20 Most Recent Mackie 1202vlz3 12 Channel Mixer - Page 5 Questions & Answers

You might call mackie for a suggestion at 800-258-6883. Sometimes there may be older parts in stock at other Mackie distributers around the world. Here's a list of contact info Mackie International Distributors It doesn't hurt to ask and email is free! I had good luck getting parts for various musical electronics out of Canada

Yes, it's normal. You can probably turn the speaker volume down to minimum before turning them on to minimize it.

Probably the power inside the mixer needs to be looked at.

Are you actually sending a signal to the effects unit? normally you would have it in an insert although I know some people who take a sub channel out to the effects unit and then feed it back in through a mix channel if they run out of inserts or aux busses. What you describe above does not make sense to me. Can you elaborate with the full signal path for the effects unit?

Why are you not using the inserts? Either assign a sub channel to your effects unit or do it at a channel level. In either case using the insert.

http://www.mackie.com/pdf/archive/cr1604_om.pdf

If you give us a clue what this is on you might get ome help

Here is a link to the owners manual. I hope this helps you. http://www.mackie.com/pdf/ppm_om.pdf

Loose connection or fader/pot needing cleaning. Try selective tapping and wobbling until you locate it. You could try contact cleaner if it's a pot/fader otherwise it's out with the iron unless it's just a loose lead internally.

You do not give enough info to even start suggesting answers. What are you using (model numbers) and what do you mean by freeze? Is it stopping and a constant note coming out (of what) or is it going quiet. etc. Please give all the info you can about the equipment you are using and the detailed symptoms

Do the protect lights light up when you turn it on? There is a soft start circuit that should delay for about 3 seconds when powering it up, it sounds as if this is not working. If you don't get the protect lights for a second or so when turning it on then this has failed and you need to get it serviced and repaired before more goes wrong.