Support this channel on Patreon: / 8bitguy1 In this episode I restore and repair a Casio MT-240 MIDI keyboard and do a short review.
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@Slay1337pl7 жыл бұрын
"Alcohol is my number one, first line treatment for stuff like this." Same here, I just drink until I forget about having to clean it.
@thompi87 жыл бұрын
haha good answer alcohol is good to much ;D
@PileOfEmptyTapes7 жыл бұрын
While alcohol is an organic solvent, it has proven NOT to work well on problems... ;)
@gluGPU7 жыл бұрын
rolling rock fixes everything
@brickscratch7 жыл бұрын
As Homer Simpson says, "Alcohol is the cause & solution to all life's problems"
@xxkewldudexx7 жыл бұрын
@BadStuff Especially if you're reviewing shitty NES games ;-)
@shiningarmor28387 жыл бұрын
3:40 "But, others were just more stubborn, so I came back with a knife" - 8-Bit Keys 2016
@doggo26895 жыл бұрын
it's a crime there is no comments on this.
@thomasa.17725 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂💀
@babbyblueytoldchannel91805 жыл бұрын
this video was made in 2016 not 2017 sorry to ruin your fun :(
@jamesorrell74624 жыл бұрын
@@babbyblueytoldchannel9180 spoil sport
@Flopster1014 жыл бұрын
No-context 8-Bit Guy always makes me laugh
@cosplayeranime7 жыл бұрын
The patience of this guy is as big as his talent and taste for music.
@diggydude52295 жыл бұрын
His efforts would've been better spent on a different Casiotone model. The "Tone Bank" keyboards such as the MT-240 were possibly the least interesting and desirable ones Casio made. I wouldn't have bothered restoring this one.
@dotChrollo5 жыл бұрын
@@diggydude5229 Just a note: not trying to make any assumptions, just speaking with your comment as context. It seems like you're missing the whole point, he's not restoring all of this stuff for interest, it's just for the sake of restoration as a means to preserve history as well to teach
@moonreft7 жыл бұрын
I do adhesives for a living. Sicomet D-BOND is the product of choice Active ingredient is nitromethane
@8BitKeys7 жыл бұрын
Actually.. I wanted to try a nitromethane product. I had read about those on the internet. But I visited several stores such as home depot, hobby lobby, etc. I never could find it.
@MarkShannonroad_videos7 жыл бұрын
That sounds better then the product I was going to suggest. It's called Goof-off and it's at Lowes and Home Depot.
@glennmastro99077 жыл бұрын
Aaron Lopez
@1010tesla7 жыл бұрын
isnt the fuel used for RC cars Nitromethane and methanol?
@MR5er17 жыл бұрын
Buy nitromethane fuel, It's used for rc cars, and it's nearly 100% nitromethane, I use it to remove old stickers from old bikes
@samuelmills49907 жыл бұрын
Conductive paint is a good way to make connection to those printed carbon tracks under the buttons that you can't really solder to! Also, there's a substance meant for repairing the heated tracks on automobile rear windshields that can work, too.
@hectorcorona95364 жыл бұрын
Conductive ink, I bought the cheap stuff from AliExpress and am doing test on my own. The problem I have encountered is that it doesn't 'grab' to the surface sufficient, so if you wipe the windshield 2 or 3 times the ink is gone. I'm going to test the 3M proper ink for windshield heater repair and report back the results
@hectorcorona95364 жыл бұрын
@Jojo Tully Music haven't got the proper 3M ink but by experimentation I think I found the trick to do it properly. You must use not the first "squirt" of the pen but let the ink flow and then start your trace (like painting with a spraypaint can). Also letting it cure for days before touching it helps a lot
@talkashie7 жыл бұрын
I love your restoration videos on both this channel and your main channel. They are therapeutic!
@arithium7 жыл бұрын
Gotta love these tear down videos. I really enjoy seeing how this old tech worked. I've always loved piano music and these videos are truly awesome to watch.
@HobbesM7 жыл бұрын
Another great episode, I'm always impressed by how patient you are in cleaning and repairing these keyboards. And your little demo of the "Synth Reed" instrument just made me reinstall "Space Quest" on my computer ;-)
@Gondola_7 жыл бұрын
I always remove super glue with - super glue :P This sounds stupid, but the solvents in the fresh super glue make the dry glue come off again most of the time. You just have to be quick at wiping it off before it hardens :)
@megamef7 жыл бұрын
I use blu-tac to remove blu-tac so this makes sense.
@shessometimesdoublechocola24547 жыл бұрын
"Wiping it off... _again_," Emeraldy? When did you wipe it off the first time?
@Gondola_7 жыл бұрын
You put the fresh super glue on the hard glue, wait until the solvents make the old one liquid again and wipe it off quick to make sure it doesn't harden again ^^ Note - This doesn't work with all glues.
@shessometimesdoublechocola24547 жыл бұрын
Well then see, Emeraldy, you're not wiping it off again; just the _first time_.
@MatteoPascolini7 жыл бұрын
your german is terrible.... you realize that most of the world doesnt speak english natively.... that maybe, just maybe you are the ignorant one here.... in real life....
@thomasthewest036 жыл бұрын
"Yea, i dont use a knife cause im afraid of the plastic getting torn up" as he proceeds to cut TOWARDS HIMSELF.
@blakeiscool872 жыл бұрын
"What's more valuable to me: this 35-year-old keyboard surface, or my 35-year-old hand...."
@kgbinfo7 жыл бұрын
thanks for sharing your knowledge. I've been able to clean a few old keyboards I've found on Craigslist because of your example, and it was you who turned me on to the Yamaha PSS series, which has become one of my favorites. You rock!
@MES0827 жыл бұрын
The MT-240 was my first keyboard, you just gave me a serious nostalgia trip. Thank you.
@Blitterbug6 жыл бұрын
That corrosion was probably from the leaky battery. It would explain the mark on the rubber membrane and the eaten-through track on the PCB. I'm guessing the keyboard was stored upside down for some years in that state.
@sadmac3566 жыл бұрын
Yeah that was what I was going to blame as well.
@EternityofNight5 жыл бұрын
Yep you can always tell because copper dissolves into a green residue.
@fnersch33675 жыл бұрын
@@EternityofNight - copper oxide. In the olden days they called that green residue "verdigris".
@theodoros_12346 жыл бұрын
12:00 I learned that the hard way. Once, I accidentally spilled a little super glue on my laptop (which I'm using to type this comment). I used acetone to remove the super glue, but it also left a white spot on the screen bezel (that's where I spilled the super glue).
@William_sJazzLoft4 жыл бұрын
You offer a wealth of insight into the construction of Casio keyboards. about a year ago a friend donated a ctk-651 to me. The CTK series are probably a step up from the MT series. But they still don't offer the quality of sound that's inherent in the WK series. I have had issues recently with keys playing either softer or louder than others and also with the DC input jack. The friend who I mentioned earlier is willing to donate his WK series to me 4 loan. So I'm glad that I found your video when I did. I'll have to become used to doing my own maintenance to keep up what I have. Thx 4 posting
@VincentDeBellis2247 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to say that I love your videos! They are informative and fun to watch all at the same time! Keep up the great work!
@scarecrowscarvesstudios49137 жыл бұрын
This keyboard actually has more tones than you think. The button that's labeled "210 SOUND TONE SOUND BANK" lets you pick two tones from the tone selection area and combine them. So, for instance, you can combine the chorus and the accordion to get a unique sound. But you can only combine a tone from the top with a tone on the bottom. That'll give you a very wide range of tones to pick from and play around with.
@8BitKeys7 жыл бұрын
I'm familiar with how the tone mixing works.. but I still think it is a cheating way to claim more sounds than it really has.
@SonicYM26127 жыл бұрын
I think you meant Yamaha PSS-380 ;)
@arthurhenriqued.a.ribeiro20787 жыл бұрын
Scarecrow Scarves Studios the same thing works with e.g. the CT-637 (which I have).
@Gwendoline9656 жыл бұрын
From Gwendoline Leong channel Hi do you know how to "on" the keyboards? My Casio CTK495 works fine the Tone/Rhythm/Song bank. Just the keyboards.have no sound whatsoever. Maybe just a wire loose? Plug? What possibilities can you think of?
@ShadowPantherRus7 жыл бұрын
The new theme song is awesome!
@jazzad7 жыл бұрын
I love these cleanup videos.Very satisfying and giving old keys a bit of the respect they long lost.
@DanRamosDR2 жыл бұрын
I had the Casio MT-240 back in the early 90s and used it a LOT on my Atari ST/STe computers. I used to looooove the way they sounded and it was a pretty affordable way to get MIDI back then. I don't know what ever happened to it and I regret not still having that keyboard with me despite all the other things I've managed to keep. I recently picked up another one and I especially love that demo song ("Night Birds" by Shakatak, 1982). Excellent version of it! In any case, the new keyboard seems to be in generally good condition but that 9v power supply connector is loose on the new MT-240 and I seem to remember that it was ALWAYS loose even in my old one back in the day. GREAT keyboard--I remember wishing it had general MIDI back as a kid but it was still fantastic!
@MattTheComputerGeek7 жыл бұрын
Note to everyone: Be careful with the rubber domes for the buttons on keyboards of any kind as the are coated with a conductive coating that allows them to complete the circuit when making contact with the copper trace on the board allowing the circuit to be completed, over time that coating can where away making them not work at all, so be careful if you try to clean them.
@marnikbongers31867 жыл бұрын
"Alcohol is my number one first line treatment for stuff like this." That's what I always think! ;)
@mathom317 жыл бұрын
Love this. I have one that I bought new when they first came out. You definitely hit the best sounds on the thing. Having a decent piano made it a very useful and inexpensive module back then.
@LotoTheHero7 жыл бұрын
Awesome repair job. It's really cool how you were able to get all those buttons functioning again! :D
@retro86967 жыл бұрын
I don't know what it is but that Synth Reed Sounded Amazing.
@robertkilbourne3237 жыл бұрын
I have a 260 that I picked up at a junk store for $10. The piano sound is beautiful on it, whatever stereo chorus effect they use is great, and it makes a great MIDI controller for trying out VSTs.
@pizzaroll00736 жыл бұрын
These videos are so unbelievably satisfying
@RealGengarTV7 жыл бұрын
I'd try heating the glue up with a hair blower and scraping the top residue off then alcohol again?
@irgendwerjoker7 жыл бұрын
10:20 space quest ftw
@antihumor22316 жыл бұрын
My Favorite: Also on Use your Gameboy as a MIDI Istrument
@Cryocide7 жыл бұрын
I can confirm, the MT-240's black keys were bonded to the white keys at the factory. I took one apart in the early 90s to repair some broken black keys and noted the same thing. The keyboard was a gift and I was only a teenager, so I couldn't afford anything that would work with the MIDI interface. I've always been curious about something: how many instruments is the keyboard capable of playing if you use it as a MIDI output device? I remember being able to access some instruments that weren't normally available from the front panel, by momentarily shorting pins together on the large, square IC on the logic board.
@MortusArtis7 жыл бұрын
8-Bit Keys Congratz on 320 Patreon supporters!
@tomasdanko87604 жыл бұрын
The Casio MT 240 actually got 10 additional hidden sounds you can select using program change over MIDI. It is also 3 channel multi timbral over MIDI so you can hook it up to a sequencer and play different sounds simultaneously over different MIDI channels.
@Puremindgames7 жыл бұрын
I'm guessing the glue was to keep the stickers from peeling, back when I was in school I had a keyboard and wrote the notes on the keys to tell me which was which.
@IanWatson4 жыл бұрын
I can't say how delighted I was when I heard the Space Quest theme as your synth reed sample.
@clairewinde7 жыл бұрын
I have a Casio MT400V, and I don't know what year it was made. Buying that keyboard though was what made me start watching more of your videos though, so thanks for the journey!
@bastscho7 жыл бұрын
What about a "Space Quest III" Intro song cover with the MT 240? I'd really like to hear that!
@TheMrJamu7 жыл бұрын
You can buy conductive coating remote key pad repair kit (check eBay) to get those non-working keys to work. It worked fine with my old Roland D-20 synth.
@scottgfx7 жыл бұрын
At your local auto parts store, rear-window defrost repair paint. I've seen it used to repair an Atari 130XE keyboard.
@Ertain17 жыл бұрын
Dave has graced us with _another_ keyboard teardown video? Oh, god be praised!
@ScottHodgins297 жыл бұрын
This video hit my nostalgia button. My sister got this exact model for Christmas one year. I learned to play piano on it. Great video, and it's too bad about the superglue.
@corvin4107 жыл бұрын
Hey i wanted to ask something: Can you put the song name of the samples that you play in the corner or somewhere like that in your next video? I really like the samples and i would love to know the names of them.
@tenientebustillos40197 жыл бұрын
I would also appreciate this. Is the "request a song" still on? I'd love to hear your rendezvous of the Lotus Turbo Challenge II main theme (the Amiga version) in a keyboard of your choice. Very instructive and inspiring videos. Thank you!
@patrickcorrelliiii40637 жыл бұрын
The song I hear you play the most is Spelunker on NES that song is pretty inspiring I love it
@Gwendoline9656 жыл бұрын
The first was Fur Elise, Then Harry Potter Theme, And two others
@parmarsantoshparmarsantosh27425 жыл бұрын
Corvin u
@hedger0w5 жыл бұрын
Third one is title music from Space Quest III.
@austincerza22477 жыл бұрын
I personally own this keyboard and I love it because it's super cheesy but you can make some crazy sounds with it if you mix the instruments and mess with the midi, auto accomp., etc... My 210 sound bank thingy works perfectly with both the top and bottom sound banks and even though it's missing the F#0 and F#1 keys (0,1 i assume is the octave not sure if it goes as low as an 88 key).. Anyway I heard that through midi you can access "hidden" sounds like fantasy and some others but for the life of me every time I look for any information on these in depth features I can't find jack squat. The internet is flooded with circuit bending tutorials on this but I don't own a soldering Iron and I don't feel like spending a gajillion hours bending this thing. I checked the manual and it hints at these features but doesn't really explain how to use them. I was hoping that you or perhaps one of the other followers could shed some light on the more intricate operations of this keyboard. I've seen all your videos and it's inspired me to try making music by rigging up these vintage toy midi keys with my more professional Korg poly 800 (circa 80's) as well as modern synths like the Korg volca keys or VSTs in Ableton. Also THIS CHANNEL ROCKS! I've always loved these cheesy keys and it's nice to see that there is a community of people who do to. Keep it up!
@qnoise7 жыл бұрын
I have this keyboard and I use it with maschine. I accessed those hidden sounds by going from midi out of maschine to the midi in on the keyboard. In the maschine software I set up a macro and added a page for midi program change. The extra sounds are on program numbers 20-29.
@sn1000k7 жыл бұрын
8-bit, I love your channel and the attention and care you show these instruments despite their humble origins and sometimes humdrum sounds. These aren't going to be around forever -- unless someone takes the care you do. Thanks. I think by treating them with respect you elevate "the game" (collecting, playing music, restoring instuments)!
@benmikell13136 жыл бұрын
I listened to the Synth Reed portion about 20 times. That tone is the best!
@lmiddleman7 жыл бұрын
FYI, the plastic 'stalk' you refer to is called a _boss_. M-W defines boss as 'a protuberant part or body'.
@seanharris69827 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I always love to learn the technical terms for little things like those.
@shessometimesdoublechocola24547 жыл бұрын
Maybe Imid's _boss_ told him to say that, Sean.
@SMAAAASHTV6 жыл бұрын
I guess it broke like a boss.
@ButchLising5 жыл бұрын
@@SMAAAASHTV xD
@JohnFilandreux7 жыл бұрын
Brilliant series. Are you planning on making anything on CZ models?
@8BitKeys7 жыл бұрын
I featured a CZ-1000 in a recent episode. I'm planning to show it again.
@JohnFilandreux7 жыл бұрын
Oooh ok my bad.
@the8bitgabeold3827 жыл бұрын
i like the new intro music.
@shessometimesdoublechocola24547 жыл бұрын
Huhh... All it is, Gabe, is just a heightened version of the original. Not really new except that change in octave.
@BaulMp37 жыл бұрын
I can't find the CZ-1000 video.
@francescomengoli69947 жыл бұрын
another great video, i really love the "restoration" series!
@DoNotGoQuietly6 жыл бұрын
I have a soft spot for this keyboard. I had one as a kid and had hours of fun mixing the tones. Great little keyboard for the money at the time.
@kamranwasti7 жыл бұрын
Loved it as always. Is it possible to "upgrade" a monophonic keyboard to a polyphonic one? Like some of the those early white Casio toy keyboards like PT-80?
@8BitKeys7 жыл бұрын
Not without some serious engineering.
@BulletMagnet837 жыл бұрын
By the time you were done, you might as well have built your own synthesizer from scratch! What you COULD do though, is use the keys and switches to trigger a polyphonic synth built around a suitably beefy microcontroller, and stuff it in the case! All the "magic" happens in the program code and the actual wiring side of things is pretty easy.
@vittosphonecollection41344 жыл бұрын
Yes, put the motherboard on the polyphonic keyboard in the monophonic's case et voilà 😂😂
@GreenNekoProductions7 жыл бұрын
10:22 What song is this? I've heard it practically everywhere in your videos and I haven't figured out what it was.
@Stenlik1217 жыл бұрын
Toadlover404 same question :/
@draketungsten746 жыл бұрын
Toadlover404 Spelunker!
@FightingForceSoulless4 жыл бұрын
@@draketungsten74 Thanks a lot :)
@Droidbeavis7 жыл бұрын
Another Great video and review. Glad you could use that keyboard.
@Stephanie99595 жыл бұрын
I am amazed at your patience.
@opsimathics7 жыл бұрын
goo off and superglue remover, you need these
@ColtGColtG5 жыл бұрын
yeah i am never sure why he doesn't use goo gone on any of his things. only negative i have ever dealt with is trying to mop up all the residue as it is a slight pain to clean up after
@discokossan7 жыл бұрын
10:23 song name?
@t-wez96317 жыл бұрын
Great restoration project. Thanks for your video!
@TheHeineHouse7 жыл бұрын
"Garden Sprayer" Classic right there, Love the videos! :)
@coalstar7 жыл бұрын
You can stack two sounds so there really is 210 sounds possible.
@8BitKeys7 жыл бұрын
yeah, but lots of keyboards can do that.. where do you draw the line on the marketing? So my Yamaha keyboard with 128 sounds and dual-voice mode should be advertised as 16,384 sounds?
@coalstar7 жыл бұрын
Now it doesn't mean much. At the time this came out, when I bought mine, it was a big deal. Many of the dual-layer sounds work very well. :)
@foxtweeg7 жыл бұрын
People were probably more gullible and easier to fool back then.
I'd use a super fine grit sandpaper to remover the Uber glue.
@rossithomas24157 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a good job done on this keyboard!
@phoebegoesvroom7 жыл бұрын
Nice work on the keyboard! I'm amazed at how good this keyboard sounds. Some really neat sounds in there. Nice job on the button hack. Next time, you could consider using conductive paint when solder won't stick. You can use an automotive defroster repair kit or there's several solvent and water-based conductive paints out there these days. I feel pretty certain this would have solved the corroded trace issue. Also, another thing to try on the super glue is mineral oil (available at pharmacies), or motor oil, etc. It shouldn't harm the plastic and just might soften up the super glue enough to scrape it off. Finally, I'm really liking the new intro :) Keep up the good work.
@reirei_tk7 жыл бұрын
you should try a flame thrower! ;)
@pleasedontwatchthese95937 жыл бұрын
I was thinking dynamite but your idea is better
@shessometimesdoublechocola24547 жыл бұрын
What about it, John?
@johndivy7 жыл бұрын
I suggest we nuke the site from orbit - only way to be sure.
@high_runner6 жыл бұрын
when all of these fail, i prefer thermonuclear bomb
@thomasthewest036 жыл бұрын
yea but that would also melt the plastic :(
@the3dom7 жыл бұрын
Try lard (pig fat) on that superglue. Can't damage plastic and it's really cheap but need hour or two to work it's magic.
@theLuigiFan0007Productions7 жыл бұрын
I was gonna say petroleum jelly or vegetable oil. But, the lard makes a lot of sense!!! Pig fat dissolves strange hard to remove things easily. I spilled magenta inkjet liquid on my hands once, and tried everything to get the junk off. Rubbing alcohol, acetone, lighter fluid (naphthalene), but nothing worked. Then, while trimming fat off some pork for my sandwich the next day, much to my surprise the fat turned pink and faded the dye. Needless to say, I greased my hands, then used alcohol to degrease. Worked like a charm.
@theLuigiFan0007Productions7 жыл бұрын
Andy Merrett LOL I cut off or discarded the bits of meat that turned pink. Only a tiny bit did though, as I discovered near immediately. I know that magenta ink isn't completely non toxic. But I did use most of the fat to finish cleaning my hands. XDDD
@vittosphonecollection41344 жыл бұрын
*P i G F a T*
@rid256504 жыл бұрын
Hello Sir, I have just found your computer channel as well as this. I have very much enjoyed your presentations. Regarding the MT240 - many memories as it was my 1st midi keyboard. I used it with a program called Lyra on my Color Computer to create accompaniment tracks for students. While you can only play the sounds on available on the instrument, when hooked up to a midi composer one could access the full range of 210 sounds so much like the roland mt32 it could be used as a sound module. Thanks for all your excellent work!
@hunhs7 жыл бұрын
I watched all your repair and restore vids! Do more!
@chase66737 жыл бұрын
use WD-40 for the super glue.
@antihumor22315 жыл бұрын
i doubt it works
@frama78443 жыл бұрын
@@antihumor2231 it DOES work :)
@samithmordraus207 жыл бұрын
invent a super glue removal lazer
@tohopes7 жыл бұрын
preferably an 8-bit one
@vittosphonecollection41344 жыл бұрын
& Knuckles
@rxvsell24986 жыл бұрын
I love all your videos on both channnel's keep up the good content!
@elizabethmalengone83375 жыл бұрын
Great restoration job the sound was really nice.
@AngryMax7 жыл бұрын
Y don't keyboard vibraphones ever sound like real vibraphones?
@shiningarmor28387 жыл бұрын
Max Kellen they can't make a real vibraphone sound. Newer keyboards use samples of real vibraphones.
@AndersEngerJensen7 жыл бұрын
Because everything in synths are either generated by basic waveform (older analogue) or samples (PCM) on newer gear. The complextities of analoge instruments, voices etc, are composed of many different components that needs to be either generated (poorly with older gear and with better luck these days Rolands COSM system for instance) or have to be multisampled on many levels to recreate as much as possible of all the nuances that create the sounds of for instance a vibraphone or a piano. When you hit a piano string with the hammer or a mallet instrument with different types of hammers, the sounds differ greatly. From soft, mellow sounds of the soft filt hammers to the crisp clunk of a wooden or plastic hammer. Then you have resonance within the instrument. The nearest strings will always resonate and create upper harmonies depending on how much they're dampened or open. Same thing with a vibraphone that's open, it will have a different sustained sound because the other mallet bars will resonate with it. Then you have ambience of the room and other instruments or just the room itself that plays a factor. You'll never be able to recreate 100% any analogue instrument synthetically, but we're getting pretty close. And nowadays instruments sound near perfect for most purposes. The older gear that David is showing will always be limited to their era in both sample memory, method of sound generation and such. Just the way it is. :)
@AngryMax7 жыл бұрын
lol thanks for putting so much effort into the answer
@einootspork7 жыл бұрын
I hate to be "that guy" but you're not playing the Harry Potter theme correctly. The last few notes are all wrong.
@GaryKildall7 жыл бұрын
Isn't it Tchaikovsky who composed the original music on which Harry Potter's theme is based?
@einootspork7 жыл бұрын
GaryKildall It's an original theme by John Williams, so... no? Maybe you're thinking of the Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy?
@GaryKildall7 жыл бұрын
Sporkaganza I know the sugar plum fairy. Didn't know Harry Potter was not from Tchaikovsky.
@einootspork7 жыл бұрын
Lol shut up
@antihumor22316 жыл бұрын
I don't think he was playing Harry Potter in Synth Ensemble.
@TechnologySpotlight7 жыл бұрын
Nice! Love these restoration videos.
@reallyboringindividual7 жыл бұрын
Just discovered your channel. Great stuff man, keep up the good work!
@Kyoju2527 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for this one.
@ukcardcast67112 жыл бұрын
I had one of these too! I heard one in a music shop in Bath and liked the piano sound - a few months later I got one and used it connected to my Atari STFM (which had built-in MIDI ports). I still have it, though I haven’t used it in a while.
@theneroliveira7 жыл бұрын
I dont even care for keyboards but just love repairing videos like this one and the ones you did on your other channel :D
@mikenixon4637 Жыл бұрын
I don't even like these old computers (your other channel) and keyboards, but I enjoy your approach and ethic and knowledge and thoroughness in regard to repair.
@lolawn22167 жыл бұрын
i always see ur video to only see u play (and sometimes see how u restore it) 😂 the songs u play are very enjoyable and quite hypnotizing
@masporemtodavia7 жыл бұрын
i have one! thank you for showing the disassembling process, I'm gonna do it now!
@BennitoJuarez017 жыл бұрын
I had that keyboard as a kid. One cool and surprising feature I found by mistake is that there are additional sounds that are only accessible via MIDI. Using a computer and a MIDI sequencer allowed me to discover the additional sounds. Yes, there is only 20 actual sound banks out of the box, but with the additional MIDI banks there are at least 20 additional sounds, (40 in total) with MIDI access.
@RA-Arg3 жыл бұрын
8:44 All parts together (mens DAYS of hard and detailed work!). Cheers from Argentina David!
@rippspeck7 жыл бұрын
Whoa, the piano sounds super awesome.
@LuckyPotatoKat7 жыл бұрын
Hey man, I love your videos! I have a Casio PT-100 and a Yamaha PSS-270, bought em each for under $10, and cleaned em both up, they look like brand new! The only issues I had cleaning up the Yamaha, were the tiny tiny ball bearings in the sliders, and reassembling the keyboard (as i took the whole damn thing apart XD), Goo be gone was my best friend, as the original owner put large stickers on each key, even putting stickers on those stickers!? But 8 hours of reverse engineering later, I got both up and running in tip top shape, and funny enough I now use them for my tunes, I love the FM synthesis on the PSS-270. It's like a baby DX-7.
@FrottyZaoldyeck7 жыл бұрын
Awesome channel, I really appreciate the videos.
@BggProductions7 жыл бұрын
Excellent videos, keep them coming please!
@ReeceConrad7 жыл бұрын
Great content as always
@rzeka7 жыл бұрын
Damn, this thing sounds better than I thought it would. Especially that piano.
@g00glian04 жыл бұрын
Excellent video!
@Prebound_7 жыл бұрын
Bravo! Envious of your skill-set and talent.
@CelticDreamsCoUk5 жыл бұрын
Ahh memories...Used two of these midi'd to my Amiga 500, endless fun throughout the 1980' and 90's ! great Casio sounds, especially when layered (you can layer two !). if i remember correctly, select the first tone, then select the mutli/split and then select the second tone.Eg strings and piano. This is where they get the 210 sounds claim from.
@wrestletube17 жыл бұрын
I like how this channel started off being keyboards but turned into a showcase for all types of old electronic instruments from the 70s to mid 90s including drum machines, gaming tracker interfaces and tape decks now as well. 8-Bit Audio Tech a more fitting name now.
@jynkkytonttu59427 жыл бұрын
Just wanted you to know that these videos are mint even though I don't even know how to play the keyboard or any other instrument. Oh and I just became a patreon!
@urzanova7 жыл бұрын
That button bypass was pretty ingenious, specially if you're just going to use the output on the back to run it through a mixer or another recording device.
@pianokeyjoe6 жыл бұрын
I have this one and have circuit bent it many times. Same reproducable bend. The battery left inside the keyboard issue is always an issue with me too! Almost every board I have bought or found in flea markets and pawnshops,ebay and so on, had batteries left inside to leak or make the board too heavy for reasonable shipping costs. This keyboard was my FIRST ever keyboard purchase with my first ever paycheck at 14 years old back in 1989! It cost $142 in K-mart in Puerto Rico and was my first video recorded keyboard as well!
@markheroacearnold83827 жыл бұрын
Hi I enjoy watching your videos, they are both informative and helpful. I have recently acquired a Yamaha PSR-185, from a deceased close friend, this thing is nearly 20 years old, it works but the volume slider is scratchy, only one loudspeaker works and some of the keys have to be struck hard to make a sound, this instrument is sentimental to me, as we used to play on it when we were young and I'm really afraid to take it apart and clean it, in case it breaks. Many thanks
@WestleyWolf6 жыл бұрын
I HAVE THIS KEYBOARD! fully working and still in its Case too.
@josericardogs14353 жыл бұрын
I have this exact model of keyboard that I rescued from a flood a year ago. It was literally floating like a boat and it was completely covered in mud. Gallons of water and lots of scrubbing was required to get it clean. And after that, the thing turned on and was perfectly functional. Unfurtunately, a month after, it just stopped working! I think it was the moisture that damaged some chip or inductor...
@smittysays1007 жыл бұрын
You rock on the keyboard. Very talented.
@PlaSnake7 жыл бұрын
Sent to you italian subs. Thanks for your cool videos!
@sja89397 жыл бұрын
Yikes, this looked like a headache! Great video as always Dave!
@JosephDCM6 жыл бұрын
Love that Space Quest III theme!
@fortunax225 жыл бұрын
Is it weird that I enjoy just watching him clean things....