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mwvdlee ·
I just went to the local second hand store to get some wood for garden furniture I'm making when suddenly a keyboard caught my eye. It said "master keyboard" on it, which is probably why they sold it for only €8; plug a headset in one of the phono jacks and it doesn't work. The phono jacks are pedal inputs though and hooked up to an old power supply I had and a Midi cable, it works 🙂 Nice!
It doesn't work quite perfectly though; it mostly seems to send aftertouch messages, but not the actual notes themselves. Quite possibly I'm doing something wrong, but the manual is pretty thin. Perhaps it needs some hardware tinkering, but it seems to be in a somewhat working state nonetheless. If I can get it to work properly, I've gotten myself a dirt cheap master keyboard of decent quality 🙂 If not then atleast I have a bunch of additional midi switches to toy around with.
AngularMomentum ·
On ebay they are still going for around 100 bucks, dirt cheap indeed. Did you clean everything out? Maybe that will make the contacts for note on/off work again...I surrely hope so!! 🙂
mwvdlee ·
AngularMomentum wrote: On ebay they are still going for around 100 bucks, dirt cheap indeed. Did you clean everything out? Maybe that will make the contacts for note on/off work again...I surrely hope so!! 🙂
It does seem to send note on/off correctly for the aftertouch, just not for the initial touch.
I've taken it apart and the keyboard and cables are all okay. The issue seems to be on the PCB somewhere. Shouldn't be hard to fix if I can figure out what component is causing it, but visually nothing looks broken/burned. I'll have to sit down some time to check all the connections I guess.
electrogear ·
Used to have one myself, not a bad controller. Mine was weighted hammer action but I didn't like it, didn't feel like a piano to me. I think I sold it for £180. That was 5 years ago...
Good luck with the repair!
2nvu ·
mwvdlee wrote: I just went to the local second hand store to get some wood for garden furniture I'm making when suddenly a keyboard caught my eye. It said "master keyboard" on it, which is probably why they sold it for only €8; plug a headset in one of the phono jacks and it doesn't work. The phono jacks are pedal inputs though and hooked up to an old power supply I had and a Midi cable, it works 🙂 Nice!
It doesn't work quite perfectly though; it mostly seems to send aftertouch messages, but not the actual notes themselves. Quite possibly I'm doing something wrong, but the manual is pretty thin. Perhaps it needs some hardware tinkering, but it seems to be in a somewhat working state nonetheless. If I can get it to work properly, I've gotten myself a dirt cheap master keyboard of decent quality 🙂 If not then atleast I have a bunch of additional midi switches to toy around with.
Hahaha thats a cool story , 8 quid for a MidiKeyboard, gud on you Sir..... 😀 get it to work properly, then take it to a Carbboot sale Next week' sell it for 25 quid ,then go & buy yourself an even better Midikeyboard, you could work your way up to a Roland or Korg,,, lol 😉
aliasant ·
Lol
I missed this post.
Did you ever get that midi keyboard to work????
mwvdlee ·
aliasant wrote: Did you ever get that midi keyboard to work????
Not quite yet.
I've only done some basics though; check wires, cables, resistors, etc.
Seems that the problem may be in one of the IC's, in which case it may be more expensive than I'm willing to pay.
aliasant ·
mwvdlee wrote:
aliasant wrote: Did you ever get that midi keyboard to work????
Not quite yet.
I've only done some basics though; check wires, cables, resistors, etc.
Seems that the problem may be in one of the IC's, in which case it may be more expensive than I'm willing to pay.
Ouch
I bet it would look pretty on the wall over your bed?
🙂
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