I appreciate your time and effort in putting this together. I just purchased the reface cp, I have no doubt this instrument will be one of those historical gifts for many years to comes, the is two quality of its sound and portability to bring it anywhere. It is daunting that it wouldn’t already have the acoustic piano sound by defaul, or that they couldn’t push a firmware to do so, but I don’t know anything about circuit paths or soldering. It would be a prize to mod this out to have it all included so seeing this video definitely gives light to a future journey I may have to embark on.

@Control_Room

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment, I really appreciate it! I’ll update the video description and add a link to a written tutorial with photos I found a while back in case it’s easier to follow than my video. :)

@Control_Room

7 ай бұрын

I just updated the description. I couldn't find the written tutorial I was referring to, but I did add a link to another video tutorial by someone else.

Thanks for the Video. Very useful for taking apart the keyboard and assembling it back! (though I used the shorter implementation of disabling the Toy Piano)

@Control_Room

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment!

I always wondering if you could remove the Keyboard board and install a Normal size keyboard from a MIDI controller. ..

@Control_Room

8 ай бұрын

That's definitely possible, there are probably a couple of ways to do something like that. I myself would actually be interested in trying to do that as well. I think it'd be cool to build a vintage-looking Rhodes or Wurlitzer style chassis with a 73/88 key MIDI controller and mount the Reface electronics inside.

@cristiancornejo

8 ай бұрын

@@Control_Room I Ve used to have this reface and I love it.. But always bothered me the little keys.. A good semi-weight keyboard can be a good "portable" Rhodes... after seeing your video.. made me think about getting it again lol .. cheers!

@Control_Room

8 ай бұрын

@@cristiancornejo Thanks for watching! :)

Thank you for the Video. You’re a mind reader. I won’t be interested in accessing the toy piano anymore so is the acoustic piano going to be accessed by the toy piano position after skipping the installation of the option toggle switch?

@Control_Room

22 күн бұрын

Thanks for your comment! Yes, the acoustic piano will be accessed by the toy piano position. So if you turn the knob to the toy piano position and then power up the keyboard, you will default to the acoustic piano sound.

@krve16

22 күн бұрын

Watched the link to the other Video several times. My take is if the keyboard is off and turned on with toy piano selected it will be the Acoustic Piano sound. When you choose a different a sound you will have to turn off and on with the toy piano selected to resume Acoustic Piano sound.

@krve16

22 күн бұрын

@@Control_Room You’re welcome for inquiry and Thank you for the quick response.

@Control_Room

22 күн бұрын

That’s exactly right. So it’s still slightly inconvenient but it’s still better than having to force the rotary switch to stay in between positions. I think it’s more consistently repeatable this way, and less wear on the switch.

@krve16

22 күн бұрын

@@Control_Room Agreed 😎

Can this “secret” sound damage the instrument? I read somewhere that some people broke their keyboard using this trick. I don’t know if it’s true though…

@Control_Room

7 ай бұрын

Not at all, as far as I know. The acoustic piano sound seems to be the default initialized patch when the rotary switch has nothing selected.