Club's PA system fried my mixer?

[padi_04]

I still haven't found a technician willing to open it and try to fix it

Talk to this guy and tell him a friend of Chris Burstein sent you. They'll probably be able to rent you some gear as well if it takes too long.

If they can't fix it and you didn't use it as timecode an Audio 2 will be a quick fix, otherwise you'll need a Traktor Audio 6 or Audio 4.

[Bassline Brine]

There had to have been something underlying in the mixer itself. There's no way taking the output XLR's out of one mixer and putting them into another would fry the mixer - power on or not. If anything you'd be more prone to be doing damage to the PA than the mixer. There's no signal coming back the other way - it's a one way signal.

Best of luck with this and it should be covered under the warranty if something like this happens. I've switched live cables a fair amount and never heard of anything like this happens (but it's also why I stick with trying to use Rane or Pioneer mixers).

[ImNoDJ]

Hi guys, I have this problem.

The other night I was about to play at this bar. I connected my Traktor Kontrol Z2 trough rca to the clubs allen & heath mixer, and the A&H was receving some noise. We proceded to try to connect the xlr cables that were connected to the A&H, directly to my Z2. We heard a big boom on the speakers. Something was wrong, so I unplugged everything. I was scared about my mixer, but it was turning on ok and seemed to be ok.

I used club's mixer through the rest of the night.

When I went home, I checked my Z2, and it turns on ok, HID buttons, knobs and meters work perfectly, and traktor too...BUT all you can hear through every output (headphone, master, monitor) is a strong hum noise. No music at all.

I already contacted NI support, but wanted to know if you guys had an idea of what could've happened, and if it will be fixable.

Why were you chaining an average mixer into an excellent mixer? Why wouldnt you just use the excellent mixer?

[SlayForMoney]

Why were you chaining an average mixer into an excellent mixer? Why wouldnt you just use the excellent mixer?

Probably because of the internal audio interface. And no matter who is the manufacturer, it's always better to power down everything before plugging cables

[papagrime]

Was there 48v phantom power on the xlrs from the club mixer?

[lauti]

Was there 48v phantom power on the xlrs from the club mixer?

That's something I started suspecting...maybe, by mistake (or stupidity) they left the phantom power on?

I know sometimes live bands play there. But still, the A&H mixer was working fine with those cables :/, so I suppose there wasn't phantom power on them.

I'm starting to want to just punch the sound guy (who clearly didn't know much of what he was doing)

Thanks everybody for the help!

[Jester]

Plug your shit into a mixing console before it goes to an amp. Believe me i know this from an expensive experience

[papagrime]

Maybe consider a di box if you regularly patch into club systems.

[loverocket]

There had to have been something underlying in the mixer itself. There's no way taking the output XLR's out of one mixer and putting them into another would fry the mixer - power on or not. If anything you'd be more prone to be doing damage to the PA than the mixer. There's no signal coming back the other way - it's a one way signal.

Best of luck with this and it should be covered under the warranty if something like this happens. I've switched live cables a fair amount and never heard of anything like this happens (but it's also why I stick with trying to use Rane or Pioneer mixers).

Agree with first paragraph.

Allen Heath is no worse than Pioneer.

Wish Vestax would still be around