[tutorial] Cleaning Waldorf Blofeld Encoders
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- čas přidán 22. 09. 2016
- This is a small tutorial on how to clean the Waldorf Blofeld encoders and solve the jumping value problem. BTW, sorry for my bad english...
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Update: I posted this video over 6 years ago. My encoders are still working fine. Watch my newest videos to see it. It's important to mention for me because some smart asses won't stop mentioning how I did everything wrong.
I recently discovered your video when searching for a fix for the encoders on my Waldorf Q. I first noticed problems about a year after I purchased the Q (second hand). Twisting the knobs back and forth seemed to help. But after letting the synth sit untouched for several years, none of the encoders worked at all. I decided to follow your lead and disassembled and cleaned all 58 encoders! They were covered with grease, which migrated down from the shaft. The Q encoders have an o-ring, which is supposed to prevent the grease from spreading to the disk surface. It obviously didn't work. I cleaned them with alcohol and then coated them with Deoxit. They all work now. Many thanks!
If you get one of these new, go to the auto parts store and get 1/4" ID o-rings and put one under each knob, in between the case and the encoder. it seals them from dust and they last forever... get a thick one, also you could seal them the way radios have been sealed for decades with felt pads
If all else fails you can just replace the encoders, I had the same problem with my Arturia origin as the encoders started to fail so i replaced all of them, they are only £1 or so each but you need to desolder them.
Lol, the intense music in the background is making me scared to fix the encoders. I gotta mentally prep
I'm really glad you made this one, because the Blofeld keyboard I purchased (used) recently has an issue with the right encoder knob. It seems to function fine when programming a patch, but it took me 10 minutes to name it before storing. It was ridiculous. Jumps all over the place, and in no incremental order. That, and main data encoder detents are very subtle and mushy. I'll take your info, and see if I can find out if I can apply it to my keyboard.
It's nice that someone shows this. Encoders and potentiometers do need grease to work smoothly. As your video shows, the problem is that the viscosity of the grease is too high, that creates gaps between signals. If you had dropped silicone in it, it would push the excess grease to the sides and it would work again too. That's a good fix for when you have a ton of encoders. Usually, high viscosity doesn't block signals but it seems that this encoder is highly sensitive.
thank you for posting this!!
im not buying one of these now i see how the encoders go
Just did this and it worked perfectly. Hardest thing was getting it back in the case properly. Thanks.
Really great video. I sold my Blofeld for this reason. I have missed it ever since but not the dodgy encoders. Now I see there is a fix I'm going to get another. Thank you!
After years with it on a corner I just fixed it. It was so easy thanks to this video :)
I have cleaned numerous digital encoders used in home-theater receivers. The real problem isn't dust (those controls are well sealed), it is
Thanks, it worked!
Thank you very much! very useful! had two encoders almost dead and now are working smooth perfectly. Im not pro with this matters, but watched your video and say... lets go! and im happy. by the way, Waldorf put cheap encoders, i have my kitchen pans more clean!! thanks a lot!!!!!
I just bough a cheap secondhand blofeld off ebay so your channel is really useful to me. Thanks. :)
PERFECT SOLUTION...EXCELLENT VIDEO..!!!!..I HAVE ENCODER PROBLEMS ON MY BLOFELD.............i will try and attempt this fix but i' am a little Nervous bending and breaking those edges to get the actual encoder off...what happens if on or 2 breaks of the same encoder,,,then what do you do...lol
Thanks man, great video for a well known problem!
Que legal !! Vou fazer isso nos encoders do meu módulo Roland RA90 e no encoder do amplificador Fender GDEC. Obrigado.
Thanks for great tutorial! Worked 100% for me ;)