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#1919654 - 08/03/24 07:36 PM Automated Faders-Do they last?
Furry Offline
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Registered: 06/20/23
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I'm not in the market to buy a 2480CD right now, but I am interested. The reason I didn't go down that road is I figured it would be harder to replace old faulty automated faders than standard types. Never really verified that opinion.

LET ME JUST SAY IT STRAIGHT OUT: Can some of you give me feedback on your experience with automated faders. A cool, desirable thing of course. Did they stand the test of time? How fast did they go bad? Anybody actually ever replace one or more of them? Lastly, is there a source for them?

Thanks to all for your input.
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#1924551 - 08/29/24 06:12 AM Re: Automated Faders-Do they last? [Re: Furry]
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Mine are still working smoothly after 20 years.
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#1925867 - 09/04/24 02:07 AM Re: Automated Faders-Do they last? [Re: zoomduck]
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I've put 100s of hours on my 2400 over the last 18 years, auto faders still working fine. I have never ever left the board uncovered when not in use. I simply cover it with a towel to keep the dust out, and I think that helps.
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#1926090 - 09/05/24 10:19 AM Re: Automated Faders-Do they last? [Re: Krowten]
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I've swapped the fader board on my main VS-2480CD (bought 2004)
twice due to a couple of "sluggish" faders ...... (approx. 10 year intervall)
One new board from Roland and one from "fleabay".
So now I have one spare fader board I can desolder one good fader at
the time from whenever the next fader starts to "fade away" ;\)

So to answer the OP's headline question : No, faders do not last .... (forever)

Cheers !
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