Repaired my ancient Yamaha RM1x, display flaws.....

I just repaired my old Yamaha RM1x Sequence Remixer. It is an ancient hardware MIDI sequencer. The display was faded and needed loads of time after start-up to be readable. A capacitor, worth 10 eurocents, solved the problem. I got this info from a youtube video, and only took me half an hour from uncabling to reconnect again - and everything in between.

It is good fun to keep old stuff alive, and I have some resistors and capacitors on stock at home for small repairs and building guitar fx pedals (as the kits sometimes miss stuff in it).

So, I'm a happy satisfied man again, and no I do not take repairs for others as I do not really know what I'm doing - just following the vids on youtube, like everybody can......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVXShFUsXTU for the video how to repair this issue on a RM1x.

Lol, not that ancient compared to my Firstman SQ01 or my MC500, or my Korg SQD1 etc etc, but anyway, one of the finest hardware sequencers ever made, especially if you're into 'constructing' rather than 'performing'.
Pretty much the same workflow as the RS7000, QY700/300.

I'm thinking of putting an OLED replacement into mine (my fourth since 1993) and replacing the floppy with the HxC USB drive.
At least it doesn't suffer from Akai's midi note-off BS

The fourth? Oh wow, you must be addicted to them!

Is the OLED mod expensive, and is it a huge improvement. And in what it is an improvement, I guess the RM1x display will still be monochrome?

But is the lifespan longer, although mine does it already 25 years at cost of one capacitor of 10 cent in Euro’s……. This is the only repair ever done. I once ordered a complete pack of switches for the unit, but for me it is to much of a job to replace them all.

Nowadays, I sample sounds from my RM1x and my Korg N1 synth, and make drumracks from it or key groups, depending if it is a drum sound or a synth sound.

This way I avoid having to much audio tracks in the end from all the external MIDI stuff.

My RM1x and Korg N1 are permanently attached to the Force thru a Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 3rd gen audio interface and an ESI MIDI interface. The Akai Force “stole” the interfaces from my music PC with Reason 12 and Ableton Live 10 suite on it. Yesterday I ordered a new audio interface for the PC: a Presonus Studio 24c. The Presonus will be attached to the Focusrite too, so I can sample soft synths from Reason and other VST synth stuff.

I do not compose anymore on the PC, only on the Akai Force, as it’s workflow is more friendly. If I have finished the unfinished songs on the PC, it could be that I am going to sell my Ableton Push2 controller. Safe me some desks pace again.

For now, greetings from The Netherlands and see you around here!

I think the OLEDs are in the region of €100+, so yes, pricey, but I think maybe better in all lighting, better contrast too.
Mine is hooked up via a Presonus Studiolive USB, like you for final touches.
The beauty of the hardware sequencer is immediacy, once you create a 'part', you pretty much move on to the next, and before you know it you have a complete creation.
DAWs offer so many rabbit holes it gets in the way.

Neurone wrote:The beauty of the hardware sequencer is immediacy, once you create a 'part', you pretty much move on to the next, and before you know it you have a complete creation.
DAWs offer so many rabbit holes it gets in the way.

So true, and I like hardware control too, not working with a mouse all day, but a hands on experience!