Replace Korg nanopad buttons

**Buddha-DJ** · 12-15-2010, 04:19 PM

Hi to all,sorry for my bad english but i'm italian.
One of my friend have a korg nanopad with some bottons that doesn't work,It's possible to replace the buttons? maybe with arcade buttons

? i can change the chassis(the box that contain the buttons) if it necessary.

**Buddha-DJ** · 12-16-2010, 09:04 AM

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**keeb** · 12-16-2010, 06:39 PM

It _may_ be possible, but with arcade buttons I believe you would lose the velocity sensitivity, and you would have to make an entirely new chassis. It could be functional but would not be as good as new.

**deviantdigi** · 12-16-2010, 07:53 PM

Anything's possible unless there is something wrong with the Korgs chip.

**Buddha-DJ** · 12-17-2010, 09:12 AM

How i can change the buttons?

**StephanV** · 12-17-2010, 01:32 PM

Honestly, I don't see this happening. First of all, arcade buttons are quite deep (the shallowest I've found still have an installation depth of 22mm), you'd have to build an entirely new case. Secondly, arcade buttons aren't velocity sensitive, and your Korg buttons are. It may be incompatible hardware-wise, if not, you'd probably have to update drivers & stuff, and I think you're completely on your own here.

My suggestion: lose the Korg (or use it for whatever functions you can still use it for, be creative) and buy an Akai LPD8. It's actually not gonna be much more expensive than buying the arcade buttons, and it's a very nice (and sturdy!) controller, I'm using it myself. Or buy a MIDI fighter if you have the cash.