Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

6

Time Required

                          15 minutes - 2 hours

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  • Akai MPD18 Sensitivity Adjustment technique
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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Take out the fader
  • Begin disassembling the device. First, you need to remove the fader by pulling it at yourself using two fingers.

Begin disassembling the device. First, you need to remove the fader by pulling it at yourself using two fingers.

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Step 2

  • Remove all screws at back side using screwdriver.

Remove all screws at back side using screwdriver.

Step 3

  • Pull the upper case at yourself from non-USB-socket side and remove it.

Pull the upper case at yourself from non-USB-socket side and remove it.

Step 4

  • Pull the rubber pad at yourself so you can see the capacity elements pad. Remove all the screws that holding this pad and PCB (not all shown in photo).
  • Accurately open and disconnect the pad connector.

Pull the rubber pad at yourself so you can see the capacity elements pad. Remove all the screws that holding this pad and PCB (not all shown in photo).

Accurately open and disconnect the pad connector.

Step 5

  • Remove the steel pads and now you can see the PCB. I recommend to remove it too for avoid damaging plastic during the solder.

Remove the steel pads and now you can see the PCB. I recommend to remove it too for avoid damaging plastic during the solder.

Step 6

  • Now use your solder iron for changing velocity of the pads.
  • To inscrease velocity of four pads group you need to change the BIAS resistor near the operation amplifier (LMV324M) IC.
  • The higher resistor you will take - more sensivity you will get. The default resistor is 27K so you have to take replacement HIGHER than this value. For my pads it worked at 100K and 56K (because there’s a difference on sensivity).
  • The amplification coefficient equals (1 + R2/R1). Default R2 = 27K and R1 = 10K so it equals 3.7. If you’re using 100K resistor it equals 11.
  • (If you’ll remove this resistor, then sensivity will increase very high so it will react even if you’re clap near the sensors, so choose it reasonably).
  • To change sensivity on generic pad you have to solder the little capacitor between reference line and output line of this pad. The capacity must be relativly high. At my pads it worked at 68n-100n. Lower capacity will not work, higher will cause phantom clicking.
  • That all! Now you can assemble it and test.

Now use your solder iron for changing velocity of the pads.

To inscrease velocity of four pads group you need to change the BIAS resistor near the operation amplifier (LMV324M) IC.

The higher resistor you will take - more sensivity you will get. The default resistor is 27K so you have to take replacement HIGHER than this value. For my pads it worked at 100K and 56K (because there’s a difference on sensivity).

The amplification coefficient equals (1 + R2/R1). Default R2 = 27K and R1 = 10K so it equals 3.7. If you’re using 100K resistor it equals 11.

(If you’ll remove this resistor, then sensivity will increase very high so it will react even if you’re clap near the sensors, so choose it reasonably).

To change sensivity on generic pad you have to solder the little capacitor between reference line and output line of this pad. The capacity must be relativly high. At my pads it worked at 68n-100n. Lower capacity will not work, higher will cause phantom clicking.

That all! Now you can assemble it and test.

To assemble device do the instructions backward (of course without soldering again.)

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