![]() While opening the keyboard, an extra care should be taken not to break the aftertouch ribbon. Near the numeric LED is the “AFT”-marked aftertouch connector. The LEDs are shining through the buttons. Transparent color was chosen with the intent LEDs below the buttons remain visible.Īlthough the printing quality was relatively rough, the buttons look very nice when installed. ![]() This way, the lower part of the button cannot anymore find its way out of the keyboard. ![]() Here you see the old and a new button in comparison.The extent of the legs has been extended and the lower part of the button, too. As you see, it is not even glued to the switch. I ordered 12 new buttons 3-D printed for my keyboard (sorry, no files available). The current blog article is about replacing the buttons on the XBoard 49 keyboard. Listing the technical deficiencies now: the controller wheels are somewhat sticky (rubber starts to chemically disintegrate from the pitch bend wheel), then the aftertouch ribbon needs extra care while opening the keyboard (or it will be broken), but the most problematic issue is that the buttons have no glue applied and thus they tend to get loose and lost. The keys look a bit of yellowish (aging!) but hey, my initial goal was not to spend too much □ I only was able to find one key that generated somewhat weaker pressure – lets say straight: this is a good result for such an old keyboard. If stolen, I would be only moderately sorry and would hunt for another exemplarr, i.e. On the positive side are: the battery compartment with enough space to put in an extra set of the batteries and, a relatively low weight. First and most important – there are no program up/down buttons, a sequence of buttons have to be applied (Patch Select, Plus, Enter) to change the voice.The addendum programs for Windows XP and an old Mac aren’t suitable for me (a famous Linux-gay) but without these, one cannot use even 1/10 of the keyboard potential. I'll update a post on removing the yellow from keys if it works as well on mine as it did on his and turn everyone on to it.However, this keyboard is plagued by some weird design decisions. I'll have to dig it out as I haven't tried it yet and my keys are sure to need a cleaning again. It wasn't Novus as I originally thought as I believe he turned me onto a bottle of it. I won't buy it.īut as mentioned - a friend who is a true keyboardist turned me onto what he uses. It was great stuff - the new formula nothing like it. I only had one bottle of the original formula left. I had to run around to all the Auto Supply houses looking for the original version to finish out the windows. right in the middle of it the new version arrived at the stores. I know for a fact as I was in the middle of polishing out a number of acrylic windows on a sailboat that had yellowed. Hey BHayes9614 - Yup! The newer formula of Meguiar's PlastX is nothing like the old version. The control interface now completed along with half the keys. Interface done, control knobs put back on. Half way there, with control knobs removed. You can see below after removing the control knobs how different the right side is from middle C left side. is your one source for the best computer and electronics deals anywhere, anytime. It may be a little difficult to discern as I took all the pics with my phone in not the best of lighting. Buy the E-MU Xboard 25 USB MIDI Controller Keyboard at a super low price. Use it extremely sparingly, And rub it into the cloth first then apply it to the controller. Keep in mind it does not take much plastic cleaner. Judge how long your's will take depending on how completely you plan on cleaning and polishing yours. I did the whole thing, including in between and on the sides of the keys. Especially the keys.Īnd so you know, my 25 key controller took about an hour and a half to thoroughly clean and polish it. Looking around on the internet i noticed those for sale on Ebay such as the one seen below had also turned yellow. I hardly got a chance to use it and now it too has turned and started to disintegrate. But this time when I did, i noticed immediately, the whole thing had yellowed. I took it out again a few years back for again maybe all of a month before again boxing it up and putting it into ac storage.įast forward to the beginning of December 2016 I had an opportunity with a newly acquired PC that I turned into a DAW system, the one I'm typing on as a matter of fact, to again pull out my trusty E-MU XBoard 25. I may have had it out of the box all of a couple months before having to box it back up and put it in storage. I purchased Brand new a E-MU XBoard 25 midi controller keyboard back in 2007-2008. I never thought my Midi Control Keyboard would stand the same plight, but. I did a post a while back on how many things I bought that were made with plastic were disintegrating and turning into a gooey mess. If you've noticed the plastics on your Midi Controller keyboard and keys turning yellow, I just may have a solution to bring those yellowing keys back to pearly whites.
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