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"This was easy to disassemble - just 5 screws and some smaller screws on the PCB. Got a bit excited when the metal frame was removed to reveal two phantom LINE IN (RCA phono jacks) until I remembered this is the same plastic body used for the MiniKP which obviously has these implemented. Disappointed not to find any obvious contact points that would indicate easy access to a MIDI IN/OUT nor any type of obvious programming mods or tweaks. Interesting autopsy nonetheless.
Also discovered that the plastic backplane of the touchpad has 4 very slight recessed vertical grooves. I sensed something was there - the touchpad itself did not feel totally flat - but I wasn't sure if it had something to do with the touch pad material itself or something else. I assume these are there to give your finger some placement reference as well as some guidance, helping you to remain on your sustained note while performing a vertical (Y) modulation. That could be one possible easy mod. As Kaossilator players become more proficient and desire more accuracy in hitting specific notes consistently, they could make additional grooves and markings on that backplane of the touchpad to help with this."
Hi there, i own a KO1 and as well, when i removed the silver frame got excited about the rca line in jacks thinking it could be modified into adding a line in. Do you have any information about this being possible or not? I've been searching for a while and unfortunately kept running into dead ends; havent found anything about that in particular, only some great modifications on how to circuit bend it.
ReplyDeleteI would appreciate if you have some knowledge about that and are willing to share!
Greetings,
SpaceCamel