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thomasg19
Joined: 10 Feb 2014 Posts: 3
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 2:51 am Post subject: |
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BUMP!
Help ppleeeeeease! |
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roblabs Platinum Member
Joined: 25 Sep 2011 Posts: 1396 Location: NYC
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 5:36 am Post subject: |
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why not follow mr-g's advice and return it to korg? |
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thomasg19
Joined: 10 Feb 2014 Posts: 3
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 5:37 am Post subject: |
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Because it s not under warranty - and its apparently an easy fix... |
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jiggityj Junior Member
Joined: 28 Jul 2012 Posts: 83 Location: United States
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Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 12:36 am Post subject: |
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Korg did it again. Cheap PCBs and shoddy soldering. The LEDs 9-12 also went out on me, and I don't even move the sucker around much. I've opened it up, and did find a "14" transistor about to break off, near the leds. Went ahead and soldered it in place, but problem still exists.
Now waiting on Korg to respond to my email.
MiniKP2, Monotron Delay, and now the Volca Beats have fell victim to bad solder points. STEP YOUR QUALITY UP KORG!!! |
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carlostau
Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 2
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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 12:49 pm Post subject: Volca leds issue FIXED |
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The problem with the LEDS 9,10,11 and 12 is due to a poorly soldered transistor.
Vibrations or the tiniest bump can cause it to desolder itself and that's when it starts to fail.
If you want to attempt to fix it, be careful when you open the unit, it might be already loose inside and you can easily loose it as it is really small.
Solder it back and that should do it.
The transistor label is DT317 located right next to one o the black screws below the "White noise" label.
Good luck! _________________ Demian |
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beefpoweredcars
Joined: 13 Mar 2015 Posts: 4 Location: Louisville, KY
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Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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carlostau is exactly right. I just performed the resoldering of DT317 and the issue was resolved. |
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marcushamblett
Joined: 13 Apr 2015 Posts: 3
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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 11:19 am Post subject: |
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Hey guys - thank you so much for this. I had the same issue with LEDs 9-12 and have fixed it.
Now I have a different issue which I think/hope might be a similarly quick and easy fix, I was hoping someone here might be able to point me in the right direction....
The DECAY knob on the KICK has stopped changing the decay length. Click works as expected and I think the PITCH is doing nothing or next to nothing too, it seems to make the kick slightly higher pitched and perhaps slightly louder. I opened it and had a look and could see a couple of transistors that I could try resoldering....
Any ideas? |
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marcushamblett
Joined: 13 Apr 2015 Posts: 3
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Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 11:46 am Post subject: |
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*bump*
don't suppose anyone has any thoughts on this kick decay/pitch problem I mentioned in the post above? |
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orionb
Joined: 21 May 2015 Posts: 29
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Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2015 1:54 am Post subject: |
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are you listening on a stereo or headphoneswhenyou adjust the decay?
even tho i have floor speakers with 12" subs i cant hear the lows as well as on the headphones, and i notice the difference in decey much more that way |
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marcushamblett
Joined: 13 Apr 2015 Posts: 3
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Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2015 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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You can hear the problem through the internal speaker, headphones or plugged in, the decay change used to be noticeable. I compared it to a friend's volca beats and it's definitely a problem, though it doesn't make the Volca unusable. I had the problem mentioned in the title of this thread and just resoldered an SMD part and it was working again, I think it's a similar thing, maybe a component that comes after those two pots coming loose..... anyone know which might be the most likely contender? |
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