[A6] middle E key not working so well

[Michael E. Caloroso]

> My middle E key doesn't seem to be working ... if i press the key really hard
> it will play, but if i hit the key lightly it only plays intermittently. i've
> tried a reset, it doesn't help. anybody have any ideas about what it could be
> before i contact alesis technical support? i think i may need a new keyboard.
> it looks like it is pretty easy to replace.

Or you could clean the contact.  I had a key go bad last year and it wasn't hard.  They are similar contact system to Polysix and Memorymoog.  Here's a site that describes how to clean them.

http://www.oldcrows.net/~oldcrow/synth/korg/polysix/keyclean.html

MC