Jeshurun Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 hi there, i having using my px5s for a while now. just of recent i noticed the velocity response of key A#5 is weird. it responds well on light touch but then skips medium touch and goes on max. when i googled it, i saw a forum discussion about the same issue, apparently i'm not aloneon this.. but i cant seem to find any solution has anyone faced this challenge and is there any solution out there?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Brad Saucier Posted January 15, 2022 Solution Share Posted January 15, 2022 You can try blowing between the problem keys with computer cleaning canned compressed air. Sometimes dirt can get in the sensors. If that fails to solve it, unfortunately it will need servicing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeshurun Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 I dont have the computer cleaning thingy, and in that forum someone repaired theirs only for it to reoccur.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Depending on where you live, cans of compressed air can be purchased at places like office supply stores, computer stores, and online. in the meantime, try working that key and tilting the keyboard to its sides. It might work any debris out. just because it recurred for someone else doesn’t mean it will for you. Even if it does, it’s possible it happened to happen again and you can fix it yourself again. You don’t really have anything to lose by trying, except perhaps the cost of the compressed air cans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeshurun Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 48 minutes ago, Joe Muscara said: Depending on where you live, cans of compressed air can be purchased at places like office supply stores, computer stores, and online. in the meantime, try working that key and tilting the keyboard to its sides. It might work any debris out. just because it recurred for someone else doesn’t mean it will for you. Even if it does, it’s possible it happened to happen again and you can fix it yourself again. You don’t really have anything to lose by trying, except perhaps the cost of the compressed air cans. Thanks for the encouragement man, I will get to working! I will post an update if I fix it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob green Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Welcome to the "Bb Velocity Issue" Club! Make sure to get your secret decoder ring..... Seriously, one thing to try, which has worked for me on both my Px5s's, is to set the max volume for any zone that employs the offending note to 126 or lower. Since the note wants to sound out at full volume, this (seems) to prevent it from doing so. Not sure if this will affect your particular flavor of this issue, but it can't hurt to try..... Cheers! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeshurun Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 Actually I have fixed the issue but I don’t know how long it will stay fixed.. if it falls apart again, then I will do the 126 velocity 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinvine Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 This sounds like exactly the same problem I have with my aging PX-5S. Curious that this problem seems to be somewhat of a unique Bb issue on the PX-5S, and that it turns up after some passage of time… I've discovered that the Ab next door has similar issues, too. Neither of those keys are heavily used, at least with my playing style. Nevertheless, I'd still like to have them work properly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Ramirez Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Jeshurun, how did you fix it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeshurun Posted September 16, 2022 Author Share Posted September 16, 2022 30 minutes ago, Fernando Ramirez said: Jeshurun, how did you fix it? Well, I opened it up. every screw. Lifted the keys and swapped the grey rubber sensors. I must let you know that it has spoilt twice since then; I think this has to do with faulty build quality.. what I will recommend is simply to cap the general velocity at 110 or 113; that way you still have some dynamic range. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Ramirez Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 (edited) Wow!! Ok, thanks for the advice! 8 minutes ago, Jeshurun said: Well, I opened it up. every screw. Lifted the keys and swapped the grey rubber sensors. I must let you know that it has spoilt twice since then; I think this has to do with faulty build quality.. what I will recommend is simply to cap the general velocity at 110 or 113; that way you still have some dynamic range. Jeshurun, how did you fix it? Edited September 16, 2022 by Fernando Ramirez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeshurun Posted September 16, 2022 Author Share Posted September 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Fernando Ramirez said: Wow!! Ok, thanks for the advice! Jeshurun, how did you fix it? You welcome 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demaris Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 I'm having a variation of this on A over middle C. Air blast worked for a minute. I've tried the volume limit on the zone (I take it this means zone under stage settings). That didn't work for me, but what did work was turning the velocity sensitivity on the tone (not anywhere in the Stage Setting) way down. This limits expression but better than nothing. It's like some preset voices I've heard on other pianos that are like soft hammers. Is there a global setting for zone volume that I don't know or have forgotten? I tried master volume in the system settings generator section, no. Changing velocity sensitivity in tone made the note silent, changing volume didn't make much difference. Amp volume settings in the tone, not much difference. Anyway as it is I can pick a couple of settings like one acoustic and one rhodes setting and do this trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Ramirez Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 I don’t believe there is a global setting for that. Last week I left my Privia for a general revision in a authorized technical assistance. It was very dirty inside. The guy didn’t replace any piece. The rubbers were fine. Just cleaned everything. So far so good. Problem solved for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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