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Danr · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Posts: 26

Hi
I have a TE 61 which I bought new 4 or 5 years ago and just like the Wavestation I had before a couple of the switches don't respond unless
pressed pretty hard.
My Roland XP80 is much older and the switches are 100% reliable.

One of the switches is on the numeric key pad and is a pain when trying to
switch sounds quickly.
Seems to be a design issue as this is the 2nd Korg keyboard
that has this problem.
Not really good enough on a keyboard that cost me £1320.
Any other TE owners with dodgy switches?

michelkeijzers · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 1:41 am Post subject:

Never had any problem with the switches and have my Extreme for about 5 years, including dragging from/to the rehearsal room and gigs.

I only one time almost lost a knob but after attaching it again (without glue) I never had any problem again.
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Ojustaboo · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:12 am Post subject:

I recently brought a used triton that has obviously seen a lot of gigging.

The combi and prog plastic buttons have snapped (£4.02 from Korg UK), they still work, but are floating loose, hence I suspect they were being pressed hard either due to carelessness or having to press hard to be recognised.

The arrow up button to the right of this sometimes needs to be pressed twice as does the 0 on the number pad. They do work if you press them firmly, but the others all work however you press them. So yes, I am seeing the same thing.

Don't really think things like this say anything bad as to the quality of a piece of equipment (presuming they aren't all failing after a couple of years), pots/sliders etc can go bad at any time, go crackly etc, it's just one of those things.

The parts cost next to nothing to buy, the only cost is labour if your not competent enough to fit them yourself.

To quote an email from Korg UK yesterday where I happened to ask how much these were as I'm taking it to bits to replace the combi/prog buttons anyway, I thought I might as well replace the 2 problem switches (replacing the ones under the broken buttons too, presuming they broke due to having to press to hard)

The part number for the tact switches is:
500374000600
Part Name: TACT SWITCH 9mm 2 PIN ROUND BASE
Part Reference: TACT SWITCH EVQ11A09K
Quantity In Stock: 80
Price Exc VAT: £0.85
Price Inc VAT: £1.02

So each switch costs just £1.02, which isn't bad and I suspect you could source them elsewhere even cheaper.

Annoying of course if you have to pay someone else to solder them in but parts go on electrical items all the time, at least these are replaceable, on many modern pieces of electronics, if you want them repaired, the whole board is simply replaced as huge cost.

Danr · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Posts: 26

Thanks for the replies.
Good to know they can be replaced and that they're cheap.
I can solder them in myself as long as they're not too difficult to get
at.

krazy78 · Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:03 pm Post subject:

Check out this site
http://www.bustedgear.com/repair_Korg_triton-pro_disassembly.html

Ojustaboo · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:58 am Post subject:

Thanks, good site.

The cables holding the keybed on are the ones you have to be most careful of as when you remove the back and pull the keybed forward, if you have the weighted 88 version, there's a lot of weight there hence you need to make sure you don't pull it forwards too far before you release all the cables.

There was a fair amount of screws to remove plus a fair amount of cables to unplug, but it's all fairly straight forwards, again take pics with your phone etc just to give your memory a jog and people should be fine.

Also need to double check on reassembly that the red LEDs fit correctly into the holes as you place the boards back.

It looks as it's one of those things where once you've done it once, it's very straight forwards.

edit: just re-read this, must have been half asleep, now reads properly

Deadloud · Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 6

I concur ... plenty of photos. Had the korg is40 to bits a month or so ago, scary stuff as it's part of the stage show and was needed that night. The numeric '2' button on the extreme has to be pressed harder than the other buttons and it helps if it's pressed on the left side. Hope it's not the start of trouble further down the line.
'Tis basic stuff though, that on £1000.00+ gear shouldn't ever be an issue Sad

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