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Re: [elektron] Elderly MD suffering arthritic knobs

2004-11-16 by Joseph Melnyk

On Nov 16, 2004, at 1:46 PM, machinedrum99 wrote:

>  My question is:  Does anybody have a trick solution for this 
> problem?  (Perhaps a blast of
>  compressed air or something?)  Or is it something better handled by 
> the surgeons at
>  Elektron?

I don't know of any tricks and neither did Elektron when one of
my encoders wore out after a few years.  you'll most likely have
to send it in for repair.  if you're brave and know how to do it, they
may let you make the repair yourself.

the way to test for falty encoders is to press FUNCTION when
powering up and then select "test mode."  there's an array of
lights that should move smoothly back and forth as you turn the
knob.  if lights are skipped when you turn it (or it moves in the wrong
direction), then there's certainly something wrong.

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