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My band played a gig about 3 weeks ago and we use a Yamaha 512 Emx powered mixer. We played through a whole set and then came back for a second... when we started it was fine and then shortly into the song the volume of our outputs (2 voice and one keyboard) failed and we were left with a very low volume and slightly distorted sound from all inputs through both speakers. We ended up having to quit early.. So we tried the speakers the next day and the same thing... my buddy gave us his speakers and everything was fine and dandy again... we practiced 3 weeks with NO problems at all.... last night we played at another gig and the exact same thing happened... we played a set... came back for the second.. got into our first song and everything cut out again (or at least got very quiet and fuzzy)... do you have ANY idea what might be happening? Our powered mixer has 500 watts per channel and we only play acoustic for the most part so there we are not even getting close to the upper limits of power going through it.
Do we need to run everything through a surge protector? I am starting to think there is something wrong with the powered mixer (which we have only had since June)... we changed cables and speakers and the same thing happened... needless to say we are very worried that if we get new speakers the same exact thing will happen... do you have any inkling as to what might be going on or the name of someone that could help? Please help if you can!
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Posted 13 January 2008 - 02:38 PM
did you try different channels on the desk, are you using a DI for the keyboard
im stumpt on this one im afraid
im stumpt on this one im afraid
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Posted 13 January 2008 - 09:10 PM
I do NOT use a DI right now... i plug my keyboard directly into the mixer... is that bad? If so, do you know of a DI box that is good for what I want and wont cost me a fortune? I am beyond annoyed with this situation, but I very much appreciate your ideas... 
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Posted 13 January 2008 - 10:45 PM
the one positive for a DI is they have an antenuator on it so if it is distorting then you just press that and it wont distort, but i dont think that is the problem if your mic channel is doing it aswell
as for good DIs there isnt much to them behringer is crappy and cheap but does the job fine
as for good DIs there isnt much to them behringer is crappy and cheap but does the job fine
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