going to be tr user..

taven · Post by **taven** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 8:30 pm

hi i am going to buy korg tr61 used one- seems no problem on it but some of the buttons sense with hard pushing . will it be problem for me and must i take it to technical service to clean them .. by the way is it possible to clean or mend etc. waiting for your advices man.. thanks

501 · Post by **501** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 9:52 am

Cleaning board for keys is very simple indeed.You just have to be gentle a bit.
The hardest part is opening your TR because there is around ~50 screws and it takes a lot to remove them

taven · Post by **taven** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:01 am

there is no problem with keyboard the problem on the buttons.. can i do same procedure for them as you said? and one more question. when the power turned of the lcd screen go out dispersedly . it was interesting. do you suggest this synth and was that normal? thank you very much

Stephen · Post by **Stephen** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:47 pm

My TR61 is almost 4 years old now, and has had heavy use, both live, and in the studio, I just can't say enough about this synth, it's been awesome!

taven · Post by **taven** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:50 pm

anyone has event that when the tr61 turned off the display dispersedly going off ( the display is being wiped slowly ) - i wonder this is normal or not-

syncryptic · Post by **syncryptic** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:56 pm

taven wrote:anyone has event that when the tr61 turned off the display dispersedly going off ( the display is being wiped slowly ) - i wonder this is normal or not-

taven, i have TR61 for several years now and i can confirm that i'm experiencing the same screen behavior. The screen itself is working fine, so i think it is ok..

taven · Post by **taven** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:01 pm

thank you very much syncryptic i feel relaxed -) you think this is cause of aging?

syncryptic · Post by **syncryptic** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:21 pm

taven, i don't know exactly, but LCD matrices are somewhat inertious (especially cheap and old ones like in TR) and sometimes can produce visible transitions, so this is probably normal.

Also, i remember that when i powered TR in low temperature (5-10 C) the screen behaved bad and contrast was too low to see anything. But after temperature normalized it was back ok. So if your screen is readable don't try to fix it - it is not broken

TR is a really reliable synth. My was kicked hard by corners, jumped without a case in my car on a trip, hammered with my intensive "playing" in the cold open-air (and light rain), worked with 175V undervoltage and it is still fully functional!!

I doubt that my M50 will sustain such beating so long...

taven · Post by **taven** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:58 pm

thank you for these valuable informations. I was doubtful for the lcd and the buttons that doesn't work well. now it is ok . i will buy it. thx

501 · Post by **501** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:27 am

Cleaning keys is not complicated, but it is very boring and it takes a lot of time to remove each key,clean it, and put it back in a place. (DO NOT REMOVE ALL KEYS AT ONCE)do it one by one.

PS. I would never buy keyboard without working buttons.

taven · Post by **taven** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:30 pm

thx -buttons work but some of them need pushing hard - and i will clean them the way you said

Rosen Sound · Post by **Rosen Sound** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:56 am

Generally with Korg keyboards, they dont just need 'cleaning' they need to be replaced. Im pretty sure the TR uses the same buttons on the LE or any other triton, so you will need this
http://bustedgear.com/repair_Korg_trito ... ttons.html
You will have to completely take apart the board and re solder all that stuff, assuming you can solder in the first place.

Cleaning will probably do you nothing unfortunately :/
Believe me, ive been in the same place.

501 · Post by **501** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:43 am

Oh my God.
I am sorry, I though that topic starter has KEYS problem, I didn't read well that he wrote BUTTONS.
In that case, last reply is totally correct!

taven · Post by **taven** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:58 pm

must i abandon this_?

501 · Post by **501** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 1:12 am

How much that TR cost?
And which buttons are not working?