Post your questions, opinions and reviews of the MPC1000. This forum is for discussion of the OFFICIAL Akai OS (2.1). If you wish to discuss the JJ OS, please use the dedicated JJ OS forum
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By beyondhope1 Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:04 am
Yeah so today is the day when my left curser broke... No trimming sucks, and everything else... Has any one replace a button on there MPC and is it hard or should i just get it fixed some where else... Late

By 2KXL4life Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:07 am
damn u must have been pushing hard.
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By beyondhope1 Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:15 am
Not even man... My MPC is about 2 years old now...
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By Antonym Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:25 am
crack that thing open and have a look.
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By beyondhope1 Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:04 am
Yeah I think Im going to do that... Ill hit you guys up when Im done...
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By Antonym Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:20 am
those buttons are pretty simple, i bet you can fix it

good luck shondo
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By beyondhope1 Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:43 am
Okay I just looked by opening up the mpc... The plastic button is fine... It makes its connection with the button thats attached to the board... I dont know what it is.... It sucks though...
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By TheFirstJimBo Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:50 am
replacement buttons cost 3 dollars from VST. You can do a temporary replacement with a button that you dont use and put it where the left cursor button is. They are not hard to replace. I replaced 4 on mine when I bought me mpc "in need of repair" (just those 4 buttons were messed up)
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By beyondhope1 Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:54 am
Really? How did you replace the button from the circiut board? Thanks man,,, I will call Vista tomorrow
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By TheFirstJimBo Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:00 am
oh sh!t. I thought you meant the plastic, my bad. I think you might have to open that little metal cap on the button and do some soldering. Can you take some pics? I will help you fix it. I will even take pics of my mpc
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By beyondhope1 Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:13 am
Yeah... Most def. if it comes down to me fixing it... But first Im going to call Akai and Vista... To ask for some suggestions....
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By beyondhope1 Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:22 pm
SO yeah Im just going to take it to TSI in New Jersey... I rather have them do it then me **** up... Thanks everyone...
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By waxmastawes Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:40 pm
my shift button platic broke, snapped..
**** pissed me off cuz like, i used to have to press my shift button SUPER hard.. and it ended up breaking, so afterwards before the new OS came out and i could trip with me sliders, i used to stick tweezers in and click the shift button down manualy :(

By pad-ophiliac Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:44 pm
what about using your sliders to trim? sucks about the button though.
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By beyondhope1 Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:32 am
I find that i Really dont like using the sliders when you get really close to the sound on the sample.