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Kletsivo
Joined: 01 Mar 2014 Posts: 36
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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 7:14 pm Post subject: Korg Kronos joystick replacement video |
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Hello everyone! If you're gigin' a lot or if you excessively use your joystick, sooner or later your Kronos will start sounding randomly out of tune and your pitch bending will become problematic. I come across this very often so I made a video showing how to replace your joystick by yourself. Reason is that dealerships take too long (4 days usually) and charge too much so I've been doing small repairs by myself for years now. People just don't seem to understand when you say "I'm in your city just for tonight and I need my keyboard to perform otherwise I ruin a whole show" not to mention getting fired. Anyway. I could go on for hours with my rant... Hope there's others like me out there that will find this useful.
Cheers!
https://youtu.be/MEmGOxzCJuk |
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Mike Conway Approved Merchant
Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 2433 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 7:20 am Post subject: Re: Korg Kronos joystick replacement video |
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Quote: | I gig heavily all year long and I find myself changing my joystick at least once every month |
That's amazing. Hard to believe it is so often. You must be a heck of a player!
The video is great; short and to the point. I didn't realize that it was that simple. Very nice instructions! The slippers were cool, too.
Where do you get your replacement joysticks? |
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SeedyLee Platinum Member
Joined: 13 Sep 2006 Posts: 1370 Location: Perth, Australia
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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 8:45 am Post subject: |
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What on earth are you doing to your joysticks?! _________________ Current Equipment:
Korg Kronos 2 88, Reface CS, Roland JV-1080, TE OP1, Moog Subsequent 37, Korg ARP Odyssey, Allen & Heath Zed 18, Adam F5, MOTU MIDI Express XT, Lexicon MX200 & MPX1, Yamaha QY700, Yamaha AW16G, Tascam DP008ex, Zoom H6, Organelle, Roland J6 & JU06A
Previous: Triton LE 61/Sampling/64MB/4GB SCSI, MS2000BR, Kronos 1 61, Monotribe, NanoKontrol, NanoKeys, Kaossilator II, Casio HT3000, Roland VP-03, Reface DX, Novation Mininova, MPC One |
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cloydmello Junior Member
Joined: 18 Mar 2005 Posts: 50 Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 8:54 am Post subject: |
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Great video mate... Where did you buy the replacement joystick from? Could you please tell us...
Cheers!!! _________________ Korg Kronos X 61 + Korg Nanopad + CME Xkey
Yamaha MX49 + PSR-S975
Wishing for MODX7 + Nautilus 73 |
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Kletsivo
Joined: 01 Mar 2014 Posts: 36
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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you guys! I'm so glad you found it useful.
My bad with "once a month". I meant to write once every few months. Usually around six months. I do "six nights a week" gigs for long periods (up to a year most times) and I guess I'm rather rough with my joystick and keybed. I like to keep my instruments unscratched and clean in top notch condition for decades but when it comes to playing them I think I'm a rocker
I buy my joysticks either from a Korg dealership (not all of them sell parts though) or online from places like syntaur.com
Btw, since I got a lot of positive feedback I'll try to make more similar videos. There's a couple of things I've learned over the years by living with the Kronos and I'd love to share them.
I'm also planning to share my gig experiences at some point by making some vlog style videos but that's gonna take a while.
Thanks again guys. Your comments made my day.
P.S. I love slippers. They keep my feet warm, comfortable and clean |
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jamesfinn82
Joined: 29 Jun 2013 Posts: 13
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Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2017 9:54 am Post subject: |
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Nice video. Helped me replace my joystick on the Kronos. But I'm still getting the same problem with the pitch bend "glitch". Even after doing a Full Factory Restore using the 3 discs. Strange |
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Kletsivo
Joined: 01 Mar 2014 Posts: 36
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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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jamesfinn82 wrote: | Nice video. Helped me replace my joystick on the Kronos. But I'm still getting the same problem with the pitch bend "glitch". Even after doing a Full Factory Restore using the 3 discs. Strange |
Could be a faulty cable or ribbon controller. I doubt it's a software problem. Make sure the joystick and ribbon cables are OK. Best of luck! |
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