AKAI MPC500 Repair: Buttons and Jogwheel

I recently picked up a broken MPC500 from eBay. Let's get this baby back into working order.

[@mastaboog749]

my dude is back with a new vid! Thanks man, I'm fixing one of these myself. The top 3 pads are DEAD, and they don't sell the sensor pad anymore. I found a video on cutting slits into the dead sensors to let air back in, hoping to finally attempt it this weekend.

[@jacobdeloakland]

hope it worked. My right directional pad is wonky and I want to try slicing the sensor.

[@phdirac]

Nice work! I gotta get one of those spudger tools for the ribbon cables.

[@sumawav]

Incredible useful. I'm in awe of the utility of the mighty spudger. I got mine from ifixit.com. It came with an iphone battery repair kit. I call it a spudger in the video, but it turns out a different tool is referred to as a spudger. The one I used is called the "Opening Tool" www.ifixit.com/products/ifixit-opening-tool

[@darumabeats]

asmrish 🤤

[@darumabeats]

btw man was dope, love seeing desoldering stuff and redoing it, it's inspiring