Would appreciate any advice on a problem with my EM2000. I have not took it anywhere to have it repaired because it does not do this all the time, and I hate to spend money for a bench fee if it does not act up at the repair shop. It has just been sitting around for the last nine months (I replaced it with a PSR2100).
Here's what I experienced on some nursing home gigs (no external speakers). While playing on a gig the light on the screen started flickering, the speakers started popping and cracking, getting to the point where I just had to turn it off and finish the performance on the piano at the facility. I brought the keyboard home, tried it, no problem. Took it to another gig, it worked fine. Took it once again to a couple of back to back gigs. On the first one, not only did I start getting the popping and cracking, but as I was singing "Crazy" to a midifile, the midifile started speeding up, faster, and faster. I just had to stop right in the middle of the song. Took the keyboard across the street to my second gig, speakers popped and cracked so bad I had to turn it off again. Here's what gets me... I brought the keyboard home, it has been plugged in since last December, not moved, and the speakers have not acted up once. I have, however, experienced midi files speeding up faster and faster on a couple of occasions.
Would appreciate any thoughts from anyone....Thanks, Gary

[This message has been edited by TheBish (edited 09-17-2004).]

Sounds like a power supply problem to me. That would pretty much explain everything that has occured.

Gary

Years ago I had a Roland that got finicky when exposed to temperature changes. Could that be a factor with your EM2000?
Eddie

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[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 09-17-2004).]

Could be cold solder joints on the potentiometer that controls the tempo and on the inputs to the amplifier stage of your keyboard. We're seeing this on Yamahas too - poor quality control in the manufacturing. If you are good at taking apart keyboards and doing a little electronic handiwork, I would take the EM-2000 apart and check every solder joint related to the sound and the tempo, redoing them wherever possible.

Thanks for the input guys...Think I will take it apart as soon as I get the time and re solder some of the connections. Can't hurt..Gary