Mixer Troubles

[WuTang]

I bought my mixer and turntables about 8 months ago. All worked fine the whole time. Mixer is a Stanton Sk-6F, tables are irrelevant (read on). (The manual is also available on the amazon entry) (Amazon.com: Stanton Sk-6F Scratch Mixer: Electronics)

I have my tables plugged in plus 2 inputs from the PC via VDJ and two sound cards. I have the record line coming back in to my second sound card, recording with audacity.

So here is my problem, which magically happened to arrive out of the blue a few months ago:

Anything playing through the left side of the mixer (table or line, rec or master out) has one stereo channel (the right I believe) playing at 25% of what it should be (large stereo imbalance). If I flip the switch that flips the inputs (1/2 or 2/1), the problem jumps to the other table/line (staying on the same side of the mixer), indicating it is something in the hardware of the left side of the mixer. This occurs in all outputs.

I removed the cover where there are three replaceable components: crossfader(1), channel fader(2), and channel switch(2). I flipped both the channel faders and channel switches to the opposite sides and the problem persisted, so it can't be either of them. From all logic I have assumed the problem must exist somewhere past the channel fader output, but before the point where the mixer output is split into master and rec.

So what should I do. Could it be the crossfader - perhaps the fader mechanism is worn out on only one channel? Is there any way I can fix this? Is it a common problem? I have scoured the net for info but either it doesn't happen often or I suck at googling.

I know my mixer is pretty much a piece of crap as well, so beyond that, my price range is 3-4 hundred for a replacement, ideas:idea: ? I mix hiphop and am learning to scratch. However, I would rather be saving for SL1200s, as I am currently rocking gemini's, a PT-2100(meh) & a GT-1300(crap).

EDIT: I forgot to mention that the CF reverse switch does in fact flip the problem to the other side of the fader, leading me to believe the problem must exist before the fader. The motherboard is my suspect.

Thanks for any help guys!

[P.A.R.T.Y]

Stanton's suck for balance. My SK-1 was always 5-10% more on one side. Stanton products are ass.
You can take it to be fixed at ARC electronics, or you might consider fixing it yourself. If this were my situation (which it thankfully isn't) I would upgrade.

There are hacks you could modify. Example. routing out the headphones, with a splitter. uhmm, actually that might not work with out some sort of gate and crossfader aka. new mixer.