{"id":481,"date":"2020-02-28T07:49:25","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T15:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/?p=481"},"modified":"2020-11-06T11:17:45","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T19:17:45","slug":"new-felt-for-an-old-keybed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/28\/new-felt-for-an-old-keybed\/","title":{"rendered":"New Felt for an old Keybed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The KORG M1 synthesizer uses a well-respected keybed manufactured by Yamaha. It\u2019s solidly built and comes apart \u201ceasily\u201d for maintenance. I\u2019m replacing some felt strips and adding a few more for mechanical noise suppression, but it turns out that in order to do that, you really do need to remove the keys. While I\u2019m at it, a clean and re-grease is in order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"923\" height=\"662\" src=\"http:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-14.png 923w, https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-14-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-14-768x551.png 768w, https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-14-676x485.png 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 923px) 100vw, 923px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100010802916403&amp;eid=ARD7q6NhfLO1AieEpEuPq12aaH_Gy7ilEMZS4AeOqEyGPwYUXGKoP4ff0UMHyvMTE7a-D_U26KLhLMiM\">Walter Nicholls<\/a>, I\u2019ve found quite a lot of your hair, if you want it back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, a shout-out to <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bustedgear\/?hc_location=ufi\">BustedGear.com<\/a> for the excellent support on fixing dodgy key contacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" src=\"http:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-15-1024x763.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-15-1024x763.png 1024w, https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-15-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-15-768x572.png 768w, https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-15-676x504.png 676w, https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-15.png 1268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Adjusting the pressure response (trim pots)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, <a href=\"https:\/\/medias.audiofanzine.com\/files\/how-to-adjust-the-aftertouch-sensitivity-for-a-korg-m1-476478.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this is a good reference<\/a> for adjusting the aftertouch\/pressure response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The KORG M1 synthesizer uses a well-respected keybed manufactured by Yamaha. It\u2019s solidly built and comes apart \u201ceasily\u201d for maintenance. I\u2019m replacing some felt strips and adding a few more for mechanical noise suppression, but it turns out that in order to do that, you really do need to remove the keys. While I\u2019m at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-equipment","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}