Hey all,
So i'm back again with darn problems. I'm not sure whether this is connected to what i'm putting down to the underpowered usb problem... buuuuttt. Last night i had an epic fail with the AK1 soundcard. To start with i have had the card for between 4-6 months and only ever ran audio through the headphone output (usually around 30-50% volume a) and outputs 1&2 (50-70%) for mains connected to sometimes a small set of computer speakers or mostly to my own pa or the club amp.
If anyone has any suggestions as to what the hell could be happening here would be greatly appreciated as i'm booked pretty heavy and will have to use internal soundcard until i can fix it.
I ran the card from around 10PM last night which is an hour later than usual. I had low volume output for around 1 hour till 11PM then increased minimally till around 12:30 when i had to punch it up to 70% because the card was literally dieing in the ass. It was acting like a was running a heap of different filters through it. (obviously the 1st thing i checked was all my effects banks). I pulled the VCI out to see if the card was underpowered which didnt make any different. I turned all my frequency knobs and reset them to check there wasnt a stuck signal or something. Ended up rebooting my laptop completely after not running it for 15 minutes to try a cool down and relax period would change anything. No good. Same shit getting worse. In the end i copped a torrent of abuse from the 3 women dancing (thank god that was all last night) as i had to play out a compilation cd only as i couldnt get my mp3 player to output through the other channel due to someone F@#king with the club mixer as usual. I've still gotta play out again tonight and frankly i'm tired, cranky and pissed off.
I stayed up till 2am to finish mixing at the club. Woke up at 5am this morning to come to my normal job. I had some guy go up into my booth last night and decide he wanted to play dj while i was on a toilet break (no friends to watch my gear last night as they all on shift also). This asshole decides that he "wants to smash my teeth all over the dance floor" because i abused fuck out of him for going in there in the 1st place. My creative words were "Hey mate what the fuck u think ur doing, Do u see me go into ur bedroom and fuck with ur shit!" to which he replies "what is your problem" which automatically hits me in the monster button. "my problem is there's no less than $10000 of my shit in this booth and ur up here fcking around with ur drink in your hand. i dont fucking know you so get the fuck outta my booth before i give u a lifetime ban" to which he says "and who the fuck are you." i says "i'm the dj, i work here, i'm on the payroll and this is my gear so just fuck off because your not welcome up here" to which i get "ur so lucky, ur just some little dj bitch playing with buttons and shit" to which i reply "well go buy your own gear and apply for the fucking job if ur so shit hot at it asshole now fuck off" to which we then went into a 30second death stare before he realised i wasnt backing down even though i only just got told he is a really good fighter... (cause i don't care it's my gear and i work my guts out for it an half the pubs including bar staff security and patrons have my back all the way)
anyhow sorry bout the last bit being off subject but as i said tired and cranky n had to get it off my chest.
Thanks for any help with the AK1 problem guys i'm desperate or i'll be outta action for who knows how long.
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