timbukktwo wrote:Please keep us posted as to the outcome of refitting the contact strips!
Sure. But before I do, let me clarify that this thread is for DIY fans, who like fixing things (like I do). It's not to vent complains about keybed flaws.
There is also so much info in past threads, that it's almost impossible to figure out what's latest. That's why I posted this thread. And thank you to those who pm'ed me.
I thought I know what colors are good. I'm not sure. There are versions of pink and blue. Someone said revised ones are stiffer. My original pink ones are stiffer than blue ones I got from Parts is Parts (PIP). So... go figure.
For me, it comes down to choosing the version your keybed will like.
I mailed PIP to check if there was no mistake with what they sent me (I saw posts they made mistakes in the past) - but still no reply after few days.
Where I am now.
I left new blue ones in without refitting for now. Just to see what they are like, before rushing to change anything.
I also though they may need to stretch and fit to keybed. I went through each key few times, playing with different velocity. And indeed it probably worked to an extent. I had few cut offs right after fitting, but have not heard that in last 2 days. We'll see.
I'll probably reopen and refit anyway. I did not push contacts into holes, letting pcb push then. They were of course aligned with holes, but somehow did not want to go in, and i did not want to touch contacts with hands.
Many posts mentioned cleaning helps. Though I'm not sure if this is cleaning metal contacts on PCB, or cleaning rubber contacts on strips (?). PCB cleanup is easy, but what do you clean rubber contacts with not to damage them??
I also switched to velocity curve 9. I liked 4 with old contacts. But now 9 gets me to higher velocity numbers, and it sounds nice too.
On that. I WISH there was a custom curve, or at least a way to tune each curve with few parameters. So we can compensate for differences in mechanical characteristic of versions of strips. Sure, these differences give each keyboard different feel and sound, which is fine (just like real pianos are different), but if you cannot reach higher velocities then you might be missing out when using programs that use those higher velocities.
Again, comments welcome.
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