Elektron Musical Instruments

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, Gene Schwartz <implode7@c...> 
wrote:
> 
> 
> > From: Joe Melnyk <jmelnyk@c...>
> > Reply-To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 23:46:40 -0400
> > To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [elektron] oh, I am so stupid
> > 
> > 
> > On May 26, 2004, at 11:10 PM, Gene Schwartz wrote:
> > 
> >> I glanced over at my Machinedrum, and I noticed that one of the 
knobs
> >> had
> >> somehow broken clean off.

A man after my own heart 

This happened to me (but this happened with 4 knobs)

What I did was try to lift the Knobs off the potentiometers so I 
could unscrew the aluminium face plate (there was some dirt behind 
the LCD which I wanted to blow out) 

Snap X 4

The knobs are extreamly tight on the pot shafts and when I tried to 
lift them with two equally spaced flat head screw drivers, they just 
Snapped off.

I am an electrical engineer so I knew this was a case of soldering 4 
new pots with complete shafts to the main board   :(


emailed elektron support and the guy there was extreamly helpful and 
sent me 4 new pots which I have since replaced and all is working 
well again.

Do not atempt to do this if your no good with a pro soldering iron 
and a solder pump, otherwise you'll be very upset (not an easy task)

email "DE" at support he is one helpful guy 


Jez 

p.s. this is the only complaint I have for the MD the knobs a 
fooking awful, to tight to the shafts and cheap looking. how about 
some nice pro knobs :)