Hoping this will bring the unit back from the dead.
Care to update on how it went?
Nomads Tech Journal no good I’m afraid. There were 3 damaged faders and at least one that was glitchy. I ended up finding another VCM600 brand new in the box for $100 so wasn’t worth the time and $ to repair the first.
can the sx2 cross fader works in the sx3..?
If the pin-out is the same, I don't see why not. Some tests would need to be done with a multi-meter. There's a lot of places where parts were made to be cross compatible. Unfortunately you'll have to rely on some investigative testing.
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hi
I have Ge 7 Eq made 1983 and making crackling sound when I move the slides up or down they become less crackleing when I move them many times but will get back to crackling once I move them again!
can I use that spray to spray from outside the unit? I have somebody told me that could be a bad resistors and if I spray anything will collect more dust!!
thank you
The spray is a conductive liquid. You spray it in the wrong place, connecting traces that should not be connecting and you can say bye bye to the whole device. There are no shortcuts to this repair unfortunately.
if nackered worn properly wd 40 spray lube at 2 dollers in the sliders only as contact cleaner drys... or a soldering iron + new parts peice of piss
FADER LUUBE!
Someone put a juice on top on my dj controller it spilled over the volume fader
That's when you pick up a controller and beat them with it.
Just buy a new fader
And what about a controller who's faders are mounted onto a one main board unlike one in this video? Like a Numark mixtrack pro that one picked up from a pawn shop for $60. If you've got the money, you can absolutely always buy a new fader. This video's for those who must make due with what they've got.
There are many devices out there without any existing support. For my mixer i can get just a fraction of parts.