[sdiy] rackmounting keyboard synths...

[nN AAt e e]

a question to anyone who has rackmounted midi-based keyboard synths...
are there usually any problems caused by removing the keyboard assemblies
from synthesizers? or will the keyboard scanner/matrix [unless it can also
be removed/is on a separate board from the midi+synth boards] just assume
that no notes are pressed?

do a lot of earlier midi-synths work the same way as midi-retrofitted ones
do, with the retrofit connecting to the keyboard matrix? i know in that case
usually removing the keyboard shouldn't be a problem, as long as the matrix
is still intact.

the only cases where i would see removing the keyboard would be a problem
where the keyboard signals are always positive until a key is pressed [which
i have never heard of before... no reverse cv craziness outside of
s-triggers], or if it is a much newer keyboard and it uses keys to enter
certain commands [such as the MAudio and Edirol controllers].

most people have seen the Studio Electronics SE-1 and Midimoog, as well as
some other analog synths [arp odyssey] with the keyboards removed, but those
weren't midi to begin with...
the only midi gear i recall having seen rackmounted was either desktop
modules, or guitar synth floor modules, but with both of those nothing was
removed, they just had rack ears added or were repackaged.

any help, advice, or examples would be greatly appreciated. thanks.

[by the way... don't worry about me hacking up any synths that are too
sacred... a person only has room for so many [full] keyboards, and i might
be getting a few mid 80's midi synths over the summer, since apparently
nothing easily available from the 80s is worth over 200 dollars... or at
least thats what the shops say, but sentiment speaks otherwise, i mean, look
at the dx-7]

- nate