crossfader broken!

Don’t worry, x-faders break. Event though two months is a very short period of time. Especially for scratching DJs a feature that a controller or mixer should have is “user-replaceable x-faders”, they break or wear relatively often.

I doubt they will do much soldering, if the controller is built to any kind of standard, it will have some sort of connector to attach to the mainboard and probably a few bolts to hold it in place to the board and possible the front plate of the controller.

Don’t believe this is a problem unique to Reloop and I definitely know it’s not something that doesn’t happen to Pioneer stuff.

It is, however, always good to take a close and honest look at the way you are using the x-fader. Just to take the human component out of the equation. I am not saying you have anything to do with the fader breaking, could just be a factory fault, who knows, but just that it’s worth at least looking at your use. If you confirm that it has nothing to do with that, then you know you don’t have to change anything. If you decide that there are things you can do differently (I know some people have a “slamming” style where they slam the fader onto the stop, others use thumb/indexfinger techniques where the actually “break” the movement just before it hits the stop) to minimise the risk of something going wrong.

Finally, it’s worth finding out if the replacement is something you can do yourself.

Greetinx.

I really wish people would not generalise if they have one bad experience.

I have my Terminal Mix 4 for 2 years now, I use the crossfader a lot in scratching (in gigs, practice and classes) and it still works like day 1.

So yes any company can have a lemon once in a while, but that is what warranty is for and reparing is nothing bad. Actually nobody will solder in your TM4 as the crossfader is an easy plug replacement.

Now thinking that someone like it cannot happen with another company is bogus… My local club had 2 faders (not crossfaders) break on their Pioneer Nexus, sure Pioneer Pro support took fast care of it, but it can happen anywhere and to any company.

And for the record: Even Innofaders can be faulty, but they have a really good warranty program.

I know it is always frustrating when things fail on you….

Hell I bought a brand new car a year ago (which I love) an Orange KIA Sportage. I love this car to death.

2 days after I bought it, the engine warning light came on and I had to return to the dealer. Turned out an engine sensor had been gnarled of by a marten or other wild animal. So totally not the cars fault, but I had to wait a day to have it repaired (as I wanted a new part for my new car not the old soldered together…).

Yes it was very frustrating, but I still love that car and happy for me after more than 30.000km it did not have any problems after that incident with our Austrian wild life….

I am sure your new crossfader will work out just fine 😉

Hmm that sounds weird. So your local dealer did the repair wrong? That is bad.

However I remember some of my crossfaders being a bit stiff on one side sometimes (even the Innofader on the DJ mixer) and after 2-3 scratching sessions it would be worked in…