Forays into synth repair... AND SCIENCE.

The Prophet, Sigfreid, is a little sad again- the contacts are wearing out on all my C's. I realized a bit ago that I default to the key of C not just 'cause it's an easy and familiar key, but also because when you have a limited amount of keys to work with (anything under 88 feels limited when you played piano before synth, I think), it gives you the most amount of real estate. So, I bang on my C keys a lot, it turns out, and they wear out before anyone else does.

Anyway, I'm finally practicing my set for my show next weekend, and it gets a little annoying when I'm recording a loop and then have to re-do it 'cause there's a hiccup where the contact decides to stutter in the middle. Not Sigfried's fault, really, he's just showing his age. I successfully repaired the same problem 6-7 years ago by painting the contacts with conductive graphite paint. He's my main gigging synth again, so I'm going to try a repeat procedure before the show. I don't remember where I bought the conductive paint last time- online someplace- and I also don't remember learning that its primary usage is not for synthesizer enthusiasts and would-be repairpeople at all.

Nope, it's for preparing sample specimens for SEMs.

Learn something new every day.