"KurtF" wrote:
> There is a sort of more modern equivalent in the Novation X-Station with its XY pad. While it may not have all the sound capabilities of the AN1X, it does have some punch and a wealth of controls, and is a MIDI controller. Perhaps connecting an X-Station 25 to the AN1X would provide a latitude of control that may be missing from the AN1X's own panel. Or a Novation Remote SL which is similar but without the built in KS synthesizer.
Thanks for the suggestion. That's a nice looking controller.
Got my courage up, finally did battery and other surgery on the thing, just got done.
Pulled and did some cleaning on the pitch and mod wheels, they look new now, vacuumed out all dust devils, cleaned the back inside, reseated whatever would budge, hopefully didn't break any that wouldn't.
I pulled the ribbon controller, cleaned that off all around, reseated it, and zipped it all back up (no more dust surrounding that, looks new-ish), then cleaned the keyboard as best I could...a full teardown didn't seem advisable or needed. It's now a lot cleaner, but I think still has some kind of odor to it. Not sure if is from old soap, or the bubble wrap was smokey, or it's ganja residue in the dust from some prior owner that perked back up once the southern humidity got to it while cooped up during shipping in the truck.
Also pulled all knobs, cleaned and vacuumed out dust behind.
Ribbon controller X axis is reliably better now, Z pressure might be too...have to do more testing. I had unseated and re-attached the 5 band ribbon connector, and also the multi-connector on that board as well.
Old battery was 2.89 volts still, higher than I expected given the age. Got the new one at Target, only $4.50 or so. CR2450 Energizer, 2020 date.
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