ericuk Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 My vestax bleeds ever so slightly. Its a normal thing as qbert vids showed the same issue on his mixer. Does anyone know of a remedy for this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rasteri Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Take the fader apart and clean it thoroughly. If that doesn't fix it, replace the fader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chile Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 squeeze loads of antiseptic cream into the fader slit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 There's a relatively simple fix. Unplug all the cables from the mixer, pick it up and throw it in the bin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericuk Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 I knew I should have posted on skratchlounge instead... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest broke Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Eric - try bending the brushes back to how they originally were. Usually it's a problem with something not making contact. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Symatic Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 get a 56 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericuk Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 Broke - The faders i've tried both work in my 06 perfectly, which is why I hold the mixer at fault. Rocky - did you ever buy the 06 that looked fit for the bin? Sy- One day that would be nice Rasteri - I've never had to replace a fader! I've only ever cleaned or upgraded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Eric - I've heard from a lot of sources that the circuitry in those Mk1 05 mixers is flawed (that's why they were replaced by the MkII so quickly). According to my "friend" Disk, that all the first run of grey 05's definitely did it and that most of the gold ones did too. General internet rumor (so, gospel) also suggests that the ones that don't bleed often suffer very soft cut-in or big cut-in distance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 To answer your other question, no. But what I did do instead was "borrow" a battered old 06 from the school which has been retired and just gathering dust on a shelf for the last year, bought a used Pro X off eBay for £25 and made a surprisingly nice little scratch mixer. To be brutal honest, it does make a very faint click in the audio signal when it cuts... but it's useable and £25, plus it's running of the wrong power supply at the minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericuk Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 I knew/guessed the old mixers were at fault. I just wondered if anyone had a magic solution to the problem, like a resistor here or there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dopez Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 To answer your other question, no. But what I did do instead was "borrow" a battered old 06 from the school which has been retired and just gathering dust on a shelf for the last year, bought a used Pro X off eBay for £25 and made a surprisingly nice little scratch mixer. To be brutal honest, it does make a very faint click in the audio signal when it cuts... but it's useable and £25, plus it's running of the wrong power supply at the minute. I have a PMC06Pro VCA with the Vestax CF-CC and I have noticed that there is a bass "pop" when the curve is set too sharp on that mixer. This can be resolved by routing this mixer into another mixer and killing the bass there but it's just a minor inconvenience. Still a fun little mixer for scratching! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Likewise for mine Dopez. It's faint in the first place and it's running into a master mixer in the studio where I've killed the bass on that too. As long as you're not drumming on it, it's fine for cuts. It didn't do it with the original PCV in this mixer but that fader had it's own share of weird problems. In my case it could be wear on the old Pro X or just the combo of it with the wrong power supply I'm using. Actually, I used to have a really old 06 with the Alps faders and when I eventually replaced that with a PCV, it had a slight click too. Vestax always did have a pretty loose interpretation of quality control though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rasteri Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 When you say "bleed", do you mean the sound comes in randomly when the fader is completely closed, or do you mean you can hear the sound very faintly when the fader is closed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericuk Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 Faint sound. I will try and record some cuts later to demonstrate. The cut is weird too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rasteri Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Possibly the optocouplers need replacing? Without going over it with an oscilloscope I can't really say though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Whatever it is that's wrong, I think that's how it's always been and just how they made them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I've never heard a Vestax mixer without crosstalk, I just thought it was a feature. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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