pitch problem with the joystck

mattsmusika · Post by **mattsmusika** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:46 am

Hi guys, I'm a new memeber
My korg goes out of tune because of the pitch bend being loose. I had this problem before and got it repaired (thank you 90 day warranty). Well the waranty is up now and I have the problem agian.

Could there be a problem with my korg?
Can I fix this problem myself?
Can I get a stronger spring?

Honestly, I go alittle hard on it due to my playing style, but personaly I don't feel that it's so hard that it should be breaking every few months.

Any help please?

Thanks

Stephen · Post by **Stephen** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:28 am

Some have ventured to fix it themselves, but I would never have the balls to open my keyboards up.
The Triton series joystick is somewhat notorious for being delicate, so you might want to keep that in mind when you're doing "your style", it'll save you headaches in the future.
Good luck.

mattsmusika · Post by **mattsmusika** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:50 pm

Thanks alot for the advice. If you know of any other keyboards with the quality and variety of sounds as the triton with a stronger joystick I'd love to know about them. I have a strong arabic influence on my style and I use the joystick to emphasize that influence.

Thanks agian

KrzysiekK · Post by **KrzysiekK** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:30 pm

Stephen wrote:Some have ventured to fix it themselves, but I would never have the balls to open my keyboards up.
The Triton series joystick is somewhat notorious for being delicate, so you might want to keep that in mind when you're doing "your style", it'll save you headaches in the future.
Good luck.

Yes, I have a feeling a joystick is worst part in my Triton. It seems to be assembled of loose parts because it makes noises as I play RH2 weighted keys. And now that sick damage (pitchbend messages mixed with mod/breath)... going to service, hopefully this week. This is the third damage since I bought it (few months ago), I am loosing trust to it. Frustrating thing is that the damage was not caused by mechanical abuse - I simply turned TEX on and bah! I never move it from my studio (except for mentioned servicing). I am thinking of opening it myself though (as I did before with friend when soldering broken input level potentiometer), but now it seems like a problem with electronics (let me mention there is NO authorized Korg service in my country). Hopefully fixing this (if possible) won't cost me a lot.

Krzysiek

tomleitch · Post by **tomleitch** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:26 pm

The stick is easy to get at - just remove the metal panel on the back and you can see the insides (although this will void your warranty if you still have one). But if not then there's not really much you can do wrong, you don't have to take any of the insides apart to get at the stick.

In design the stick is fairly simple so you should be able to see if anything is wrong.

Another option is to use a separate midi controller to control your pitch bending.

mattsmusika · Post by **mattsmusika** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:53 pm

Cool! Thanks alot man. I'll definatly keep that in mind. Right now I have an extended warranty and I don't wanna mess that up so I'll have to send it in agian.

And as for the midi controller idea, I actually was thinking about that but $$ is WAY too tight for that, But thank you so much for the advice. It'll definatly come in handy in the future.