Re-soldering underbuttons.

I just swapped all my locate underbuttons with my record/play rows.

swapped my disk button for my program button

and I still need to pick one to swap for my f1 button.



Everything is more enjoyable now... but I say a post about cleaning the contacts?

whats up with that?



~Grub

post before and after pics please

can we have a gash shot to polease

The Grublet wrote:I just swapped all my locate underbuttons with my record/play rows.

swapped my disk button for my program button

and I still need to pick one to swap for my f1 button.



Everything is more enjoyable now... but I say a post about cleaning the contacts?

whats up with that?



~Grub

Something you should of done first. lol.

So you mean to tell me you swapped bad buttons for good ones on your MPC and you re-soldered the bad ones back in?

Please, Say it aint so.

Look for the post I made in that thread and get your clean on homey.

Yes,

I re-installed the bad ones (which arent that bad, just annoying).

I ordered them up from mpc stuff, and even talked to the salesman on the phone twice.


He sent me out the 4 contact buttons for the 1000, etc. so now I got these shits here that dont do any good.


Pics?

Why.

Take your ish apart yourself and look at it.


I just wondered how these things get cleaned and if it really improves the button, or is it just better to go new.

Cold as your location...

The Grublet wrote:
I just wondered how these things get cleaned and if it really improves the button, or is it just better to go new.

Anything that has heavy use like buttons, I would always go new. There is quite a difference between new tact switches and used ones.

You can try cleaning the contacts inside the tact switches with isopropyl alcohol, but in my experience, it's not going to take away much of the oxidation without scrubbing or prolonged soaking. It may seem like it will work for awhile, but the problems will return over time.

There are contact cleaners like Caig's Deoxit which are better at cleaning the contacts inside the buttons, but keep in mind that tact switches have a operating life of anywhere from 100,000 cycles to 1,000,000 cycles depending on the manufacturer.

I don't know who made the original OEM switches for Akai, but if you figure on the MPC 60, when you are working on a given track, you may end up pressing the soft key buttons, and play/stop/record buttons around 25 - 100 times each or more. On a machine that's 20 years old, if it was used on a regular basis, the switches will have some wear on them.

If you have soldering tools already, the price of 50 new tact switches from Mouser is much less than the price of a can of DeOxit D100.

Dude, buy new tact switches if that's the issue( i can't read to well). You'll be much happier. I did that with MPC 3000 and it feels new-brand. I thought about reusing the old ones but...NAHHH...they will eventually go bad

Yep, did the same. I changed all and...i have a brand new MPC answering like a charm.

Just do it... ok i'm out