Experienced & Techy MPC Users: Need to fix Q Sliders/Cursers

A while back i had sent my MPC in to get new pad replacements free of charge under warranty by Akai.

Once I got my MP back the pads felt great but then I noticed my Q Sliders were inoperative in TRIM now. This **** pissed me off royal. The tards also put my record and volume knobs on backwards...lol...That ones not a biggy since its really just the same knob with different colored lines (red, white).....but the Q sliders a big one for me since I appreciated using them quite a bit in TRIM.

Also, Id say after a good 1/2 a year later from the time i got my pads replaced my buttons and logic board seem to suck even more then before i sent my shit in?!...For example, by curser buttons are way less responsive now and my mode button is starting to suck balls too. (Mind you, im very nice to my MPC and take very good care of it.)

So in closing, for the longest time Ive been contemplating taking it apart to see if anything can be fixed, etc to make the buttons work better and the sliders work again in TRIM, but im just too afraid of **** an otherwise perfectly working machine into a vegetable.

If any of you have experience with fixing these kinds of problems yourself or know what might be going with the Q Sliders or Buttons please leave a response in this thread.

Thanks,
Brown

The knobs should pull right off with a careful amount of pressure.

Have you taken off the case to look to see if there any obstructions are in the areas you are having issues with?

There is a link on the forums for the service manual which will show you the screws to take off to get inside the MPC 1000. Just make sure your unit is unplugged when you are working on it.

i would also like to know how to fix the q slider, the first fine is getting crazy on me.

U need to order one of these:




Needs some soldering/unsoldering

Had the same problem and did order one about a year ago, but still haven't found 'time' to fix it.