well i dont know? but i have had a near problem with my edirol pcr-m50 although 1 key was sending out a lower velocity note compared to others. but it's gone and i think i cleared it or somethin?

have you done much editing with it's midi features that may cause this?

good luck

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Had my edirol pcrm30 (midi keyboard) for about 2 years now which i dont consider very long. Its worked solidly for me up until about three months ago when about 40% of the keys have just suddenly died. Not sending out any midi messages, just stopped working.

Hmm, thats odd, one of my PCR30's did the same thing a couple of weeks ago. I thought it may ahve been because I was using it as control surface, but if it is that I can't get it back to the wayit should be.

Wonder if I should contact Edirol Support....

Amdy

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I had a PCR30 for about a year - I only used it about 2-3 times as I had a bigger keyboard to use. Plugged it in one day, and half the keys didn't work. After some research, I found out that it was a common fault with Edirol keyboards. So I rang Edirol support in the UK and they basically said "Tough.. Its out of warranty"..

I was so pissed off, not hardly used the keyboard and then half the keys not working. So, stay away from Edirol keyboards. They're shite. :-)

Interesting, I haven't had mine as long (about a year and a half perhaps) but it's definitely something I'll watch out for now.

I wonder if it could be dust or dirt buildup. Have you tried using some compressed air?

You kinda get what you pay for, I think - all of these cheap keyboards have problems, including the M-Audio and Emu ones. If you want better quality you're generally looking at an entirely different price range ($800+).

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Well thats really pissed me off then if the keyboard is just fucked. Fair enough if a few keys that I constantly banged away on stopped working, but to have half of them just die all of a sudden is wank.

So it looks like I need a new keyboard but i have no money. So my question..Can anyone recommend a CHEAP keyboard that is known to be reliable. I dont need fancy knobs and sliders (I've got my UC33e and can still use the edirol aswell for that), I dont need loads of octaves. I just need the keys to be reliable, no fancy featues necessary.

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I also have an M-Audio o2 keyboard and i've never had any issues with that in over 18 months of using it. So I'd recommend an M-Audio keyboard.

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