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Yamaha RM1x – Replacing All Buttons

2019-11-022019-11-02 Laban

I have a Yamaha RM1x where some of the buttons were quite bad. I decided to replace all of them while I had it open. A couple of the encoder and the volume cap was missing so I replaced these also. The soft buttons were Omten D3XJ and I bought these from a vendor on…

x0xb0x – Replacing buttons with Omron B3W-4050

2019-03-092019-03-17 Laban

The buttons in this x0xb0x had been worn out over the years. I replaced them with Omron B3W-4050 buttons. These buttons are a bit pricey (compared to No Name chinese ones) but they are sealed so dust and grime will not get into the buttons. Apparently the dirt is the main reason for the buttons…