Thanks, I'll give that a shot. As far as the damaged key, I guess I am lucky it's the very bottom note. Probably will mostly use it with a midi controller too anyway.
Jeremy
--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, Tommy Priakos <tpriakos@...> wrote:
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> Dear Cap'n:
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> You can probably clean the contacts underneath the tentacle-like key pads to get those unresponsive notes playing again.
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> Sorry to hear about your low C. They're a bit difficult to replace. If you find a good source to replace the key, please let us know.
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> --- On Tue, 3/31/09, Jeremy Campbell <captainjc@...> wrote:
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> From: Jeremy Campbell <captainjc@...>
> Subject: [emulatorII-list] Re: Proud New Owner! (shipping an EII)
> To: emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 9:28 AM
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> Thanks for all the advice! It arrived today. Powered it on and it seems to have weathered the trip okay - disks load, sounds play, etc. There is a slight ding at the bottom right corner of the case, but not too noticable, and indeed the lowest 'c' key is damaged (one side of the plastic inside by the spring cracked off). Other than that, when I powered it on, two of the keys weren't triggering. After playing it a bit it's only 1 now. A few if the keys seem to have issues with either level or velocity sensitivity. All of this seems pretty minor though and none of it is a problem if I am triggering via midi.
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> All in all, disaster averted, but I guess I could have done a better job with the packing. A bit of a shame.
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> Either way I'm going to have a hard time getting any work done today with it sitting there beckoning me :)
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> Jeremy
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> --- In emulatorII-list@ yahoogroups. com, "Jeremy Campbell" <captainjc@ ..> wrote:
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> > Thanks for all the suggestions guys. It's in the mail and my fingers are crossed!
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> > Jeremy
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> > --- In emulatorII-list@ yahoogroups. com, Tommy Priakos <tpriakos@> wrote:
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> > > Yes, indeed, protect those keys! The top and bottom keys are the most susceptible to harm during transport, so you should probably take those out, and keep them well wrapped so the springs don't go walkies.
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> > > Years ago my Emu had been shipped back from Emu in California, then to Dallas were I left it for repairs, and then I drove down from Arkansas to pick my EII up.
> > > When I got it back, I noticed the top and bottom keys were kind of lop-sided.
> > > When I pulled them out to examine them, there were chips missing off the back end.
> > > For years now I've been searching for replacements, to no avail.
> > > When pressing on those keys, they didn't spring back up, so I would have to lift them up with my fingers to stop the note from sounding (if it was a looped sample).
> > > The solution to this inconvenience came when I remembered I had some spare keys from some other keyboard when I used to live in Memphis that were about the same thickness of plastic as the emu keys, and so I whittled away on them with a letraset knife until they sort of matched the missing chipped-off bits. I even had to whittle in the teeth that catch on either side of the keyboard frame! After some sanding down and superglue my keys are pretty close to being "good as new".
> > > I was never so proud of myself on this DIY project!
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> > > When you get it to New York, make sure none of the circuit boards have gotten loose during transit either.
> > > After packing up from a gig last month, I heard a screw rolling around. I couldn't find where it had fallen out after the rolling sound had stopped.
> > > At the next gig, my fuse blew. I had an hour to go before we were to start, and after going to four places finally found the proper fuse. It came in a two-pack. BOTH of those blew.
> > > I had to play my emu parts on another keyboard that night, but when I got home to see what had happened the PSU board was swiveling around on one screw. All the other three that hold this board in place were gone!
> > > So be sure and check that out as well.
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> > > Hope this gets to you before it makes its journey.
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> > > Tommy
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> > > --- On Mon, 3/23/09, sm papke <mothrecords@ > wrote:
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> > > Subject: Re: [emulatorII- list] Proud New Owner! (shipping an EII)
> > > To: emulatorII-list@ yahoogroups. com
> > > Date: Monday, March 23, 2009, 12:19 AM
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> > > cheers, emulator_island
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> > > --- On Sun, 3/22/09, Jeremy Campbell <captainjc@gmail. com> wrote:
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> > > > From: Jeremy Campbell <captainjc@gmail. com>
> > > > Subject: [emulatorII- list] Proud New Owner! (shipping an EII)
> > > > To: emulatorII-list@ yahoogroups. com
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> > > > Thanks Brent!
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