I know it sucks to do this. But recapping the entire console will be the best option.

now imagine if this was a Neve VR, SSL 4000E console or API Legacy. good luck getting any of those type of consoles up those stairs. I brought my 48 channel Allen & Heath upstairs by myself and it was 150 pounds. Never again, Good Choice. The Soundtracs console are great sounding consoles.

The MARKED cable is actually the Negative one, that mark is a Minus symbol (------) and the Unmarked one is the Positive one. Same as Capacitors.

Alligator Clips or Crocodile Clips. In Spanish they are called Caiman Clips

What a complicated job💪👌Exciting!

Fantastic can't wait to hear the performance. You guys rock!!!!

congrats! Love your videos. I work on similar equipment and always want to celebrate when other techs overcome another engineering challenge on their way to better audio signal paths.

Great stuff. Glad you got them replaced. Onwards and upwards with the recording and mixing. Well done folks

Hi Per and Irene, good to see you still going. There is a great series on restoring a Sony MXP3036 console which give you some ideas of things to try. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJ7UpXVnh515as0

Give them to me :) The GL is a nice console for free and should be low maintenance. The older one…could be everything. Also you can still throw them away yourself ;) Hope that helps. All the best, Tobi

Hey folks you 2 are amazing, what a brilliant idea. What do you guys think of doing an electronic version of Pink Floyds......Time, from Dark Side Of The Moon?

Its SAD, but these old babies need so much love and care.. I have a Beautiful soundcraft Studio sitting in a corner... :(

Save em’

It's tempting to always grab gear but dont lose focus on what your core mission / plan is. If one of those helps for "live" or something you need portable for then it could be useful. Otherwise dont just grab something as it takes space to store - both physical and in your mind. If you have time you could clean them up/test them and sell them but dont expect much money

Thanks for the great video, what an amazing project! Peter

Dont change any pots , until you have proved , it really is the POT , get a SCOPE on it FIRST , it could be something further down ,, , , get some DEOXIT D5 and spray switches , you can do this from the TOP , pull off tge BUTTS with pliers and spray down the NECK of the switch , and pump the switch , especically the LINE SW , the EQ sw and the VCA SWITCH , because the signal passes thru all these switch contacts , if you look at the circuit , even when the switch is OFF the , the signal passes thru the " other side " contacts ,so these have to be clean as well as the ' switched contacts "

@ 15:53 ,,,,,, you sat down and said " oh man " oh yeh ....... ive been there !!!!!!! 😊😊😊😊

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Thanks again, love the progress on reviving the old Jade!

A question - when you are soldering - what headset are you using. It looks great - like an old jewellers magnifier. Trying to get something similar but have only found cheap junk.

Some Blue-Tac on the bench for when you cant use the "helping hands" with soldering.

indeed crocodile clips in australia

Yes, they are called crocodile clips in the UK, and in the US they are called aligator clips.

Well done folks great job and series. Maybe put some solder mask on the jumper cable? Remember, flux is your friend and IPA with a tooth brush will clean all the flux residue away. Thanks folks, keep the videos coming

Great move to get an esd mat. 👍 I also have a "custom plug" to attach to ground on the wall plug. Like you said, you have to know what you are doing.😁 - Great discovery of the back panel. It also gives you access to the trim pots!

HAHAHA, this was my summer project last year. it was a 48 channel recording desk, took everything apart, cleaned, check3ed caps, my advice, by zip up mlaundry bags and clean your knobs in the washing machine, they came out beautiful. bought them from temu for pennies.

Varta batteries are the bane of so much vintage hardware, computers, games, synths, outboard and apparently mixing desks too! Amazing how much logic there is in that desk considering it is essentially an analogue mixer! Bet there's not so many chips in my Mackie 8 bus! 😅

Don't trust the meters

That varta is an rechargeable. Be sure not to charge your replacement. Looks like a lithium battery...

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWGyp4mmnbqUgKs sir, 14500 means the size of the battery (14x50mm), not the mAh :).

What were they thinking, soldering a battery to a circuit board???🤔😵‍💫Great video ❤

I put one of those same lithium cells in a delay unit but i could not solder to it without a special flux so i put it in a battery holder. Pointless using baking soda and vinegar. You are just adding alkali and an acid again. Just use baking soda with a little distilled water to neutralise the battery acid but then you must remove all residue so no future reactions can continue. Use more distilled water or rubbing alcohol to finish up.

I had a situation with an Early 80's keyboard, and converted it to a button cell battery that could easily be changed in the future.

It seems to me (maybe), the small board remais attached by the row of pots on the front pannel.

Great feeling isn't? I have done this before.(and still do it) It's a labor of love! Might I suggest; when handling pcb with such rare ICs, you should probably ground yourself with a wrist strap to avoid static discharge. You don't have to wear it on you wrist. You can attach it to any part of your body. As long as your body is attached to ground(earth in Europe). I always do this when handling any pcb with ICs. Good luck.👍

Could you not cut the battery off where it is leaving as much of the leg as possible, then solder on some long cables to place a new battery wherever is convenient?

Can recomend deoxit F5 for the faders and pots and deoxit D5 for switches and input jacks and XLR's!

And when you reseat the ICs you will get a slight noise. This is normal (assuming you have the bottom of the board well supported). Also make sure you have anti static stuff (ideally a strap as well as the board on an anti static mat).

Be careful flexing a board of that size. Make sure you support it. Also, those sockets that the ICs are in can get oxidized. So while you're in that deep, its worthwhile removing the ICs (with a good tool, not a screwdriver) cleaning the legs and sockets and replacing (with a good tool). Have fun.

Great time to recap your board too, not too many electrolytics. Have fun, use a desoldering tool i was nervous when you pulled Legs w/ plyers😂, im recaping my channel strips in my soundtracs too and sometimes pads or traces lift with just looking at it😅. Keep out the good work Keep posting videos! Nice work

I would have zero concern washing that circuit board in tap water and rinse with distilled water just for peace of mind. I washed PC motherboards and even CRT monitor PCBs with no problems. On really dirty boards I used liquid dish soap, rinse them well and let them dry. I didn't have always access to compressed air but that can shorten the drying time.

Hi Per several viewers don't understand if the batteries leak the board tracks are damage, you should have called me if you had taken the first back panel of you could have got at the CPU board without taking out all those channels but never mind there are actually 112 mute switches if you have the 4 on the Aux return channel thats 96 on the 48 channels 12 on the master Aux outs and the 4 on the Aux returns good luck Mike Baker

Interesting that you have changed these batteries for something completely different .. Those batteries are rechargable and therefore the board will have a charging circuit .. which then may have trouble with your new type of battery. Is your new one also rechargable? My Solitaire has one automation board for 12 channels .. So I have 4 batteries on total to change and 3 boards to fix (corrosion is quite bad). Are you sure there are not other boards to change too under the other channels?

Great video again folks. Maybe just solder the second battery in situ. I think when I changed the 2 batteries I done them in situ. If I remember I flipped the center section on it's side on the console and managed to solder it from there. Good luck you guys. Remember flux is your friend

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What ever turns you on.

Those are probably collet knobs. You need to pop off the caps, use a knife blade, and you will see a slotted tube under the cap, get a screwdriver to fit properly on the slots, not just one side. Righty tighty.. Once the collets are loose push the knobs down or give them a light tap to free them then lift them off. After the knobs are removed you can see the shaft nuts just loosen and remove, the board will drop loose.

As said above, remove the knobs. Get a pry tools like a nail remover and slot it in underneath and prise it up. Good luck Moneeo

I saw on your short video you need tips to remove the circuit board with the battery. It looks like you may need to remove the knobs on the dynamics board. I would try to prise off the top cap and see how they are fixed. Some have a nut under that cap. Then it looks like the board has a socket it plugs into so will need to be wiggled off that. Good luck! I bought a Solitaire to fix (was cheap and had been sitting for a while) unfortunately the batteries in the Solitaire are in a place that causes bad damage when they leak .. and so the circuit boards need extensive repair. Check if this is the only battery in the desk ... There may be others