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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1574.1 | My friends call *me* stonehands | DYO780::SCHAFER | Brad ... DTN 433-2408 | Thu Jul 28 1988 16:39 | 5 |
| >the top panel of the Mirage is blistering ...
No doubt from your awesome technique, eh?
&*}
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| 1574.2 | which Mirage action you talkin' 'bout? | LOLITA::DIORIO | | Thu Jul 28 1988 16:47 | 3 |
| Edd do you have one of the real old Mirages (black buttons on keypad)?
Mike
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| 1574.3 | I ain't all that hot.... | JAWS::COTE | feelin' kinda hyper... | Thu Jul 28 1988 16:48 | 17 |
| > awesome technique....
I wish...(although I'm wondering if all those knuckle-slides
during Good Lovin' might have something to do with the lateral
movement in the keys....)
Actually, the paint is orange-peeling, blistering, and chipping
slightly on both the silk-screened upper panel and the smaller
one over the disk drive.
The drive cover is easy to remove. That'll get painted this weekend.
The main cover is just as easy to remove but I'd lose the graphics
if I painted it myself. I hopefully can by a new one fairly cheaply
from Ensoniq *if* they have any. My Mirage is one of the early models.
Edd
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| 1574.4 | Yep... | JAWS::COTE | feelin' kinda hyper... | Thu Jul 28 1988 16:49 | 5 |
| re: .2
That's the one....
Edd
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| 1574.6 | Are you sure it's a problem?? | LOLITA::DIORIO | | Thu Jul 28 1988 16:55 | 8 |
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I had one of those as a loaner while mine was being modified, and
I got the impression that a certain amount of that lateral travel
was "normal" for that particular keyboad action. Also, I had heard
so much about the "sponginess" of that keyboard, that I was pleasantly
surprised that it wasn't as "spongy" as I thought it would be.
Mike
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| 1574.7 | | SALSA::MOELLER | DECblocks Product Support | Thu Jul 28 1988 17:00 | 16 |
| re keys' 'lateral movement':
If this was an acoustic piano I'd say the vertical slot that each
key pivots on needs refelting.
>All the keys appear to have approximately the same feel. This makes
>me believe that there is a small number of parts/adjustments that
>may be outta whack and (if such parameters exist) adjusting them
>should affect all the keys equally.
Not likely.. you can't escape having SOME individual pivoting and
triggering mechanism per key. However, if that were true, then
just some of the most-used keys would be sloppy, not all. Ah well.
karl
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| 1574.8 | Maybe virtual vertical slot needs to be booted? | JAWS::COTE | feelin' kinda hyper... | Thu Jul 28 1988 17:16 | 19 |
| Karl, ya just re-stated what I attempted to say...
I figure there might be 2 kinds of adjustments, if any. Key-specific,
which I'd look for if it was only some of the keys. (Probably the
most used keys if I was looking for a wear problem). The second
set would be 'Global'; something that adjusts the action of the entire
keyboard.
I figure the 'Global' adjustment (once again, I don't *know* what's
in there yet) would have a small number of parts when compared to
the individual key adjustments, which would be duplicated for every
key....
To be honest, I don't know if the lateral movement is truly new
or only newly noticed... Can't hurt (ha!) to take a look inside....
Mike, I agree, some movement is normal; this seems maybe abnormal...
Edd (who_is_so_used_to_the_spongey_keyboard_he_actually_likes_it)
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| 1574.9 | A neophyte's reply | DRFIX::HENNESSY | | Thu Jul 28 1988 18:00 | 21 |
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< A neophyte reply on keyboard action>
I am a complete beginner at keyboards but I do like my Roland
midi controller's action.
The action is "lighter" than a piano but it is still heavier than
some others, the "y" ones in particular.
The keys are very accurate, and to my hand very even from one end
to the other.
I fell in love with it the first time I touched it, in fact that
drove my purchase decision.
I tried all of the others and with the exception of the ROLAND
RD300 piano I like the one I have.
Actions are like speakers, beautiful women, etc. very personal.
Rich.
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| 1574.10 | which roland? | HPSRAD::NORCROSS | | Thu Jul 28 1988 18:07 | 6 |
| > I am a complete beginner at keyboards but I do like my Roland
> midi controller's action.
So which Roland controller is this?
/Mitch
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| 1574.11 | Be very careful. | PANGLS::BAILEY | | Thu Jul 28 1988 21:07 | 12 |
| The keyboard on my four year old DX7 looks like the rolling hills
of West Virginia because the felt bar which catches the hooks which
protrude from the bottoms of the keys is folded and mashed in various
places. This also causes some of them to clunk a bit more than
others.
I have tried to fix this, but it wasn't easy. For my money, doing
anything to sixty individual keys is a job better done by somebody
who gets paid to be bored all day. Also, I have seen several cases
where the ``repair job'' caused things to be much worse.
Steph
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| 1574.12 | Mirage Loose Key Adjustments... | JAWS::COTE | Tyffany Roooolz! | Fri Jul 29 1988 19:41 | 49 |
| Fixed it.
How to do...
(1) Remove the 5 allen head screws the hold the large
silk-screened cover down. Be carefull, they're short.
(2) Gently lift the cover from the front. It's hinged in
the back. When you lift it, the volume slider, keypad,
LEDS, etc. come with it. Nice. No unmounting of anything.
This will expose the entire key assembly.
(4) The back of each key has a slot in it. Mounted below
keyslot is a long spring steel mechanism with a number
of springy tangs, one for each key. This tang is the
only thing that effects the action other than the
keybed. The tang is inserted into the slot of the key
and clicks over a single ratchet.
|-|-----------------------
|_|___________ | Key Front
| |___________|
Tang---> |____________X____X_____ Keybed
^ ^
velocity sensors
(5) Gently press the tang towards the front of the machine while *lightly*
lifting the key. As soon as the key releases, pull it forward and
off the guide pin that looks like this...
|-----------|
| _______|
|___|
(6) Once you get the key off (2 seconds to remove once you figure it
out), gently press the tang backwards. CAREFULL!!! Break it and
you're dead meat. To be honest tho, you'll have a hell of a time
breaking it. This steel is pretty strong.
(7) To reassemble, slide the key back over the guide pin. Lift the
back of the key and slide it down on the tang. Pulling the key
forward makes getting the tang to clip over the ratchet *much*
easier. Just pull forward lightly and *click*....
The whole operation shouldn't take more than 45 minutes. Made a
world of difference.
Edd
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