Essentially, most of the PCBs have to come out. Picture below shows what is seen once screws and panel is removed. During installation, the synth was rested upside down on two pillows to protect from damage. The instrument is disassembled from the rear just like most synthesizers of this era. We do try to make the process as painless as possible, see our Availability page for supply of parts or a fully built and tested assembly used in this guide. It is not known how other OLED display modules perform on the Korg M1, we are happy to supply display modules if users have the confidence to fit them. Jonathan has refurbished the instruments and did all the hard work upgrading the displays too. A ready made and fully tested assembly is available that transposes all the connections from the OLED to the new mounting arrangement.Īll of this work was trialed on three Korg M1 instruments owned by, Jonathan Williams. This article shows how the Korg M1 LCD is replaced with one using an OLED module that has been specially made for the JX10/MKS70 and JX8P display retrofit projects.įor the best possible visual experience, fitting involves using a tool to trim the display mounting pillars that are molded into the plastic front panel. The display however is relatively poor quality and is very much of it’s time when all character LCDs were like this. The fabulous Korg M1 was made in huge quantities to a price, it is a heavily value engineered product yet no corners were cut that affected reliability.

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