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pfontaine2
Joined: 18 Oct 2012 Posts: 26 Location: Westchester, NY
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 1:55 am Post subject: Strange keyboard behavior |
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I haven't played my Microstation for about a week. When I turned it on today, every fourth note refuses to sound. In other words, if I play every key from left to right, three keys sound but the fourth doesn't sound, repeating all the way up the keyboard. I've initialized the Microstation a couple times but nothing seems to help.
Any thoughts? _________________ Pierre Fontaine
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Mr_SamDoogie Full Member
Joined: 01 Jan 2014 Posts: 239 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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Keyboards can gather dust in a very short time, Try air it out.
Could also try hook up an controller keyboard to see if the MW working alright. _________________ In honor of the Groove and to all whom surrender to it, We say Thank You. And we take it Back.
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pfontaine2
Joined: 18 Oct 2012 Posts: 26 Location: Westchester, NY
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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Shall do. It seems to me that there's an issue on the circuit board since the "fourth note not sounding" seems like a keyboard tracking issue. So, are you suggesting that I open it up and used compressed air or some other technique?
Thank you by the way for the suggestions! _________________ Pierre Fontaine
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Mr_SamDoogie Full Member
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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I would try to brush and air of between the key´s first.
Opening would use as an last resort only if you´re confident about it.
Most issue´s like these I had on my keyboards where dust or moist cleaning the rubbers and print lightly with cleaning alcohol helps.
Or if you´re warranty still valid sent it _________________ In honor of the Groove and to all whom surrender to it, We say Thank You. And we take it Back.
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pfontaine2
Joined: 18 Oct 2012 Posts: 26 Location: Westchester, NY
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you for all your suggestions. For a few days nothing seemed to work or fix the problem but I turned it back on last night and it was working just fine. Crazy...perhaps a change in weather or humidity or some other phenomenon affected the electronics in some way? I'll be on the watch for this to happen again but for now my MicroStation is back up and running perfectly.
All your help was truly very much appreciated!
Pierre _________________ Pierre Fontaine
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bradkorg Senior Member
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Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 6:21 am Post subject: |
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Probably starting some cold solderjoints or ic/components failure in the fourth note tracking maxtrix line/wire/electronics.
Reason why this will happen intermittently after sometime left power on and sometime left power off, is powercycling of the electronics that cause electronics/contacts heating up and cooling down that can causing failure components/solder to loose connection= defective electronics.
Google "power cycling electronics". |
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pfontaine2
Joined: 18 Oct 2012 Posts: 26 Location: Westchester, NY
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 10:39 am Post subject: |
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The problem has returned! Ugh...Korg has been very good about pointing me to an authorized repair shop.
I might try and see if keeping it on so that it "warms up" might help but so far not so good. I've reset the machine, reloaded the firmware so I think the issue is electronic and not in the software as the previous poster suggested.
Pierre _________________ Pierre Fontaine
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pfontaine2
Joined: 18 Oct 2012 Posts: 26 Location: Westchester, NY
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2016 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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Tried the keyboard again this morning and something unusual happened. Everything was working fine but those same keys started to "fade" as I played them. In other words, they started at normal volume then I found that I needed to apply more force to get them to sound at normal volume until they eventually stopped playing. To be more accurate, the keys seem to sound but I have to play those keys with a lot of force to hear any sound. The other keys all play fine.
Again, this points to a hardware problem where something that controls every 4th note is failing or is potentially effected by either heat or humidity or some other factor I haven't figured out yet. If the weather warrants it, I might turn on my air conditioning and see if a cool, dry room has any effect. _________________ Pierre Fontaine
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pfontaine2
Joined: 18 Oct 2012 Posts: 26 Location: Westchester, NY
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2016 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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For those that might be interested, the intermittent problem with the keyboard not sounding every 4th note continued to happen. Facing having to send the MicroStation to a repair shop I decided to open the case and see if there was anything visibly wrong on the inside.
After removing about 20 screws and removing the bottom half of the case, I found that all the ribbon cables seemed to be properly seated. One cable had a very minimal gap so I pushed it back in place. I also blew air to remove any potential dust that might have accumulated inside. For the moment everything seems to be working okay.
I wouldn't recommend doing this without the proper keyboard support so that the joystick isn't pushed in any particular direction. The open Microstation rested on my table with a soft camera case holding up the side with the joystick and book stopping the Microstation from sliding around. A few paper cups to hold the various sized screws were also very helpful.
I'll keep you posted if this "fix" is permanent or if the problem returns. _________________ Pierre Fontaine
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pfontaine2
Joined: 18 Oct 2012 Posts: 26 Location: Westchester, NY
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Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2016 1:54 pm Post subject: |
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After nearly a week, my fix seems to have stuck. I realized that I move my MicroStation a lot, from my computer desk to a nearby table. Sometimes the rubber feet "stick" to the table and some force is needed to lift the MicroStation. I suspect that this caused some strain on the case allowing one of the cables to unseat slightly as I mentioned previously. At the very least, I feel I've avoided having to send it out to be repaired.
BTW, I love this little workstation. It remains very inspiring and I really enjoy playing it on a regular basis! _________________ Pierre Fontaine
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RickyPhils
Joined: 24 Dec 2016 Posts: 1
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Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 12:35 am Post subject: Urgent Help Please |
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Hi,
I updated my Korg Krome and and every other thing works fine but no sound from the output combo. i check and realized that the combo works with other devices. Pls advice. Thanks |
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