urban79
Active Member
Alright this is a weird one for me. Our cafeteria sound system has been a headache from the moment they put it in - a mix of installers not knowing what they were doing, insufficient specs, and no one really looking after it. *Something* happened over the summer, and the Crown CDi1000 was inoperable. It was sent out for repair and came back no problem. Next the Alesis Multimix went, so I swapped it with a spare Rane mixer and temporarily everything was fine. Then two weeks ago I get a call that the system is making "elecrical sounds". Sure enough, there is electrical noise that I can't explain. After removing all inputs, I finally narrowed down the source to the DriveRack220i - with nothing plugged in, I have a clipped signal showing on both the input and the output. Before I go and attempt to get the district to pay for that as well (with a new PA system coming in the summer) I'm trying to simply get by. My thought was I could temporarily bypass the DriveRack and plug the output of the mixer directly into the amp - they're even euroblock/pheonix connectors so it was a simple swap. Unfortunately I get no sound. Am I missing something stupidly obvious? I've looked through the system settings without finding anything that jumps out of me.
For the record it's a 70v system with around 18 speakers spread out around the room. Thoughts before I pull all my hair out?
Thanks!
Chris
For the record it's a 70v system with around 18 speakers spread out around the room. Thoughts before I pull all my hair out?
Thanks!
Chris