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Hi All, I got a Korg i3 which I cannot resurrect (audio circuit is doomed, already recapped the whole thing...) so I'm parting it out. The rest (disk, display, power supply, joystick, keybed) and the casing (panel buttons etc.) are just fine and actually in very good cosmetic condition. Sooo ...

Hi All, I got a Korg i3 which I cannot resurrect (audio circuit is doomed, already recapped the whole thing...) so I'm parting it out. The rest (disk, display, power supply, joystick, keybed) and the casing (panel buttons etc.) are just fine and actually in very good cosmetic condition. Sooo ...

Sooo.. I think I found it: First of all, after some searching found the M3 service manual *with* schematics! You can download it from http://elektrotanya.com/korg_m3_sm.rar/download.html The pads work using magnets and Hall-Effect sensors (the infamous, well known, world famous (not...) HG-106C-FT ...

Hello,

Nope, Triton keys and M3 61/73 keys are note the same, for pictures:

Triton keys: https://syntaur.com/K27W.html

M3 keys: https://syntaur.com/K57W.html

But they can be obtained from Korg or other channels anyways, so don't fret: your M3 will get its keys...

regards,

---Reinard

Hi all, Just got me a second hand M3m for a good price, but one of the 8 pads (number 4) is not working. The other ones work fine. I did run the pad-calibration routine - no luck. I thought that it might require some carbon contacts cleaning inside, so opened it up (trust me, I knew what I was doing ...