Hi everyone!
Did anyone facing the problem with pitch bend ribbon button? At some moment it becomes so hard to make it work so I’m afraid to bend the unit with my arms earlier than it’ll bend by itself:))
Tried to clean the space between ribbon button and the sensor, didn’t help:(
Yup, same here. Mine works better „down“ than „up“ and I have to press really hard either way.
I have the feeling it’s a bit different each time I use my OP-Z but it’s never really satisfying
Same here too. One direction is a little hard to use, the other direction is impossible, doesn’t ‘bend’ at all. I don’t really miss it since you can’t record pitch bend signals, and I sequence just about everything.
There are replacement pitchbend buttons and circuit board on iFixit, with teardown. But tbh the superior control method is with a midi keyboard lol. Really makes you realize how under implemented it is on the Z. A real shame it can’t be sequenced or mixed.
That was fast: TE support just sent me a link to a pre-filled shopping cart containing the spare part I asked for. The „pitch bend + microphone“ flex cable is 20€. To me this is a fair price, my warranty is long gone. I just ordered two in case I’ll need another one in the future…
Will keep you updated on the repair itself.