Broken cursor-button.

I had the whole day free and was looking forward to make some new tracks, SUDDENLY my right cursor button stops responding. I opened my mpc to check if something was loose, but the button looked and felt exactly like the other cursor buttons, damage free. Is this a common problem? Because it really sucks ass... i've only owned this piece for less than half a year! I've taken really good care of it. The button was acting weird a month ago, I had to press it hard for it to respond, but now its completely dead.

What can i do? This is a really small and stupid thing, but it's impossible to use the mpc without it. I don't want to try to solder this thing, mainly because my soldering skills are non-existant.

I talked to a guy at my local music store, he looked confused when i asked if he knew what an mpc was. Obviously he had no idea.

How "nonexistant" are your soldering skills? Mine are pretty minimal, and I was able to replace the "cursor down" button when it stopped working. My MPC1000 was just half year old, they start failing so quickly! Soon I might need to do the same with the MODE button, it works about 50% of the time now. When I do, I can photo the whole process and post a mini-tutorial.

Try opening it and cleaning the tact switch of the button. A can of compressed air worked for me. You be surprised how much dust you would find. Works for me.