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2013-06-13 by phammer123
Hi, I recently bought a Roland D-5 for $80. It has issues. I have to hold down the patch buttons, for a few seconds, for the patch to kick in. Also one button just caved in on me. I have a brother in law who is an electronics tech. Can we open this thing up and replace the patch buttons? Can we rig them? Pham.
2013-06-14 by Roger J
I did a D5 recently. Roland US has no replacement buttons. The real issue is the switches under the button, called tac switches, short for tactile. They are available from Roland or other sources. When they fail to make good contact, pressing harder makes them work, but damages the plastic hing buttons. I would recommend that you replace them all, they cost 25 cents each or less. Try Roland in Europe, as sometimes they have things not available here. R
>________________________________ > From: phammer123 <petercourthampton@...> >To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 1:32 PM >Subject: [vintagesynthrepair] Roland D-5 Issues > > > > >Hi, > >I recently bought a Roland D-5 for $80. It has issues. I have to hold down the patch buttons, for a few seconds, for the patch to kick in. Also one button just caved in on me. I have a brother in law who is an electronics tech. Can we open this thing up and replace the patch buttons? Can we rig them? > >Pham. > > > > >
2013-06-14 by PeWe
\ufffdI did a D5 recently.\ufffd Roland US has no replacement buttons.\ufffd The real issue is the switches under the button, called tac switches, short for tactile.\ufffd They are available from Roland or other sources. \ufffd When they fail to make good contact, pressing harder makes them work, but damages the plastic hing buttons. \ufffd I would recommend that you replace them all, they cost 25 cents each or less.\ufffd Try Roland in Europe, as sometimes they have things not available here.\ufffd
\ufffdR
From: phammer123
To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 1:32 PM
Subject: [vintagesynthrepair] Roland D-5 Issues
\ufffdHi,
I recently bought a Roland D-5 for $80. It has issues. I have to hold down the patch buttons, for a few seconds, for the patch to kick in. Also one button just caved in on me. I have a brother in law who is an electronics tech. Can we open this thing up and replace the patch buttons? Can we rig them?
Pham.
2013-06-19 by phammer123
Thanks sorry for the late reply had trouble logging in again. I saw some tactile switches on Mouser. They were much cheaper than getting them from Roland. Does anyone know what type the D-5 takes? --- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, PeWe <ha-pewe@...> wrote:
> > > Try / observe "Vintage Planet" too ... > > Ebay shop > <http://www.ebay.de/sch/vintage_planet/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25&_trksid=p3984.m1543.l2654> > > Vintage Planet <http://www.vintageplanet.nl/index.html> > > It�s temporary closed because of illness but you might have a chance > contacting Senzo next week again. > Lot�s of Roland tact switches work in several different models, so if > there aren�t dedicated D-5 tact switches available, that doesn�t mean > others won�t work. > > I replaced all tact switches in Yammy DX7mkII FD, Roland D550 and > Oberheim XK and all were basicly Omron tactile switches and worked w/ > the original switch-caps. > There�s a great chance D-5 switches are the same than in D10, D20, D110 > or even D50/550 models. > > P. > > Am 14.06.2013 05:46, schrieb Roger J: > > I did a D5 recently. Roland US has no replacement buttons. The real > > issue is the switches under the button, called tac switches, short for > > tactile. They are available from Roland or other sources. When they > > fail to make good contact, pressing harder makes them work, but > > damages the plastic hing buttons. I would recommend that you replace > > them all, they cost 25 cents each or less. Try Roland in Europe, as > > sometimes they have things not available here. > > R > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* phammer123 <petercourthampton@...> > > *To:* vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com > > *Sent:* Thursday, June 13, 2013 1:32 PM > > *Subject:* [vintagesynthrepair] Roland D-5 Issues > > > > Hi, > > > > I recently bought a Roland D-5 for $80. It has issues. I have to > > hold down the patch buttons, for a few seconds, for the patch to > > kick in. Also one button just caved in on me. I have a brother in > > law who is an electronics tech. Can we open this thing up and > > replace the patch buttons? Can we rig them? > > > > Pham. > > > > >