Friday, March 28, 2025

A Solid Footing

When I originally got my "broken" Yamaha Reface CS, and subsequently fixed it by turning on the speakers in the settings with a quick factory reset, one of the things I didn't take care of right away was a small but important item that was missing from the device.

That item was one of the 4 rubber feet on the bottom.

And though some may claim that a 3-legged stool will never wobble, I can safely say that the same doesn't hold true for synthesizers.

Thankfully the solution to this problem isn't too hard to come by.

And it also isn't hard to install.

So that just leaves one last detail to take care of.

Which is the above proprietary midi port connector, which Yamaha for some reason decided to use in order to cram both the midi transmit and receive into one jack, thus requiring the use of an easily lost dongle if you want to actually connect this synthesizer to other midi devices.

Getting the replacement for the one that never came with my machine wasn't hard to do, but it took a while for it to come in. Thankfully it's here now, and I'll just have to hope I never misplace it.

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