From groups@jamesfry.com Tue Sep 15 16:57:54 2015
Subject:Re: messed up SK1

March 2011, with the XK1c in July 2013.

The comments about 'not being able to replace components' seem a bit harsh
IMO. These things are cheap to buy, expensive to manufacture and there is
very little profit in them. Further, the computing electronics are often
engineered close to physical limits such that chips can't be socketed, or
field replaceable because they simply have too many connections to make in
a small space.

That said, there are people trying to build stuff in a more serviceable way
- I'd imagine the Mojo will be serviceable for some time in a variety of
forms, whether by GSi / Crumar providing replacement boards, a third party
providing a new engine eg HX3, or by using a PC and a replacement MIDI
scanner, assuming the keyboards hold out that long. You'd end up with a
bit of an aesthetic mess trying that on a Nord IMO.

It's also a shame we've yet to see someone like the Infinite Response
(VAX77) team coming up with a proposal for a decent waterfall keyboard in
the same way as they are for a piano action at an affordable price. The
Infinite Response plan is to produce an easily assembly kit of modular
parts so you do the final assembly of the keyboard yourself, but the design
puts the fulcrum in the right place and gets the design of the hammer
action much closer to that of a real piano. The original VAX77 got bought
by a lot of great players, but it was expensive, whereas the new one will
be 'affordable', and critically 'repairable' (it's also open source both in
terms of hardware and software). It also has great hammer position
tracking. Perhaps we could petition the team to produce a realistic hammond
keyboard with position tracking so the multi-contact and click problem is
properly solved along with having the proper fulcrum point and feel?

Anyway, it's probably past my bedtime :-)

On 16 September 2015 at 00:23, John Pittman jpittsc@gmail.com [CloneWheel] <
CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

>
> I believe you posted on Dec. 21, 2011 that you were returning your SK1.
> There were others with similar problems at the time. When was the SK
> series released?
>
> On 9/15/2015 7:08 PM, Craig MacDonald ccmacdon@rogers.com [CloneWheel]
> wrote: