Fighting fader?!?!?!?! Say WHAT?!?!?

[midafari]

So, Just started this studio gig. The control surface is the D-Command and the first thing I notice is almost half of the faders do not respond to touch. Now I'm reading about "fighting faders" (which should be a comic strip by the way) and decide to pull the faders out and clean them.
What part of the fader do you clean exactly? I pulled the fader out and the only thing I thought to clean was the track that the fader moves in. Is there some other part that needs attention?
Could not find a visual guide on line so any tips would be great

Thanks All!!!

[Drew Mazurek]

http://duc.avid.com/showpost.php?p=1714978&postcount=26

The link is dead, but I can email you the files if you send me your address.

[Drew Mazurek]

Email sent. Let us know how it goes.

[deardaddy]

Hi,



What I did was to do a "RECAL" a lot of times and it worked.
I don't why it is working but it is and now faders which has not been working for a long time are working fine.
When faders are fighting again, I do the same thing and faders stop to fight ....

Hope this helps.


Pascal

[Craig F]

best to order the carbon fader replacement/upgrade
not the cheapest option but the best for trouble free operation

[Will Russell]

+1 on carbon

[Drew Mazurek]

Cycle is what you really want. Just let them run til it stops. It can help work out the dust etc.

Oh, and yes to carbons if possible.

[audioluche]

Will Carbon faders solve 100% this problem???

I have some fighting faders since i purchased my 24 faders blue D-command one year ago.

I removed them all and cleaned them once.
It stoped for a couple of weeks. And slowly started to reapear.
Now it's worst than ever.

I just emailed my dealer to have a price for 24 carbon fader.
But if i make the move, i dont want to see the problem in the future!

thanks1

Luc

[Craig F]

yes, the carbons are much better
you can do it a module at a time, the main probably is the better to start with

[Stig Eliassen]

Originally Posted by audioluche

Will Carbon faders solve 100% this problem???

It did for me. I bought an ES, and the faders started to act up only 3 hours in. Swapped all 8 myself with the carbon ones, and it's been all good ever since. Must be 3-4 years ago now.