K5synth

Hey my Backlight and Inverter still work great! (but a few of my keys 
are not so well, thank goodness for Midi.)

I recently got a K5000s - both these boards are very cool. 



--- In k5synth@yahoogroups.com, "antdes45" <antdes45@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone, 
> 
> I've got other news: there are a few updates to work on about
> reconditioning the K5, since our last discussion about this are as 
old
> as 2004. 
> 
> First, I just noticed that Night Launch (http://nightlaunch.com/)
> doesn't exist anymore. Sadly, they were the only cheap LCD backlight
> source we had. Fortunately, I think I found a replacement, which is
> probably the exact thing Night Launch was selling. It's called
> Flatlite, it's an EL light in a roll, and can be bought by the foot 
at
> http://luminousfilm.com/ . At about $15/ft, it's probably the 
cheapest
> option available, considering places like Telesis sell the K5
> backlight for about $35. There seem to be quite a few colors 
available
> as well.
> 
> Now, for those that also need a new inverter, there's one available
> for about $10 from DigiKey. You can read more details about Jeffrey
> Nelson's experience here :
> http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/k5synth/message/307 
> http://www.kfuenf.org/en/k5_hackpage.html
> 
> That's all!
> Antoine
>