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[skiesbleed]

Hello,

I've had a Roland XP-30 keyboard for a few years, and a couple of days ago it stopped sending MIDI. Now, I tested everything possible to try and isolate the problem, to no avail. I tested the MIDI cables on another device, which worked fine, and I turned on Active Sensing on the XP-30 to see if that was sending a MIDI signal, and it was. My next instinct was to check all of the settings, even though I hadn't altered any of them, and they all looked identical to how I had them. In case it was some kind of bug or corrupt file or something, I restored the factory defaults, but to no avail. I made sure the Computer switch on the back was set to MIDI, even though that shouldn't matter, but nothing. So, I opened it up. Inside, nothing looked loose or damaged, but there was a bit of dust around, so I cleaned that out. I double-checked connections, but didn't see anything. Mind you, I didn't look underneath the output board because of the hassle involved in taking it out. I put it back together and sure enough, still no MIDI from keys or pitch / mod, but still able to send active sensing messages.

Does anyone happen to know much about this kind of thing? I know it's a bit of a shot in the dark, since it's a pretty specific problem, but I'd very much so appreciate it. I can't really afford repairs or a new keyboard at this point.

[skiesbleed]

After a bit more tinkering, I finally got it working. Ironic that I spent an hour and a half going through everything possible and only minutes after posting this I fixed it. One of the connecters on the inside had come loose, but only on one side, so it was barely noticeable. Sorry for the unnecessary post!

[Spectrum]

Ain't the troubleshooting journey so much fun.... not!! Glad to hear it was something simple/cheap to fix.

[Jester_Fu]

Sounds like you have a dry joint. Would suggest you re-touch the solder on the midi sockets of the synth to prevent it occurring again any time soon.

[skiesbleed]

Thank you for the responses. I'll look into re-soldering the connections, Jester_Fu. Thanks for the tip.