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Unofficial Mackie User Forums => DL1608/DL806/DL32R/ProDX Mixers => Topic started by: Dtg77 on June 17, 2013, 06:32:50 PM
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Sat nights gig, while sound checking the desk just stopped responding while undocked, I tried docking it but it still didn't work. I had to turn everything off including the iPad and it finally came back to life.
To be fair that was the last straw for me, I have tried and tested this desk but at the end of the day I am done with it. Oh yeah what the hell is going on with my fader, I used it once and it kept dropping all night.
Pity this could and should have been a great idea.
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A UPS is pretty mandatory for any digital mixer and/or DSP. If you are using 2400 GHz you have to do all of this:
http://cacophony.aspinock.com/index.php?topic=193.0
Otherwise stay analog and wired.
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Nope.
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You weren't setting up the AUX channels by any chance?
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How the hell did you know that ?
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Lolz.
It's happened me loads of times.
I'd be working on an AUX channels, go do something - plug something in, chat, scratch etc. etc - come back to the desk and start to mix - nothing happening...
I've usually forgotten to turn back to the LR page. It's something I'd like changed in a future update, different coloured backgrounds on LR, Aux1 etc.
This may be what happened to you - it's happened to me plenty of times until I caught on.
Hope this helps:)
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I've been meaning to make some colored labels in picture form for the main faders on each "page". Maybe just green for L&R and red for the others. Or maybe I'm waiting for V1.5 which will "fix" this - nope, just lazy LOL.
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Ah right, no to be fair that was the first thing my keyboard player checked. No it just stopped we could change page but the faders diddnt work or the mutes for that matter.
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Was worth a shot!
Otherwise no problems with the desk other than a slightly narrowed power adapter pin which would have cycled the power if moved.
I'm using a fairly old Netgear router (DG834Gv2) and haven't had any problems with it either.
Hope you get sorted:)
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Sounds like you just became disconnected. Just docking it doesn't necessarily connect you either - sometimes you have to go to the "connect" page.
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Possibly, tell you what though I have never in my life bought a product that in order to get it to do what it's says it should do you get a list if ... You just have to do this and then that sometimes a bit of the other and then it might work for you !
Any word on the Allen and Heath desk arriving ?
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Any mixer using an iPad wirelessly is going to have those wifi issues :( . I generally keep my iPad 2 docked and use my iPad mini for wireless control on 5 GHz . I've not had any issues but it's nice knowing that if I did I could run back to the DL1608 and keep going :) .
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They have one to play with in Reasound - I was up fiddling with it a few days last week.
Stock for sale still to arrive.
By August they'll be available as needed according to the main man at Reasound.
It's a nice piece of kit, built like a tank and surprisingly heavy - well it seemed that way as I tried to fit it in my jacket;)
It sounded really good and had a dearth of features.
My first impression is there will be a steeper learning curve than on the DL I think.
With the extra features comes extra complexity but it seems very flexible.
Other features to be added, some buttons greyed out until future firmware updates.
I have some Presonus gear I need to shift on Gumtree now:/
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Sounds like you just became disconnected. Just docking it doesn't necessarily connect you either - sometimes you have to go to the "connect" page.
+1 on that.
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I normally leave my iPad docked and use our keyboard players iPad for adjustments, I think he was hooking his up to his keys which is why I was using mine. I might take a trip up to reasound soon and have look, I will give you a shout when I do ..... See if you want to buy a nearly new mackie desk ;)
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I normally leave my iPad docked and use our keyboard players iPad for adjustments, I think he was hooking his up to his keys which is why I was using mine. I might take a trip up to reasound soon and have look, I will give you a shout when I do ..... See if you want to buy a nearly new mackie desk ;)
I was going to offer you some Presonus kit!
Might have a buyer for that DL btw:)
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Dtg77 I thought you where feed up with the DL back in April?
http://cacophony.aspinock.com/index.php?topic=328.0
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Yup but rather than go back to my mix wiz I thought I would hang on until the new Allen and Heath came out. Back then I was hopping to have it by July. It's now looking like August so today I swapped it out for my old desk and can't wait to gig with my old set up.