Cleaning mixer?

I'll ask him. Know where to find this article?

Sounds like you got yourself a D&R. Welcome to the club, lots of us use one (I think Danny has a 700 as well, not sure). You can find the operation and service manuals here: http://www.d-r.nl/dnrsite/Service%20Par … 0parts.htm

As for cleaning, it can be done very thoroughly, including opening the pots and faders and cleaning and lubing them (if the pots can be opened) with something like Deoxit fader lube. You can also clean (not lubricate) the jacks with some de-oxidizing stuff. A can of compressed air to get rid of dust (although you have to be careful of where you blow your dust too). And a recap might not be a bad idea on any old mixer, like your 700... Anyway, you can put a lot of work and time in it, and you have to be sure that the parts that are in your mixer can stand a thorough cleaning. If the parts are plastic, you need to be carefull with the type of lubricant you use.
Anyway, let's see what Rude has to say

Hey Brain, thnx for the advice! Yeah, it's a D&R. Thanks for the link to the manual: I had a quick look yesterday and could only find the manual of the 900.
I'm going for an nice and thorough cleaning: hoping to use this baby for years to come (I had to rebuild my studio with some Ikea modified furniture to put it all in so it better lasts for years to come )

coolex, lets get to work!

and now the power gave up.... shit! (I'm a guy who can break things while only looking at them ) will look at the fuse tonight

Okey, all the pots are working (sort of...) but now have a little problem of the main left and right sending no signal sometimes... If I move the fader nothing happes, just have to wait or give the mixer a big boost of sound to switch the channels on again. Could it be something like the condensator? (a wilde guess, but it sounds somewhat logical to me...)

thx!

o yeah, btw a pic on: http://www.tunnel-radio.nl/news.htm (Juli 3th entry)

*EDIT: and writing stuff down makes you think... it was a cable problem al the time. Back to making music with a big smile on my face

thnx for the advices! I'll have a look at the things you said. I'll have a look at the right capacitors to replace the old ones after my holidays

hey, any tips on how to actually lubricate the faders with that vaseline stuff?

Cotton swab? It could do the trick if you have good access to the fader, but get the ones with 100% cotton. They're only a bit more expensive but they don't stretch or give of fluff like the cheaper ones can do. I always use these more expensive swabs for cleaning my reel recorder and it really makes a difference.

my problem is that in my country it is extremely hard to access pure alcohol for cleaning.
you can get it with a perscription from the drug store only.

how do i open that fader btw? never done that, and i'm afraid i'll brake the whole thing if i use too much force or do something wrong. do i have to desolder it off the board or what?

i have a soundtracs topaz macro. it has 24 channels. two channels are dead, and the master fader has some small problems sometimes in certain positions. the faders are all really dirty as they are really sticky. it's not useless but i think those faders really need attention quite fast!

any tips / recommendations what i should do first?