I was spinning live @ a sports bar here in miami beach and there were two technological issues that were definatley not to my favor. My two mishaps in the evening were out of my control, yet pissed me off like theres no tomorrow. Some idiot stepped on the power cable going from the CDJ to the power, and it TURNED OFF MY CDJ WHILE I WAS MIXING!!!!!!!!! Wow that sucked so much, I just had to turn it back on and beat match the song in a matter of 20 seconds, otherwise it would of been horrific! Then later on, out of NOWHERE the gain on one of the channels just shot through the roof!!! It got sooo loud so abruptly it scared the crap out of everyone lol, so I had to adjust accordingly. If any one has experienced any uncontrollable mishaps REPOST!

Gaffers tape + velcro straps = no loose cables.

Quality mixer = no gain bursts.

I don't call these mishappenings, I call that setting equipment up in a non-professional way.

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I understand...however Its kind of difficult when you get there with all your gear and you have to remove the current dj equipment thats there and set up your own within a matter of 15 minutes...cut me some slack

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Originally posted by Mmanu Gaffers tape + velcro straps = no loose cables. Quality mixer = no gain bursts. I don't call these mishappenings, I call that setting equipment up in a non-professional way. [/thread]

Sorry - but you're a dick.

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Originally posted by Mmanu Gaffers tape + velcro straps = no loose cables. Quality mixer = no gain bursts. I don't call these mishappenings, I call that setting equipment up in a non-professional way. [/thread]

I've seen it happening in a club where a friend of mine organised a gig. The gain burst happened on a 1500 Euro mixer right there :s

What's the cause of gain burst actually. Could it be the mixing panel or could it be bad amps/limiters too?

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If less is more think about how much more more would be. -Frasier

well i've had the cops show up countless times

drinks spilled on my equipment

overheated amps

people stepping on my powercord

cds with scratches i miss

partner freaking out and leaving me with only 4 records

a) pigs. pigs again. more pigs.
b) tripped circuit breakers.
c) drunktards causing various troubles.
d) house flooded. oh that was a good time.
e) lost an amp. luckily i had a backup

Playing at a Halloween party, over 300 people in an empty house, the hold power of the house shut down then finally fixed and when turning my computer on the external driver did not work, that night i was using SSL so one of my friends went to my house and got me backup driver, while I play with some cds i what on my car.

Also later that night a girl spill I drink a cdj 1000 so I had to finished play with 1 cdj and itunes, crazyy night. But it was worth, every one dancin and having a good time.

1. I had someone's entire house black out on me during a party

2. people stepping on power cords

3. right side of my dual cd player stopped accepting cd's, so i had to use vinyl the rest of the night

4. volume meters stopped working on my DXM09 but I had a CM200 as a backup

5. let my friend use my speakers for a gig, and he ended up damaging the inputs, and blowing one

6. people doing the party boy move on my DJ booth, making the needles skip

7. someone tried to grab my headphones in the rush to get out of the house because the police came, but the police took him out, that was really cool

8. i got really drunk one time and didnt know how to DJ for a good 30 mins, I couldnt figure out why the music wasnt playing lol

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Originally posted by Cabo Also later that night a girl spill I drink a cdj 1000

That really isnt what i'd call a good night, i was have fucking lost it, don't care if it was a girl or how hot she was! (sorry, i'm still very protective over my 1000mk3's, just got them last week)

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No kidding, someone spilling a drink on ya CDJ1000. I have gatherings at mine all the time with about 10 - 15 friends and I tell them all time and time again not to put their drinks anywhere near the DJ equipment. I remember once one of my mates put his beer next to my CDJ 800 and im like oi move it and he goes "it's me mate, you know I won't spill it" and I said "doesn't matter who it is, if you broke it you wouldn't be able to pay to fix it". That's the only thing I'm very careful of, a lot of people under-estimate how expensive some DJ gear is and because it isn't theirs they don't really care.