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by psinglet » Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:15 am
I have a Mackie 24-8 that has two input channels faders malfunctioning. Turning them up slightly (-80 or so) causes them to go to almost full volume. I have tried cleaning them to no avail. I need to order a couple of faders from Mackie and replace them, but I'm in a time crunch to get this done. I have a Mackie Ultrapilot lying around that I could cannabalize faders from until I get replacements in.
So my question is: Does anyone know whether the faders in the Ultrapilot are the same part as the channel faders on the 8-bus? OR, any other guerilla ideas that may get these faders working again?
Thanks in advance!
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by The Scum » Sat Aug 15, 2009 9:06 am
If they're the same faders they were using 15 years back, they're Panasonic. You can get them from Digikey, and have them overnighted.
Get a couple of spare faders while you're at it.
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by psinglet » Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:46 am
Thanks for the tip. I contacted Digikey and they can't help me without a part number. I contacted Mackie and got a reply saying that they are backed up on email for at least a week.
Does anyone out there have a part number for these faders so I can order them?
Thanks!
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by Phiz » Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:21 am
Have you opened up the board and looked for any numbers printed on the faders?
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by The Scum » Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:09 pm
Take the board apart and remove a fader. Measure the total resistance, and determine if it's linear or log taper.
Then use Digikey's website to find the Panasonic faders that match those specs. It'll let you download a datasheet so you can confirm the taper, mechanical details, etc.
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by Andy Peters » Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:21 pm
The Scum wrote:Take the board apart and remove a fader. Measure the total resistance, and determine if it's linear or log taper.
Then use Digikey's website to find the Panasonic faders that match those specs. It'll let you download a datasheet so you can confirm the taper, mechanical details, etc.
The Mackie faders are a custom taper. You might come close with a catalog Panasonic part but it won't be identical.
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