Opening a Roland MC303

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Hi!

I just recently bought a cheap, used Roland MC303 with one
caveat; the play button doesn't work.

I haven't recieved the unit yet from the seller, and I'm
looking for some directions on how to correctly open the
machine.

I've heard that the buttons on the mc303 are of loose
kind, so the machine is really hard to put back together.

By the way; Are the buttons regular micro switches,
or do I have to start looking for replacements from
somewhere ?

I'd really appreciate your help!

Pictures would be really great too

Regards;
Mikko

Finland

hey there,

same with me- opened it three times (own it for a week now).

to the buttons- in my machine they are fixed to the case with double-sided-tape. so they don´t fall off and mix...
don´t know if this is factory-made or not- but very helpful. i opened it first for the reason that my friend told me i might have to exchange the ovtave- button.

but this one seems to work. the second time i opened it for checking the play mode button. it seems that the buttons are getting´lame´due to material ´tiredness´or so...

so now i have to push this one up a bit before switching the machine on. otherwise it´s in midi mode and i think it´s damaged now, because it won´t continue booting...

oh man, i hope i will learn to use it and don´t get mad about its age-related-misbehaviour !

good luck to everyone who is in the same boat with me now- and drop a line if you like !

cheers, david www.myspace.com/defakt