Elektron Musical Instruments

> From: Joe Melnyk <jmelnyk@...>
> Reply-To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 23:46:40 -0400
> To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [elektron] oh, I am so stupid
> 
> 
> On May 26, 2004, at 11:10 PM, Gene Schwartz wrote:
> 
>> I glanced over at my Machinedrum, and I noticed that one of the knobs
>> had
>> somehow broken clean off.
> 
> what do you mean by this? do you mean that the knob came off of the
> encoder or
> that the encoder itself broke (snapped)?  I don't see how you can do
> the latter
> without realizing it (and the former is kind of difficult in the first
> place).
> 
Well, unfortunately, it's hard to tell at this point, and I'm entirely sure
what to look for. If it was the former, it should have fit back on pretty
easily, I thought, and it didn't seem to. All I know is that the knob was
laying next to the hole on the machine, so I can't say for sure what
happened - the only thing I can think of was that when somehow some cables
pushed against it while I was doing something else, but I really don't know.



> I wouldn't try messing with it too much, you could screw it up worse
> trying to
> remove the glue. Elektron has these encoders custom made and to my
> knowledge
> there are no others like them. so I doubt you'll find new ones unless
> you go through
> them. so there's two options:
> 1) contact Elektron and see if they'll okay you to repair your machine
> (if it's
> still under warranty) and send you the part, though I wouldn't count on
> this
> happening
> 2) send it in for repair (there's a facility in LA now; and I think
> you're in the
> states, right?)
> 
> good luck!
> Joe
> 

yeah - that's what I was afraid of. Well, it will give me a chance to get to
know my 309 a bit better...

Gene



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