...this was the problem! I moved the
joystick to a different position
and everything worked again.
I will
try to clean it (should I use the dry or wet type of contact
cleaner?) but
for now the problem (a patch for sequencing) is
solved.
If it is like mine and I remember correctly........
You should have a cone shaped hole with the stick in the
center...
Inside under the casing there is a free moving plastic, rubber, or
metal square plate (I forgot what it is made of). A hole is drilled in the
center of it, and the 'stick' pokes through this center hole. It is to
works as a 'splash-guard' or to try to keep garbage out of and away
from the inside of the joystick.
First: I'd go with the dry
cleaning... take a vaccume and move the joystick all over while sucking any
crumbs or hairs that might be floating on the pad/plate. See if it dose the
trick?
Second: Take
a really bright light and slowly move the joystick around to see if there
is any sticky pop/beer that may have split onto the plate (gumming it
up). IF you find a spot or even if you don't, but you can feel it's a bit
sluggish in areas, UNPLUG IT.... take a Q-tip with a small amount of rubbing
alcohol on it. hold it in one spot so it makes contact with the plate ( put
the Q-tip at 12:00 as if it was a clock dial), and move the stick all
over the place. Check the Q-tip to see how much gunk you have on it.
If it's dirty at all change Q-tips, move clock wise (about 5 min./ 1 hour
spacing). and repeat until you get all the way back to the 12:00 mark.
Remember to use small amounts of rubbing alcohol. You
will end up over lapping the same 'areas of the plate' a lot if you move
around the opening like I recommended in hourly intervals (if the joystick was a
clock). Wait a few hours, or If you dont like waiting take a hair
dryer to it. But make sure you have not made it so wet as to cause the
alcohol to run off the plate and drip onto the inside circuit board.
If you did use a lot, which I might be inclined to do myself... don't plug it
back in for at least a day or two. (I don't want to recommend something and
have you screw up your synth!!!). After a day or so give it a try and
see if this fixes it!
Third: While your waiting for it to
dry USE IT... and play with it a lot!!!! UP/DOWN/Left/Right/ top corners/
bottom corners, in an 'X' pattern, and don't forget the ever fun
'Round-About' over and over for a long time... heheh sit and watch TV and
just keep moving it around for an hour or so. IF it is carbon perhaps you can
ware it off. If it dry and thats a no GO!
........Next would be to open the case. YUK! If you have a way
to dump your patches to card or computer, dump both the banks, and the single
patches. Some where on here there is a posting on how to change the
battery, and which one to buy. You might as well get a new one, and replace
it if you going to open the thing up! If you do open it up keep the vaccume
handy... you'll be amazed as to how much crap gets inside those
things. If I remember correctly the bottom unscrews (a copple on the back)
and it lifts off. And for some reason I remember it being a pain in the
butt to get to the 'top' side of the circuit board. I dont remember why, but it
just was not as much fun as it sounded when I started my project.
There was something that I just didn't expect and it was not fun... maybe it was
ribbon cables or all kinds of connectors I forgot what it was. Ohh..
it was cleaning the key pad rubbers! When your looking in the phone book
for a place that sells the correct battery, also look for an electronic supply
store. When your there ask them for there best advice as to what they have or
what you can use to 'spray' inside a POT (or potentiomiter) that will clean off
the the carbon with out needing to take apart the joystick or the
'potentiomiters.' You want something that is NON=CAROSIVE and will
evaperate clean and quickly. A long time ago in the USA they sold a
product called 'BLAST'. I'm not sure if they sell it any more. It was
liquid eathely-nitrite, and when sprayed into a rag and inhaled causes one
hell of a high, at least until the head-ache set in . Kids were using it to much and I
think it was outlawed..... but you can now find it behind the counter at sex
shops (sex world), that along, with rush, jungle juice, and all the other
'poppers' from the 70's. But get it from a real electronic store or what
ever they recommend is the best stuff to use... Get the best stuff because you
don't want to have to take the synth apart again unless you have
to.
WHAT IS A JOYSTICK, and how the heck do I
clean it???: Once you get inside the synth, unscrew
the stick and lift off the plate. vaccum out anything that may have fallen under
the plate. The joystick itself will more then likely be a plastic cube. Stick
coming out of the top, and two round metal things attached to it. These will be
90 degrees from each other not across from each other. These are the 'POTs'
(potentiomitors), and what are causing the problem. The spray you have
should come with a small straw, find a hole around the casing of the
pots, and spray the heck out of it... then quickly start moving the
joystick around and all over. The stuff will usually evaporate very
fast... so repeat it often with each of the 'pots' one at a time.
Replace the battery, put it back together, and hope
that it's clean enough. not to cause any further problems. IF this
don't do the trick... you can opt to get the specs on the joy-stick and replace
it your self if you feel comfortable with a soldering gun. -or- 2. if you can
figure out if it's the up/down 'POT' or the LEFT/RIGHT 'POT', and it bothers
you enough to go back in.... I can explain how to dismantle the actual
'pots' and use the spray and a ladies fingernail file or a match book
strike pad to polish all the carbon off the contacts.
To tell you the truth, if the joystick only acts up in one
very small area.... and the first 3 options don't fix it.... Id be to lazy
to worry about it... as long as you can move it to a location to not cause the
problem while setting the banks/sound patches.... Is there any reason to
use the joystick? when actually playing the synth???? hummm... I don't
think I have ever used it for anything other then to move/jump around the menus
while changing the settings
TO ANYONE OUT THERE>>>>>......... Please add anything
to THIS post if you have any other quick fixes for our friend from
Italy.
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In addition; TO ANYONE OUT
THERE>>>>>
I have really started to wonder...... Is there a use for the
joystick on a k1 or k1-][ other then for jumping through the
settings/menus??? Im talking about during playing/using the
keyboard?????? hummm this really has me wondering what other functions can
be assigned to it??? If you have any experience on this
please post it in a new thread... I'd really like to
know how, and what you have done with it. I'd post it in a new thread
myself, but frankly... it's been years since I have been to
SpamY-AHhooooooOOOooooooo I'm not even sure what my log in is, password, and how
I would even find this kawai site anymore.... I read every posting that
finds my mail box, but I kind of gave up on the place when no-one could/would
recommend a great patch/bank/tone editor for the K1-][ and the PC. I did have
one YEARS ago that you could actually use the mouse to create the wave forms for
the sound patches. Dump the multi banks, all the patches, or a single bank or a
single patch, rename, move, copy, edit effects, etc..... It did it all and
it was slick...... but that program crashed and My bars and pipes (MIDI
software) also started acting up when I upgraded my Old amiga 2500 from work
bench 1.3 to OS 2.0. I was very sad that day! It must have been in 1992 or
around there.
