New to D8B! Need Help With Setup

[awhitebeatz]

[anyhorizon]

Please do this for me again, strictly in this order.

1. Go to the setup menu and make sure "Load last session at power up" is disabled.
2. Go to the desktop and nuke every Startup session in any folder whatsoever (Flush down toilet). Check every folder. Leave no turn unstoned.
3. Shut the poor little darlin' down.
4. Reboot.
5. Stick your MPC in channels 1 & 2.
6. Assign input channels 1 & 2 to the L/R Mix Bus.

I'm of the opinion that you accidentally have channel patches engaged or pre/post channel inserts engaged. The above procedure will get you back to basics.

Peter

[studiodaz]

my desk isn't setup at the moment but if one of us sends over a D8B mixer file with some desk setting that may be a starting point.

[awhitebeatz]

[awhitebeatz]

Also noticed its creates a Startup Session everytime and I have to go in and delete it

[anyhorizon]

It's meant to create a new Startup session on reboot. You shouldn't delete that. Anyway, I think you have some faulty components. You could try sticking the MPC in the insert jacks of channels 1 - 12 but I'm thinking there'll still be nada.

Peter

[FrankH]

awhitebeatz:

In your first video, you got meters on 5&6. There's hope. Have you opened this thing up and simply inspected the ribbon cabling?

I'm now convinced this isn't a software issue at all but a connector issue. I suspect one or more connectors have become unseated and/or grungy. I'm loath to suggest this, in fear initiating of a wild goose chase....but....are you game to open it up and check out and exercise (unplug/replug a few times) as many cable connectors as you can get at?

Even the BFC (big f**king connector) on the rear should get some exercise.

The rule I've always followed is that 95% of all electronic hardware failure is mechanical in nature.
The first rule of maintenance is: If it stopped working....hit it. Once is maintenance, twice is abuse. There is some science to that sillyness in that if the audio comes back on...even for a second, or crackles intermittently....it means it's probably a loose (mechanical) problem somewhere. Something you can fix yourself.

I'm rootin' for ya.

[awhitebeatz]

awhitebeatz:

In your first video, you got meters on 5&6. There's hope. Have you opened this thing up and simply inspected the ribbon cabling?

I'm now convinced this isn't a software issue at all but a connector issue. I suspect one or more connectors have become unseated and/or grungy. I'm loath to suggest this, in fear initiating of a wild goose chase....but....are you game to open it up and check out and exercise (unplug/replug a few times) as many cable connectors as you can get at?

Even the BFC (big f**king connector) on the rear should get some exercise.

The rule I've always followed is that 95% of all electronic hardware failure is mechanical in nature.
The first rule of maintenance is: If it stopped working....hit it. Once is maintenance, twice is abuse. There is some science to that sillyness in that if the audio comes back on...even for a second, or crackles intermittently....it means it's probably a loose (mechanical) problem somewhere. Something you can fix yourself.

I'm rootin' for ya.

Thanks man. I did open it up and I tried my best with those ribbons. Everything seemed to be okay. I'll try the inserts as well. Definitely will go back inside of it and get a video. But I didn't think a ribbon cable would cause it to not pass audio just data fir the meters like the 32x8 bus. I recently unconnected the BFC and data cable too. I don't know what else to do

[synthjoe]

But I didn't think a ribbon cable would cause it to not pass audio just data fir the meters like the 32x8 bus.

It does a lot weirder things than that, trust me!
So it is just plain good practice to check/reseat those ribbon cables in the first place...