10-24-2018, 12:42 PM
Just wanted to share this with you since it's a pretty neat little trick.
My M-Audio Oxygen 61 MIDI controller, bought in 2009, has been slowly dying over the past year. It's had a single dead key for a long time, but the problem has been spreading to the point where the thing was nigh unusable with upwards of a dozen dead keys all across the keyboard. Then I read about a neat little fix for this problem and watched a youtube video with a guy repairing an Edirol keyboard in this exact manner.
All you need is a regular pencil and some patience. The thing is, eventually the velocity sensitive pads under the key assembly get worn and start losing their conductive properties, which results in the keys losing responsiveness and before long dying altogether. If you however go over these pads with a pencil, adding a layer of graphite to them, they will start working again (as graphite is conductive)! I was surprised how well this worked and now all 61 keys on my Oxygen are fully functioning again. I don't know if this is a long-term fix, or if it's even applicable to all keyboards, but it might be worth a shot. It's certainly better than chucking an otherwise fully working controller in the bin.
My M-Audio Oxygen 61 MIDI controller, bought in 2009, has been slowly dying over the past year. It's had a single dead key for a long time, but the problem has been spreading to the point where the thing was nigh unusable with upwards of a dozen dead keys all across the keyboard. Then I read about a neat little fix for this problem and watched a youtube video with a guy repairing an Edirol keyboard in this exact manner.
All you need is a regular pencil and some patience. The thing is, eventually the velocity sensitive pads under the key assembly get worn and start losing their conductive properties, which results in the keys losing responsiveness and before long dying altogether. If you however go over these pads with a pencil, adding a layer of graphite to them, they will start working again (as graphite is conductive)! I was surprised how well this worked and now all 61 keys on my Oxygen are fully functioning again. I don't know if this is a long-term fix, or if it's even applicable to all keyboards, but it might be worth a shot. It's certainly better than chucking an otherwise fully working controller in the bin.