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The restoration of my MPC1000 includes the following:

DISPLAY: Black background, white LED display sourced from China via Ebay. (240x64 T6963). This seems to involve two steps: bridging one pin and also desoldering the actual ribbon connector. That was not planned at first but I found a very cheap source, so why not ? I don’t know if someone has tried these already but this is what I got 1. No guarantee yet, I hope it works.

DATA ENCODER: Main plastic encoder replaced with a sturdy “metal” one. (ref: Alps Alpine EC12E24204A2). This requires a small re-routing of the pins with three wires. I have some spare parts, DM if interested.

SWITCHES: 29 small switches + 6 larger switches (ref: OMRON B3F-1020 x 29, OMRON B3W-4000 (S) x 6). A long desoldering job* ahead but fixing non-responsive buttons is my #1 priority with this machine. Btw, I chose OMRON instead of ALPS SKHHAKA010. Imo, although they have the same actuation force of 100g the OMRON are softer and quieter.

LEDS: ? Not sure yet

PADS: Thick black pads from MPCstuff I guess, unless I come up with an alternative solution (3d printed thing underneath?) to improve the sensitivity of the original grey pads. My MPC already has the “upgraded / one block” pads and sensor). I hope I don’t need to replace the sensor sheet, it seems to be in good condition.

BUTTONS: Black/grey switches plastic molded caps, sliders caps + jog wheel kit from MPC Stuff.

SLIDE POTENTIOMETERS: They’re still working but I may replace the two “qlink” slide potentiometers with some new ones. The original part is discontinued or was a custom product from ALPS. I think I’ve found a similar product in the latest catalog but I’m not sure yet. If anyone wants to help, we’re apparently looking for a 45mm long slide potentiometer, 10K Linear (B) with a 30mm travel, height of 7mm and lever of 5mm. Original brand was ALPS but Bourns might have something in its catalog. I know MPC stuff has some but like other parts, if I can get them from Farnell, I will.

HARD DRIVE: Not sure I need that but I already tried a “wild” hack of the HD connector the other day. I desoldered the large SUB-D connector and tried to connect a 44pins IDE connector instead. There’s some pinout mod to be done but someone has kindly put the schematic online. I printed a small case to put an SD to IDE adaptor in there but the result after soldering 40+ wires like that was too messy and brittle. I removed everything and decided to create a simple FFC to IDE adapter someday and to add that to my next order at JLCPCB.

CF/SD CARD: I ordered a few SD card and micro SD cards (various brands listed here and various capacities) and a different SD to CF adapter and will test all of them. Hopefully I will find one with no faulty sectors, correct load time, no freeze.

POWER SUPPLY: I'll install one of these new USB-C/powerbank/ internal battery pack solution made by ModularSound to make the MPC completely portable.