Close call at a gig.

[samson3382]

Saturday night, had everything setup, levels checked, 30 minutes to down beat. Had a beer, relaxed a bit. About 5 minutes till, boss asks if we're ready, should they kill the house music. So we step up, I'm mixing on a combo mixer from the stage. I hit the mute button, & I feel something give inside. I let off and the button won't pop out. Of course I start to sweat. I tried to push a little harder and something snaps and the button falls partially into the mixer, still muted.
Boss is looking over, wondering what is up. We scrambled, found me a knife, and I was able to VERY carefully grip the front of the button with the tip of the knife, slide it into place, and un-mute, for the last time, until I get it fixed.

 

[ahc]

 

[Big Hoss]

Sounds like pucker factor time... Ugh.

 

[rufus.K]

Nicely averted. Switch to AUX or SUBs if mixer has it

 

[samson3382]

Nicely averted. Switch to AUX or SUBs if mixer has it

It does not, it's a Yamaha (mx312? I think) powered mixer. Bare bones.
It mutes the monitor side as well.
We could have done SOMETHING, the last two channels don't mute, but yeah, that's 6 or seven less than I need.
We also had a backup, of sorts.
Ancient 100 watt peavey PA with four 1/4" inputs, that just barely cuts it at practice.

 

[rufus.K]

Burn the mixer in a trash can

 

[Big Hoss]

It does not, it's a Yamaha (mx312? I think) powered mixer. Bare bones.
It mutes the monitor side as well.
We could have done SOMETHING, the last two channels don't mute, but yeah, that's 6 or seven less than I need.
We also had a backup, of sorts.
Ancient 100 watt peavey PA with four 1/4" inputs, that just barely cuts it at practice.

Yamaha was not the brand name I expected to see...

 

[samson3382]

Yamaha was not the brand name I expected to see...

Right? Less surprising for say a behringer.
But it's old, has been used a lot, and that particular button is tiny, and gets used 8-10 times more per gig than any other button on that thing.

Burn the mixer in a trash can

Well that wouldn't do me much good at my next gig.
No, I wouldn't ever spend my money on a unit like this, I'd save a bit more and get something with channel mutes, gains, aux sends, all that fancy hi tech stuff.

 

[Big Hoss]

Right? Less surprising for say a behringer.
But it's old, has been used a lot, and that particular button is tiny, and gets used 8-10 times more per gig than any other button on that thing.

Well that wouldn't do me much good at my next gig.
No, I wouldn't ever spend my money on a unit like this, I'd save a bit more and get something with channel mutes, gains, aux sends, all that fancy hi tech stuff.

Or Mackie, or... well any number of brands could be put here Yamaha however has a very well deserved exceptional reputation for quality.

 

[Smooth_bass88]

¡Ay, caramba! I've had a few near misses. One time my bass pooped out on the gig and the roadies opened it up and re-soldered a loose wire while the singer did a song acoustically- on a huge stage in front of a large enthusiastic crowd. That was the last time I did a gig far-from-home with only 1 bass!

 

[samson3382]

Or Mackie, or... well any number of brands could be put here Yamaha however has a very well deserved exceptional reputation for quality.

Yeah don't get me wrong, Yamaha is solid.
Just specifically this unit, while very useful, has huge limitations because of the price point and simplicity.
I used to have a mg166, wish I never got rid of it.

 

[Big Hoss]

Yeah, while I am not exactly a huge fan of their bases I have several pieces of Yamaha equipment that are on my gas list most notably and 88 key digital piano and a nice full featured 24 input mixer.