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Themaxx: Standard Deoxit gold
Flo84: Mine were all on the left side of the screen, eq knobs, etc. Personally, I’ve never had a product that lasted in a live/production environment that DIDNT need the faders or pots cleaned at least once in its life cycle. I think more manufacturers need to remember this when designing, honestly 🙂 Cooling will force more air over components, yes, but it doesnt necessarily add dust.. If anything, if the airflow is directly across them, then the airflow actually inhibits dust growth.
Maxdrums: I am confident at least that my board was not a firmware update. I should have taken pictures, but there was lots of oxidation on the contacts for the soft buttons, and I could “feel” the dirt and buildup inside the encoders.

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So, FYI:
Cleaning out the encoders, and cleaning the contacts for the soft switches did fix my problem. However, I will warn, this is not an endeavor for the faint of heart. It is not just one or two boards that have to come out, its almost the entire board assemblies. Everything but the input board comes out, and then there are two “add on” boards (for what Im assuming is the 24, and the add ons are for the 32). The cleaning process is simple however, and after reassembling, the board works great!

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Interesting. I’m having the same problem with about a half dozen knobs… Just hit them with some deoxit and will reassemble tomorrow. I’ll report back if cleaning the encoders works. 🙂

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