Re: [Finale] OT-Non-responsive MIDI keys
Yes. Go to Radio Shack and find a spray can of Color TV Tuner Cleaner. I have used that spray to take the static out of volume controls on my stereo and to clean and lube a few of the keys on an old computer. On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Henry Howey wrote: A couple of keys on my EDIROL PCR-31 keyboard are not making a circuit. Is there a spray or other means to (I assume) de-oxidize the contacts for a better response? -- Henry Howey, D.M.A. Professor of Music Sam Houston State University Box 2208 Huntsville, TX 77341 (936) 294-1364 http://www.shsu.edu/~music/faculty/howey.html Owner of FINALE Discussion List ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] OT-Non-responsive MIDI keys
A couple of keys on my EDIROL PCR-31 keyboard are not making a circuit. Is there a spray or other means to (I assume) de-oxidize the contacts for a better response? -- Henry Howey, D.M.A. Professor of Music Sam Houston State University Box 2208 Huntsville, TX 77341 (936) 294-1364 http://www.shsu.edu/~music/faculty/howey.html Owner of FINALE Discussion List ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT-Non-responsive MIDI keys
On Feb 28, 2005, at 10:11 AM, Henry Howey wrote: A couple of keys on my EDIROL PCR-31 keyboard are not making a circuit. Is there a spray or other means to (I assume) de-oxidize the contacts for a better response? -- I don't know what kind of key contacts are on the Edirol, but there are two basic kinds: metal leaf switches and rubber domes. If yours has metal leaf switches, then a spray contact cleaner (available at any electronics store) may work. You would have to open it up to expose the contacts, which may be quite a job. If you have rubber dome switches, the spray will not only not do any good, but will accelerate the decay of the rubber and might make a whole section inoperable. It's possible that the problem is electronic, rather than mechanical. There is a pattern to how the keys are laid out in the circuit board, and if a number of keys stopped working at the same time (even ones that are not adjacent) then perhaps a diode somewhere went south on you, or there is a broken solder joint. I'm handy with a solder gun and volt-ohm-milliammeter, but this one would be beyond me. Experts only at this point. Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
