Leaving equipment on for extended periods of time?

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Posted by Munchy on Mar-30-2006 19:45:

Leaving equipment on for extended periods of time?

My mixer is hooked up through my computer so as long as my computer is on, my mixer is on, so it's on for a long time during the day... It tends to get a bit hot to the touch, is that normal or is that bad?

BONUS QUESTION: How do you pronounce Xone as in A&H: Xone? X-one? Zone?

Posted by chubbs on Mar-30-2006 19:52:

Re: Leaving equipment on for extended periods of time?

quote:
Originally posted by Munchy
BONUS QUESTION: How do you pronounce Xone as in A&H: Xone? X-one? Zone?

Zone dude.

Posted by wizniz on Mar-30-2006 20:18:

Re: Re: Leaving equipment on for extended periods of time?

quote:
Originally posted by chubbs
Zone dude.

+ zone

Posted by nutsan on Mar-30-2006 20:29:

i have a crappy behringer and thats on 24/7, been on constanly for months now! bout the only things its managed to do successfully! if u got club standard gear tho it shuld be fine the punishment they get in those places, heat, humidity, smoke, poor ventalation and on top of that a dj abusing it. they are built to take that kinda stuff!

Posted by WeasiL on Mar-30-2006 20:35:

Thats strange... your PC is powering it? What kind of mixer is this?

Posted by nutsan on Mar-30-2006 20:38:

no he means his audio from his PC is going through his mixer so if he wants to listen to stuff from his PC his mixer must be on all the time!

Posted by wizniz on Mar-30-2006 20:39:

quote:
Originally posted by WeasiL
Thats strange... your PC is powering it? What kind of mixer is this?

sounds like some sort of usb 2.0 connection... im interested as well.

as far as overheating, most home electronics can handle this easily because of the lack of moving parts. Only thing to watch for is overheating of the power supply.

but dj mixers are built for this, so no worries meng.

Posted by DannyO on Mar-30-2006 20:43:

Unless you have a 30 dollar no name mixer, I wouldn't worry, I have mine hooked up the same way and its on for about 20 hours a day, been like this for about 18 months now.

Posted by WeasiL on Mar-30-2006 20:57:

quote:
Originally posted by nutsan
no he means his audio from his PC is going through his mixer so if he wants to listen to stuff from his PC his mixer must be on all the time!

i was thinking a usb powered mixer as well but the above would make sense. at any rate shouldnt the mixer have an independant power switch?

Posted by nutsan on Mar-30-2006 21:01:

i think ur missing the point. hes using his PC with his mixer on to listen to music and hes worried that because on all the time while hes using his pc which from wot i gather quite a bit. it will be harming his equipment.

Posted by sterilis on Mar-30-2006 21:10:

if hes just listening to music on his pc then why does he need his mixer on? it must be a usb connection. as i have my decks + mixer and synths all linked up to the pc although if im listening to tracks i dont need my mixer on unless of course im listening to vinyl. if it was explained better it would help people understand.

Posted by Basstard on Mar-30-2006 21:10:

just make sure the vents for ur mixer are not blocked off

Posted by Munchy on Mar-30-2006 21:22:

Ok ok, it's a Vestax PCV-275, therefore NO USB connection... I have it wired to my 7.1 soundcard and my speakers to the mixer, thus the mixer has to be on for the speakers to work.

What I meant by "if my computer is on, my mixer is on" is that the only way to get sound out of the computer is for the mixer to be on and since I'm constantly listening to music, the mixer ends up always being on.

Posted by sterilis on Mar-30-2006 21:26:

yes i no what your talking about now. should be fine i had my djm600 set up this way for about a year there its still working fine.

Posted by nutsan on Mar-30-2006 21:30:

lol i knew i had it right! so the answer in short is NO! it will be fine, mixers are built to be used!