How to fix an M-AUDIO midi keyboard with dead keys

[@johnnyhoaxmusic]

I can't believe MAUDIO would let so many keyboards get out without being internally hooked up. This fix worked for me, much appreciated 5 years later.

[@hiimty1]

10 years later and this vid just saved me 50 bucks..lol thanks bro

[@PartyChicken407]

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I just bought one (Axiom 49) used (I actually used to own one 5 years ago but sold it to a friend) and when I was testing it out today more in depth I noticed the F key didn't work in any octave. I did just as you said - open it up, check the connectors are secure, and put it back together. Works fine now. Thanks again

[@patrickdavis9753]

I was searching for hours and my keyboard never worked via keys. I can’t believe It was actually disconnected. Thank you for deciding to make this video!

[@kostaslabrouss3350]

Thanks ! 9 years after you published your video, i've been able to fix my m-audio keystation 49 dead keys ! I've got the loose cable issue just as you.

[@vincemelson9655]

You just saved me 60 dollars, I was about to go replace it, luckily i found your video!!

[@kennycann8242]

I was having the same trouble with my M-Audio keystation 61 ES which was given to me by a guy at work, he just asked if I wanted it so I said yeah, it turned on and the modulation wheel and Pitch bend also worked, but no sound from the keys, so being that it was free I followed your guidelines of repair ... just like you, the keys were disconnected just like on your video, but thanks to you now I'm up and running... thanks for posting.

[@farid3384]

I Bought a used Keystation49 and after cleaning one clavier didn't work. I saw your video and after unscrew the keystation49 and pushing the connector and the keys worked. Thank you so much for sharing such a useful video. My problem solved. Otherwise I thought the seller had sold me a lemon as you said. Thank you so much and god bless you.

[@j.d.hughes3552]

TOTALLY WORKS. took me 5min to do. Half of my keys were dead and this worked. Dont think twice. grab your screwdriver and try this simple fix. it WONT hurt your keyboard at all. thx big time ignacio. 6 year later! lol

[@sammypriya195]

You saved my keyboard I’ve just spent 6 hours trying to fix the Mac computer when it was the stupid keyboard I can’t believe it worked 😂 Thankyou so much ❤

[@rjt98]

I bought a new Keystation 49, and only a few keys were working... That connector was loose, now its all working, thanks allot!

[@Kevinelevin92]

I had this same model for 10 years (A friend let me have it.). I remember bringing it to college and I would let my roommate have it. It worked fine until the one day it didn't. I completely gave up on it. Today I was doing some cleaning and thought about throwing it away. I'm glad I found this video. Thanks!!!

[@MeMyselfAndI12345]

Thank you , I bought one of these at the thrift store for 7 dollars and thought it did'nt work, but after I did what you said, it works perfectly.

[@MaggieMcGovernMusic]

Half the keys on my keyboard didn’t work and there was no info on it anywhere. I was about to go buy a new one when I found this. I opened it up and the connection was loose! Totally fixed. Thank you thank you!!!! How is this not written all over the place???

[@xx-fj5fe]

Thank you again. My wife would of yelled at me for spending money on a busted keyboard. You really saved my butt. Cheers to you sir!

[@vishnuvijayan198]

Thanks man. Your kindness to put this video is a nice gesture. Thank you.

Unbelievable! I almost trash my keyboard because this situation! The plug was disconnected... Oh shit M-AUDIO! Now, works fine! Thanks, Barcia!

[@LucasNascimentoMusicTeacher]

I just fixed my M-AUDIO keystation 49 by following your video. Thank you so much for your help!

[@instantjustice6708]

Thanks so much for your video! My Axiom Pro 49 had a similar problem but with only the B and F keys. I fixed mine not by taking the cover off, but instead, I just simply dropped the keyboard onto my desktop from a height of about an inch. It worked!! I figured maybe my connector just became lose, and by dropping the keyboard, it might reconnect - Well it apparently did! Thank you sir!

[@ZBR_ProXP]

this just worked for me! ty!

[@robbrc]

cant beleive it worked for my behringher umx490 too!! so happy to find this feed here in this video i solved my problem of some keys not working.. now is perfect again thanks bro

[@devdraper7508]

I was talking crap about the less than perfect angles in this video but you just helped me solve a two day problem and save me 120 bucks. thanks Ignacio, you're alright with me.

[@jonathannease8784]

BRO!!!!!! I've spent probably 3 hours at least trying to figure out what's going on and i finally tried this. I thoguth surely its not that and it was exactly like yours and now it works perfectly! you're the man 6 years later!!! lol

[@zachsicherman9137]

top 9 keys stopped working on my key station, they offered to replace the keyboard for me but I would have had to pay to ship my broken unit so I figured I'd open it up first. the connector was loose, and re-seating it fixed the problem. thanks for the video

[@robbrc]

hey ignacio worked for me too!! some keys where not working on a behringher umx490. I just hit it a little bit gently on the modulation side and fixed the problem without taking any screw out!! thanks a lot!! i am so happy to find the solution here to fix my keyboard is working fine again!

[@dawnkent4109]

I have been trying to fix my KeyStudio for weeks. I took it apart like you said and that connector was unplugged. You are extremely awesome and thank you so much. You also saved me from buying a new device!!!!!

[@ronabraham6201]

Thank you! You just saved me from having to replace my keyboard. My connector was only half unplugged, so I only lost half the keys. Please advise your viewers to check the pitch bend knob BEFORE they put all the screws back in. It is easily unsnapped from its axis while handling the cover as I learned the hard way. Thank you!

[@JamesDurbinOfficial]

Thank you, Ignacio! I found one of these at a thrift store this weekend, same problem, everything worked except the keys were dead. This worked!!

[@josephbonomo5022]

I struggled a great deal with what I thought was a good deal. I ran across your video. It was exactly what was hanging my Keystation 49 up. Thanks.

[@shawns242]

Thanks for the ideas here. I found a fairly new one of these in a dumpster with these symptoms. In my case when I took it apart, I found a spider in the electronics. After cleaning it out, works great! (I mean it literally, a spider crawled in there and died... must have shorted something.)

[@dreamworld1733]

THIS SHIT WORKED!!! 💯. Yo I seriously tried for months to fiqure out why the piano keys would not respond but the controllers would.. Theres pretty much nada on the inet that explains this problem or offers the illusion of fixing it. I was ready to say fuck it and trash it but i found this video on some random last attempt to save a BRAND NEW KEYBOARD. and i must admit.. It sounded way to good n easy to be true, but.. To my amazement it FUCKING WORKED! I am so fucking happy no words could possibly express my gratitude for you posting this solution! Thanx bro! N fuck you m audio for such a stupid fucking error in your product! N to think if i sent it in to them to get repaired they would have had NO PROBLEM charging me for just plugging in a loose connection. Shit is crazy.. Thanx again my friend!🙏

[@msoler98]

Han pasado 9 años y medio, y sigue siendo un video útil, felicidades y muchas gracias

[@andimachovec4580]

Thanks a lot for this video! Saved my old keyrig 49 from being thrown away. Greetings from Austria, Andi

[@jonherms2796]

This absolutely worked. Had a feeling it might have been some kind of liquid intrusion, dust, etc. This was the fix. Thank you.

[@ajcommunicationkid]

If individual keys don't work just remove the spring holding them in place. Some times dust or in my case a small hair was interfering with the contact. All in all it was also and easy fix as well.

[@mattwesney]

Almost scrapped my midi keys of over 8 years then stumbled upon this video! Hells yea man

[@leandro7460]

So glad I found this 5 year old video. We almost bought a new one because we thought ours was broken already but this did the trick! Thank you!

[@chatolars]

Ignacio(asumo hablas español) Mil gracias por tu video!! Ayer recibí mi controlador M-Audio 49es (muy similar al tuyo) y envaba MIDI pero no por las teclas, sólo las ruedas de modulación y tono. Hice tu reparación(en efecto la cinta conectora venía desconectada) y ahora funciona perfecto. Me ahorraste un controlador nuevo!! ...De no ser por tu video, lo más probable es que hubiera comprado otro.... Mil gracias de nuevo.

[@patrickboyd8368]

You just saved our school a few hundred dollars in replacement and repair costs , thank you thank you thank you !!! BTW this keyboard works great in MuLab!

[@brockjonson]

Thank you for this, I haven't used my 49ES in a while had some dead keys. Thank you for this easy fix.

[@CoyotePublishing]

Hey - thanks for this video. I had the same issue - only 2 keys worked. Unscrewed, plugged in connector and works great now. I was just about to chuck it!!

[@paulodantasjr]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. The same thing happened to my KeyRig 49 and I fixed it.

[@IchZerowan-dev]

Thanks for the video! I had a similar problem - half of the keys were dead after transportation. Reconnecting the connector fixed the issue.

[@JayKnightRRP]

Thank you SOOOOOO much. It took 10 minutes to fix. God bless you.

[@HalfMonty11]

Thanks! they really should put some sort of clip or retaining method on that cable. Mine had backed out just enough that only my C5 key, the highest note on the keyboard, wasn't working. This made me think it was the actual key but after inspecting it, it looked find. I didn't think to even check the ribbon cable until I saw your video and that solved it. Thanks again!

[@davidmarin1661]

Thank you so much! Same story here and I fixed it thanks to your video. I was about to call the seller and give the keyboard back!! Apparently it happens to a lot of people...

[@julcast1229]

i cant believe it ii bought this 10 years ago from cl and threw it in the closet cause it didn't work now i can use it thx for posting

[@dimexkaezon]

This fix save me from purchase new keyboard, thank you man!

[@igorkomarlosangeles5492]

Did exactly what you described in your video and it worked. Good man. Great many thanks.

[@BrogramFilmss]

Thank you so much, my keystation 49 sat in my corner for like a year cause one key only worked, finally tried to fix it and boom same issue, thanks dude!

[@djexclaim9971]

Thank you so much!! It worked!!!

[@44gg37]

Although some of the screws were really hard to drive this method worked perfectly Thank you!

[@elchedda1314]

I first saw this video and said to myself arg!!this probably wont work for me..but after I opened it I realised it was the same thing..The cable wasn't connected..so thanks my guy

[@Echo6music]

thx so much man!! my connector was half way and only some keys were working. now its all the way in and all the keys now work!! thanks so much bro!!

[@michaelglennwilliams6278]

I had the reverse problem, the Pitch wheel was occasionally sending random events. I tried cleaning it, but in the end I pulled the connector for the pitchbend and mod wheel since I was only using it for notation entry into a scoring program.

[@dannycole2411]

Thank you had my ten top keys not responding for so long finally able to fix it thanks to you !

[@watercolour7606]

Thank you so much. My keyboard is working 100% now due to your video.

[@gurcankeyvan]

I had been trying to fix it for 2 weeks..!! just a loosen connector.thanks ignacio.

[@MistaKay]

Didn't expect this to be so simple but it actually worked

[@Kramlets]

Thanks! Wriggled it a bit and secured the connector and everything works fine now.

[@JWoodsBeats]

This is amazing i was in the same situatuon and i thought i was sold a lemon but this help me fix my dead keys!

[@vashinaveen007]

Thanks a lot man ! I was too frustrated and was about to return the order and then I saw your video and got my keyboard back ! God Bless you Brother

[@guillefreibier9948]

incredible but true, I acquired the second-hand keyboard KeyRig 49 with the same problem, thank you very much for the video!

[@daveguitar_]

Thanks Ignacio, this video help me to fix a problem in my keystudio.

[@Chonfles]

Couldn't believe this was a frecuent issue, 'till I checked mine LOL Thanks dude

[@kennethrose3353]

Thank you SO MUCH! My keyboard is fixed! You just saved me $100 in 3 minutes!

[@AJtheBillionaire]

Exact same problem with mine. Thanks for saving me money!

[@DarekGreenly]

THANK YOU! I had the same issue. Only the last key (to the right) worked for me. I opened it up and the cable was unplugged!

[@VID.VYATKA]

A LOT OF THANK YOU MAAN!it worked.FANTASTIC!love you

[@thiagojosegolin5609]

Dude, thank you. I Fixed my keyrig following your tip! I was about to throw it out!

[@circa4650]

Nice. Fixed my Xboard using this method. Thanks!

[@nigelunderwood5224]

Wow. Yep, this video helped me fix exactly this issue. Nice one!

[@skateyp1729]

I had this exact same problem. Thank you so much. My plug had came out as well. Such an easy fix. I almost bought a new one smh! Thank You!!

[@jpmakaveli6404]

Ay dude, did your keyboard power up when you connected it to your laptop or pc and then suddenly working after a while or did it not work from the get go

[@MufinsCat]

Opened it up, but sadly connector was plugged, keys are still not working, even after spraying air into the connector. I have no idea what to do, every electronic part seems to be in place, is it possibe that keys arent mapped?

[@petripat5979]

Have you tried a factory reset Turn power off Hold octave +and - and advance buttons while putting power on and release the 3 buttons

[@MufinsCat]

@@petripat5979 yep, i even unscrew the whole thing to check if something was unsoldered, but it was just trash, i bought it from Pawn shop, so i got refund. but if you gotta cash go for something smaller and new. The only time its worth to buy keystation 49 e is when it costs 10 bucks ,

[@traysonz]

Thank you sooo much for this upload. It worked.

[@Guillaumears]

Merci d'avoir mis en ligne cette vidéo! Merci! Merci! Merci!

[@djshabass]

Thanks! I was about to trash my Keyrig 49! 1000 Thanks! Now it is working find.

[@rakasastra5383]

Thank you. Greetings from Sydney Australia

[@Phyclone]

thank you so much for posting this. i just fixed my keyboard just now with the same issue!

[@azmer74]

Thank you sir!!!! You are a lifesaver!!!! I can't thank you enough

[@xOwzo]

You hero! Was going to return it, but now works fine. Thanks again

[@childcapone]

I wish i knew this before I through away my 88 key m-audio, i was bummed out when the same exact issue happened on my 49key m-audio , but this worked perfectly , the same plug was loose so i taped it this time lol :D

[@pyrogon7566]

I swear on my life if this is the problem.... Edit: That was the problem...

[@mortalkombat1209]

I repaired a piece of lemon thx dude

[@isaiahwebb9502]

Wow thank you so much! I thought my keyboard was broken, but this fixed it!

[@casdepro6976]

Broooooooooo this video helped sooo much, had de same issue. Thanks for the fix 🙏🏾

[@markwalkerdrums]

Thank you! This worked perfectly!

[@BorTEK22]

Thank You!!! It's funny how I was doing this and I seen the "QC Passed" sticker under it. LOL "QC Fail!"

[@MORGANATIQUEMENT]

Thank you so much!

[@papaedda]

This saved my day mate!!! Thanks!!!😁

[@TekOverclocked]

THANK YOU! THIS WAS MY PROBLEM!! i got mine working thanks to you :) i thought i got ripped off dammit!

[@Cubeezz]

Muchas Gracias!!! You have my eternal gratitude.

[@dsbeats_rap_beatz]

Man You Are The Best, this work it! THX

[@matgiordano7297]

This was my exact problem. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@jkobeapayne]

Thanks you good fella!!!!! This was what I needed... God bless...

[@twistslime]

Thank you! You saved me alot of money🙏

[@chadmpierce]

Just saved the day. Thanks!

[@MsSdsd12]

I just try this right now, thanks for this I pray its the problem.

[@HopeinMedia]

Wonderful fix!

[@Nachoobeschannel]

Gracias!!! Era lo mismo pero de un Alesis. Capo total! Thanks

[@shandgodstyle]

worked perfectly, thank you

[@jonathan_we]

THANK YOU! I was just about to throw mine out before I saw this.

[@neon_one]

Repairing my Radium 61 has been one of the most frustrating things ever. The screws need to all be as tight as possible, but none of them will even catch the threads