Data entry jog wheel (i.e. Attention Nym)

I saw on the pictures on your website you had a 'busted ass rotary encoder' did your wheel fail at some point?

I was thinking maybe the next step in Nym's world of customization services could be custom jog wheels as a replacement. REAL ones, like the metal ones you would find on a stereo.

If you could find one of similar size how feasible do you think this would be? I know you aren't an electronics expert or anything but you've probably spent the most time inside the 1000 than anyone else here, so I was just wonderin what you thought

(It's probably impossible, but I can dream can't I?)

http://excommence.com/thepadfix/knownparts.htm
this is the link that dvs is referring to.

it's completely possible and very easy to do, it's just what i haven't done yet!
modnar and i were talking about this a while ago.
the rotary encoder in the 1k is 5 pins (if i remember right) and it's incredibly cheap from places like mouser.com and other electronics places - if you get the right one. it's "Detented" wihch means it clicks at every sending of data, and i think it sends what is called "grey" data.

i want to find both a better quality encoder that feels more durable AND devise a knob that doesn't transfer force down to the pcb board - ! because that's another design flaw (albeit a less serious one than the pad issue!).

i've thought about using a poker chip laying flat against the metal mpc frame as a data wheel. that'd be fkin rad.

the next step is finding out what this thing is.

three pins, the two on the side are merely for support.

If mauser doesn't have the correct part, try Newark.com. They carry the Bourns encoder line and I've ordered encoders for music gear (not the MPC) from them before.

Not sure about any higher-quality drop in replacements -- that can get tricky. I'd love to replace every mechanical encoder I have with high-end opticals but there's no way to do that without modifying the original gear.

the opticals won't fit because they have to be bigger because of the way they work.

there are mechanical encoders with miles higher quality than the piece of sh!t encoder in the mpc1000. i think akai bought a job lot off eBay from hong kong.

Damn!! My data wheel´s acting up.
For example when I try to tune my sample, and cursor is in the right spot, the tune just goes like +1, +2, +1, +2... hope you got what I mean..
This is driving me ****´crazy, I cant do shit properly, I cant trim my samples, I cant load the sounds that I want etc.
Has anyone else had the same problem?
I´m not sure if I dare try fixing this, cause I know nothing ´bout electronics..
I´m thinking bout opening my mp and see if I see something wrong, but its kinda hard because I dont properly know what I should be seeing in there

i had the exact same problem. it happens

options - order a 12 dollar replacement encoder from VST
solder it in yourself

or ship your entire mpc to vst and have them repair it for closer to 100
or help us find a replacement coder from a site like mouser or whatever for probably under fifty cents!!!!

be really daring and try to solder in a nice metal wheel. if you can pull it off and provide instructions on how to do the same then you would be my hero

yo i will for sure order and try anything - it's finding the part that i'm not quite as good at. everything else is monkey work. i need someone to give me a part number or something.

in unrelated news, (no pressure, modnar) modnar helped me find the connector inside the mpc from the pad sensor to the pcb board. this is pretty hardcore.

Antonym wrote:in unrelated news, (no pressure, modnar) modnar helped me find the connector inside the mpc from the pad sensor to the pcb board. this is pretty hardcore.

wait what? I don't I understand that fully, cause it seems like you would have already found this if you had replaced the sensors with new ones, which you have... what am I not understanding in that sentence?

the things at the end, the white crimp on connectors. they're these JST contacts inside the housing.

what i was doing before was using individual contacts wrapped in heatshrink. it did the trick but wouldn't have been as good as the above.

Antonym wrote:

the things at the end, the white crimp on connectors. they're these JST contacts inside the housing.

what i was doing before was using individual contacts wrapped in heatshrink. it did the trick but wouldn't have been as good as the above.

I'm not going to pretend I have any idea what a JST contact is, but hey - as long as it's for the greater good of your pad fix, then I'm all for it.

JST is just the manufacture's name.
http://www.jst.com/

you have a metal contact inside which crimps to the end of the wire, and then slots into the white housing and locks into place.

nym that cover looks so good now!