Studiologic VMK161 Organ Plus Dodgy DE Knob

[mhorspool]

I wonder whether anyone else on here uses a Studiologic VMK161 Organ Plus and whether they also had problems with their Data Entry knob? Specifically, I can't reliably count clicks - if it's currently on preset 3, say, and I turn it to the right one click, it won't necessarily end up on preset 4. Same happens when programming controllers - one click to the right from channel 3 would very often end up on channel 5, or 2, or off entirely.

I also had a problem with ghost pitch bend/mod data being sent when I first played it, but I can no longer reliably reproduce that.

I bought it second hand, so I'm just trying to ascertain whether it's a known issue or whether I bought a defective unit. Either way I doubt I'll bother sending it back, now that it's programmed it works a treat! Just need to remember to use the page buttons to navigate presets.

[mjbrands]

I bought it second hand, so I'm just trying to ascertain whether it's a known issue or whether I bought a defective unit. Either way I doubt I'll bother sending it back, now that it's programmed it works a treat! Just need to remember to use the page buttons to navigate presets.

I know of this unit, but don't have any experience with it. However, I suspect it has similar issues with the encoders as quite a few other synths (and other equipment) have. For example, the Waldorf Blofeld, DSI Prophet 08 and Poly Evolver (older encoder versions), etc.

The cause doesn't seem the same in every case; on the DSI synths treating the encoders with DeoxIT (D) cured the issue for a while (replacement boards are the only structural solution though). On the Blofeld a software update improved the issue (1.16 beta, works fine for me though), but it seems a hardware mod is also possible.

No idea what's the issue with the encoder(s) in that Studiologic unit. I wouldn't be surprised if they all get issue in the end. That's a hunch, not a fact

[mhorspool]

Hmm. Thanks mjbrands. I will try some DeoxIT and see what happens. It's only really an issue while I'm programming it (unless I decide I want more than one preset) so I don't really want to spend too much money on it. Would be good to get it working properly though.