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Re: knobs getting 'stuck'

2003-02-27 by endlessnessisticman <endlessnessisticman

Sounds serious, maybe its the alcohol too.  Just kidding.  The smoke 
can be damaging.

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "buzzard2uk <nosebleed@a...>" 
<nosebleed@a...> wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> I seem to having trouble with my MD knobs, they don't seem to 
> be 'catching' very well at the moment, i mean, if 
> i'm turning 'knob C' the values don't increment correctly, 
> sometimes they even go backwards or just get stuck, 
> it's the same for the tempo knob, alot of the time the tempo goes 
> backwards when turning it clockwise, it gets 
> worse the faster you turn the knobs. i'm wondering if this has 
> happened to anybody else and if there's an easy fix for this, are 
> the knobs dirty underneath 
> and just need cleaning? I am playing out in smokey clubs alot 
> and wondering whether this is damaging the 
> knobs. 
> 
> Any quick help would be greatly appreciated as i'm playing an 
> important gig this weekend and would dearly love 
> to have this fixed ASAP.
> 
> Thanks,
> Steve.

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