RM1x Update

The way I cleaned the RM1x was with compressed air to get the loose stuff off, then Radio Shack's Precision Circuit Board Cleaner (this is great stuff for cleaning flux residue off of freshly soldered circuitboards, by the way) then after that was dry, squirting each individual switch with Deoxit Gold, and working the uh, nipple of each switch to try to get the Deoxit inside to clean the contacts. Last night, after allowing a generous amount of time for the circuitboard to dry the past couple of days, I checked the switches with my multimeter, then reassembled the RM1x. All of the keyboard buttons now work, though some are not quite as responsive as they should be, but at least they all work! While I had the thing all apart, I took the opportunity to replace the memory battery too just to be on the safe side. I'll most likely be using the RM1x with my Photon X25 controller for entering notes anyway, so hopefully the button issue won't be too problematic.

I'm pretty psyched to use a couple of my synths with a "real" sequencer now (especially my AN200 and the Drumstation). After fooling around with it a little bit last night, it definitely seems like the big brother to the QY70, which I know my way around very well, so I should be able to more or less dive right into using the RM1x. I'm sure I'll be posting more about the RM1x once I have more experience using it.