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Subject: Re: [DW8000] Re: Introduction and yet another Moog Slayer Poly 800 :)

From: fx maletras <fx_maletras@...>
Date: 2005-04-02

--- Bob Rossa <rrossa3005@...> wrote:
>
> I sold someone a poly61 13 years ago.
> Many keys didn't work.
> I took it apart, cleaned the key pads and contacts
> with q-tips and alcohol and they all work perfectly
> now. I have to change the battery which is
> amazingly still working fine.

The keys on mine are beyond redemption after too many
alcoholic clean-ups. Now, I only have 3 or 4 working
keys!!! This dead key problem is a real curse. The
keys are the most important and vulnerable external
part on a synth.
In my view, this was a real design fault from Korg.
At the time, Roland made a much better decision by
using proper metal/metal contacts on the Junos. I have
had a juno6 for donkeys years and never ever had once
a sinlge bad key. It just does the job a hell lot
better than stupid carbon rubbers.



It makes an otherwise ∗not so bad∗ keyboard into a
completely useless, unwanted Must buy the carbon-paste
repair kit thingy.







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