Microkorg Teardown

[chikochinola]

hey amigo ! i have a issue with my microkorg ! i lost a key it broke and then it was out so i want to know if is hard to replace a key ?

[krzone81]

for some reason my middle digit on the display doesnt work anymore wtf .. it went dim for alil bit before it died .. anyone have this happen .. the other digits work fine .. any clues would help .. i'm bout to tear it apart lol

[furrtek]

@krzone81 Weird, probably not much. Would have loved to take a look at it if you were closer... Take it appart and redo the soldering of the display, it's probably a cracked solder joint. If it's not that, then I'd gladly trace the PCB for you to find out which component died.

[krzone81]

@furrtek thank you very much ,, i will be taking it apart sometime tomorrow . I'm pretty good at soldering and do alott of my own work on my machines . thanks again . yeah i live out here on the eastcoast, not sure where u are located but ,, i;ll let ya know if i fix her or find the problem . take care

[Skaark244]

Hope your warranty was already over ;)

[TheSigp220]

My last high C key has been shifted and I can't get the screws out of the board that houses them (they are way too tight) Any suggestions?

[electrobox1]

sait koi se son ???

[furrtek]

@electrobox1 C'est le son qui vient de tes haut-parleurs à mon avis.

[scarabmasta]

lug00ber- They control.

[Jeddars]

its funny because it says korg at the end of your website

[furrtek]

@Jeddars ... Why didn't I never notice that ?

[trevordyerx]

Can anybody tell me how to take the smaller knobs off? One of mine doesn't function and I need to replace it.

[furrtek]

@trevordyerx You just have to lift them up. Alps and Mitsumi make similar pots (I think they're 10k linear), available at Digikey.

[xesionprince]

Excellent Drum and Bass tune - who is the artist?

[7poppasmurf7]

nnnnNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!1­!1!!11!ELEVEN D:

[mima14031985]

I really don't get all the comments saying "Why did you do it, nooooooo, idiot, etc...". Disassembling a thing doesn't necessarily mean destroying it. And the MK in this video it's being just disassembled, not broken, this means that it can be reassembled back without problems.

Dumb people...

[aloneindecemburr]

great vid man thanks, a friend spilled coke all over my mircokorg(still works) and i needed to open it up and clean it out this helped!

[furrtek]

@aloneindecemburr Glad it still works and it got cleaned up :)

[blzbug242]

I wish mine didn't die.

[deathbykillerpickle]

Why are we doing this again?

[mrtvi46]

Inspiring. I might try to do the same and put it in a homemade case. What's the thing attached to the bottom? The thing you disconnect.

[furrtek]

@mrtvi46 Are you talking about the battery holder, molded in the case ? There's a total of 6 plugs: 3 for the keys, 2 for the pots and one for the batteries.

[mrtvi46]

@furrtek At 1:00. Yes, battery holder makes sense. Didn't know it had batteries! :)

Great video! Now I'm not afraid to break anything! :D

[furrtek]

@mrtvi46 Taking it apart is pretty straightforward, everything in it is made to be disassembled. Even the knobs have tiny screws on their side to release them from their axle :)

[mrtvi46]

@furrtek Sweet! Didn't know that either:D

Thank you Sir!:)

[pomfrit93]

all korgs new'er machines looks exactly the same inside. i hate em

[furrtek]

@pomfrit93 DSP, µC, DRAM, Flash, DSP, µC, DRAM, Flash...

[pomfrit93]

@furrtek Yesssss

[009relic1]

i did the same thing when i painted mine black.

[009relic1]

it should work. use wood screws.

[thatonekidyouknow]

WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!? STOP IT!!!!

[furrtek]

@NuclearDanceScene There's enough room in it, but you'll have to check if the plastic behind the wood can handle all the weight. Seeing its thickness, I think it might be a little fragile.

[HO2]

Awesome man, you did a great sacrifice for the benefit of all of us!

[TheLostizinhu]

idiota!

[01rrrdddrrrddd]

Next thing you know this dude sells it on eBay in NEW condition!

[dsandwhich00]

Nice! I thought about recasing mine without the keyboard to save space. Do you know anything about replacing scratchy volume pots?

[furrtek]

I replaced the volume pot on my electribe-R, it took 2 days to find the right part number and 30€ to make it come to France.

Korg seems to like Alps or Panasonic pots, but I don't know the exact reference for those on the Microkorg.

[dsandwhich00]

@furrtek thanks bro, much appreciated :-)

[Frostystraidlazed]

I'm loving the music! What group/musician is it?

[pylanadal]

The Ground Wires. The Ground Wires. The Ground Wires. The Ground Wires.

Most importantly, The Ground Wires.

Where Exactly do they go?

[cjthenoisemaker]

I did the same thing on my mK, I had to fix my keys since they broke. Can't beat those synthesizers!

[planetrob1]

why would u do that????

[furrtek]

I have absolutely no idea.

[waynexisxbrain]

@furrtek hurray for thinking inside the keyboard.

[LIFESTOSHORTTOCARE]

fucking furry RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR­RRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGEEE­EEEEEEEEEE

[furrtek]

: )

[deco2468]

did you take it apart to circuit bend or what???

[Musanuka]

poor thing :(

[furrtek]

He survived :)

[blahblahmonkey]

if i wanted to paint keys and casing what kind of paint would be good to use

[swimsuitparker]

@blahblahmonkey use car paint from a halfords or something but use couple of layers of primer first until you can't see the original design

[bobtribe]

The 3 main knobs are crazy hard to remove, you will break your microKorg, that is all.

[furrtek]

Like I said, there's hex screws on them.

[bobtribe]

Great vid though, I like the speed up, and really the only thing close to finding a microKorg getting opened up... I have tried a crazy assortment of Hex screws and what have you to get those two middle knobs, still no good.

[furrtek]

You can also stick in a flat head screwdriver sometimes.

I noticed those screws after breaking one of the knobs :/

[ROBOTICS100]

I would like to paint the keys on mine some funky colors is it easy to remove them?

[furrtek]

Yes

[LoneWolfMusik]

love the DnB

[KaslarProductions]

this was very helpful.

i have to replace my microkorg's keys because they break easily. and it requires me to completely take it apart.

i'll lookout for hidden screws on knobs

[drecos1]

I've tried doing this myself and can't seem to get the big knobs off. How did you get them off?

[furrtek]

There's a small hex screw hidden at the opposite of the white mark. I broke mines before finding that out :/

[d3p3ch3mod3]

makes me want to replace the entire chassis of my micron.... or at least paint it flat black... the silver and red look like shit.. reminds me of the jurassic park 3 logo

[phatmoose94]

Lmao

true tho :L

[goldenrod2]

And that song is kickass...The lyrics are from the opening sequence of the classic, 'Outer Limits'!

[goldenrod2]

I just took mine apart tonite...Keypads were filthy with dog hairs & dust. All better now. Furrtek, some people just don't know certain things...you shouldn't call them "dumbasses"!

[furrtek]

You're right, sorry. I was certainly angry when I wrote that.

[alen209]

i wouldnt have balls to do that =[

[MASTEReatsBABYS]

@alen209 thats cause your a bitch XD lol jk

[midget77m]

thanks mannnn

[midget77m]

sorry if you have allready been asked

whats the tune?

sick as fuck

[furrtek]

It's "They Control" by Lug00ber.

[jarroddowalter]

would there be a way to install LED lights underneath the keys so that the light shines through the spaces in the dark?

[furrtek]

There's room for some LEDs, yes. There's also some to make your own power source from the 9v transformer input.

[jarroddowalter]

thanks, you seem to know what you are doing so if I wanted to do it that then what steps would I need to take?

[furrtek]

If I had to do this, I'd get the power through a 7809 regulator (and maybe a switch), and then a wire few lines of 2 (or 3) LEDs in series with a resistor. Then I'd glue them on the bottom so that they're shining upwards, and put a large piece of paper or thin plastic on top to make the light more diffuse.

[jarroddowalter]

sounds easy enough... thanks a bunch

[DMStern]

The "6412320VF25" chip is not an FPGA, it is a Renesas H8S/2320 microcontroller as indicated by the second line of the labeling.

[furrtek]

Thanks! I wasn't sure about that one.

[keitellll]

desmadroso!

[djtillidie01]

pest

[AudioTerroristColdH]

comment t'as viré les 2 potars de "edit select" et le potar de selection des "styles" j'ai pas mal forcé et caa vient pas ...

j'voudrais pas que le potar lui meme me reste dans les mains !

[furrtek]

très bonne question, on a pété la moitié des potards avant de comprendre ;)

Pour les "edit select", y'a un trou avec un petite vis cruciforme (parfois à 6 pans) à l'opposé de la ligne blanche, tu peux les desserrer et ils viendront tout seuls. Pour tous les autres, il faut les soulever petit à petit avec un tournevis plat, y'a pas d'autre moyen (ils tiennent avec des rainures).

[PHAEDRIDER]

nah, i should have, but i've only had a camera for a short time.. i'm a mechanic by trade so i take tearing things down and building them back for granted sometimes.

[PHAEDRIDER]

right on.. i've been in every synth i've owned. cool to see what's in one of those..

[furrtek]

Cool, did you ever take pics ?

[8thdj]

is the micrkorg quite lite then

[furrtek]

Yeah there's nothing much in it. Pretty much usual for digital stuff.

[deshawnpenrose]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooo

[boboly33]

... what's the point???

[chicoy12]

it would be more fun watching if you teared apart with a knife or a spoon, haha!! :)

[DaJazzBass]

What a spoon???? ha that's funny I could just see that whack whack... whoops...

[2ManyNoobs]

hammer

[pnynablndr]

awesome. I'd only take mine apart if it was broken.

[jetselaser]

you don't have to got an reason to take it apart.

curiosity is good enough, you'd never wonder "what will be in in there if i opend it up?"

i tear almost everything apart

[furrtek]

There's some people like that... ;)

[mrBeatbrother]

some fetish people :D

just kidding

but after that i would never get it together again

[ludovico813]

Why dude? Oh, and "because" is not a good enough reason.

[furrtek]

Just by curiosity.

[revengeguy]

you french dudes sure love your synth =]

bon chance!

[furrtek]

Hehe thanks ;)

[hiimconnor1]

i would cry if i took apart mine

but this is pretty interesting

[elliott3663]

WHY?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[furrtek]

BECAUSE!¡!¡!¡!¡!¡!¡!

[Xenomorph001]

Ben mon gars,c vrai que c un chouette jouet -mais si c pour s'amuser a le demonter comme un lego, tu peux toujour me l'envoyer...jlui trouverai certainement une meilleure utilité...-)

enfin sur ce je chekerai plus souvent ma messagerie,on sait jamais!

[furrtek]

Ca se démonte, mais ça se remonte bien aussi ;)

[Xenomorph001]

hmm

[Deluxeta]

Alors,ça te la ferme ta gu**le :P (sans offenser)

[Xenomorph001]

non -mon offre tient toujours-)

[Deluxeta]

Lol!

[furrtek]

NANANAN CAY MORT !

[FMLazer]

Cé pa possible, chaque foi ke je veu voir dé conneries, je tombe sur toi... en tout cas bravo, l son exélentes!!!

[funofen]

j'aime la musique de fond ;)

[BePower]

tu la bien remonté ? :D

[furrtek]

ouais, on l'avait déja demonté avec yotie alors je savais :)

[BePower]

oh c'est nul alors :(