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Good day!
In advance, i beg my pardon for verbosity, but i simply didn't manage to cram the information below in fewer words.
Also, sorry if i overlooked something relevant in other threads and is going to pester you asking questions that have been discussed already.
I've seen quite a few threads here discussing various problems and quirks pertaining to different Fatar keyboards, and though most of them concern the inherently unstable TP10 family, i decided i could get some advice too. So here comes my problem. I've recently got a used Kurzweil sp2x and after pounding on it for some time noticed a couple of annoyances whose origins i'd like to identify.
First of all, the action, especially that of the white keys doesn't feel smooth: it's as though some lubricant -- as silly as it sounds, given that there's no lubricated parts inside -- were missing somewhere.
Key return sound is anything but pleasant -- there's obvious thumping sound accompanying the return of nearly all the white keys, with some of them also squeaking a bit while both being pressed and returning; only *two* of them return silently. The thumping occurs not when a key hits the upper strip of felt -- somewhere in the middle of the return movement instead.
Now enter the biggest problem -- velocity sensing. When using standard (linear) velocity curve, no matter how hard you hit a key, the best you get is mezzo-forte; it requires to literally smash a key with two hands to produce anything within the 100-127 velocity range; and there's no dreaming of rich dynamics while playing anything polyphonic -- the only way for me to play forte or fortissimo chords is to use the lightest curve available.
If i hook up a cheesy MIDI keyboard with non-weighted action to its input, everything is nice and fine.
So what do you think my options are? As for velocity, i guess the culprit is the rubber contacts, but i'm a bit at a loss as to what to do with the action. A possible advice would be to open it and clean thoroughly for starters, but i'd like to know whether anyone here has had any comparable experience with TP40's.
Thank you!
In advance, i beg my pardon for verbosity, but i simply didn't manage to cram the information below in fewer words.
Also, sorry if i overlooked something relevant in other threads and is going to pester you asking questions that have been discussed already.
I've seen quite a few threads here discussing various problems and quirks pertaining to different Fatar keyboards, and though most of them concern the inherently unstable TP10 family, i decided i could get some advice too. So here comes my problem. I've recently got a used Kurzweil sp2x and after pounding on it for some time noticed a couple of annoyances whose origins i'd like to identify.
First of all, the action, especially that of the white keys doesn't feel smooth: it's as though some lubricant -- as silly as it sounds, given that there's no lubricated parts inside -- were missing somewhere.
Key return sound is anything but pleasant -- there's obvious thumping sound accompanying the return of nearly all the white keys, with some of them also squeaking a bit while both being pressed and returning; only *two* of them return silently. The thumping occurs not when a key hits the upper strip of felt -- somewhere in the middle of the return movement instead.
Now enter the biggest problem -- velocity sensing. When using standard (linear) velocity curve, no matter how hard you hit a key, the best you get is mezzo-forte; it requires to literally smash a key with two hands to produce anything within the 100-127 velocity range; and there's no dreaming of rich dynamics while playing anything polyphonic -- the only way for me to play forte or fortissimo chords is to use the lightest curve available.
If i hook up a cheesy MIDI keyboard with non-weighted action to its input, everything is nice and fine.
So what do you think my options are? As for velocity, i guess the culprit is the rubber contacts, but i'm a bit at a loss as to what to do with the action. A possible advice would be to open it and clean thoroughly for starters, but i'd like to know whether anyone here has had any comparable experience with TP40's.
Thank you!
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