Pad sensitivity enhancement for $0

Hi All,

i am new to this forum although i have been a lurker for a few weeks.
I wanted to say hello and, since i got a lot of really useful info from this forum in the past weeks, also share a quick tip with you guys.

Today, i upgraded the pad sensitivity on my new black 1k for free!

The trick is to simply put little pieces of standard packing material beneath each pad.
Just a little rectangle of this stuff:


I found mine in the box of my electric razor

Cut little rectangles that fit into the holes on the downside of the pads.
No need for glue or anything, the foamy material is a bit sticky by itself.


The material is less than a millimeter thick and that seems to be enough to fill the gap between sensor and pad.

The whole upgrading process takes less than 10 minutes.

Works like a charm for me...

Thanks for listening!

nice one! i wonder how the packing foam will hold up over time - will it compress or hold its form?

this is a good play on the gap fix trick.

nice one! i wonder how the packing foam will hold up over time - will it compress or hold its form?

Good question, we will see.

The good thing is that when i have to change it after a few month, it will still be for free

This stuff is used in every other electronic device box and really not hard to get hold of..

Good look, but I'm still scared to open my baby up!(bought brand new)

don't be. it's simple in there. they say you don't own it til you open it.

I used pieces of a record cover, cut into rectangles, adhered with double-sided tape.

Nym wrote:don't be. it's simple in there. they say you don't own it til you open it.

I love this quote. My first MPC was a dodgy 500. I had that thing open, with screws and parts scattered everywhere, more than I had it closed. Now after several upgrades and repairs on other machines and it starts to sink in how simple these machines are.

Nice idea, good thinking
a few bits of black tape and some thin rubber worked on my mates MPD

OldSchool969 wrote:Good look, but I'm still scared to open my baby up!(bought brand new)

as long as you hands are clean and you go slow nothing bad can ever happen

Any idea if this solution would work with the old style pads? The bottom row on my MPC are struggling and can't really afford the new pads right now, but if the old pads are a different set-up from the new then this strategy might not work...Any experience?