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SEQUENTIAL/DSI => Prophet-5/Prophet-10 => Topic started by: louis on November 10, 2022, 11:22:13 AM

Title: Prophet 5/10 Button Quality. How is yours?
Post by: louis on November 10, 2022, 11:22:13 AM
I've been considering buying one lately but was made aware that some users have been having problems with poorly responding button clicks on gearspace. Something this expensive should be a premium product and not have these sort of issues after barely 2 years on the market and it's seriously making me reconsider as this would be huge investment for me and something I would expect to rely on for a very long time. Please share us your experience.
Title: Re: Prophet 5/10 Button Quality. How is yours?
Post by: LPF83 on November 10, 2022, 01:47:17 PM
I've been considering buying one lately but was made aware that some users have been having problems with poorly responding button clicks on gearspace. Something this expensive should be a premium product and not have these sort of issues after barely 2 years on the market and it's seriously making me reconsider as this would be huge investment for me and something I would expect to rely on for a very long time. Please share us your experience.

No problems with mine almost 2 years later.
Title: Re: Prophet 5/10 Button Quality. How is yours?
Post by: louis on November 10, 2022, 04:49:34 PM
I've been considering buying one lately but was made aware that some users have been having problems with poorly responding button clicks on gearspace. Something this expensive should be a premium product and not have these sort of issues after barely 2 years on the market and it's seriously making me reconsider as this would be huge investment for me and something I would expect to rely on for a very long time. Please share us your experience.

No problems with mine almost 2 years later.
Nice. Hopefully this is quite rare then.
Title: Re: Prophet 5/10 Button Quality. How is yours?
Post by: Manbird on November 10, 2022, 05:13:54 PM
No problems with mine either. I've had the occasional problem of stuck buttons on my Prophet 6, but the "press 50 times" trick always sorts that out, usually in well under 50 clicks!
Title: Re: Prophet 5/10 Button Quality. How is yours?
Post by: Ncapone on November 10, 2022, 08:41:40 PM
Never had any issues with button clicking on any Sequential or DSI product.
Title: Re: Prophet 5/10 Button Quality. How is yours?
Post by: dr.sax on November 11, 2022, 09:22:34 AM
My P10 working flawless   since 2 years 8)
Title: Re: Prophet 5/10 Button Quality. How is yours?
Post by: Pl@ton on November 14, 2022, 06:18:44 AM
I had the buttons problem (some not responding sometimes) but it was fixed with one of the early updates.
Never had the problem since then.
Title: Re: Prophet 5/10 Button Quality. How is yours?
Post by: eldadg on November 15, 2022, 10:59:12 AM
I do have the buttons issue. Bought my p5 in the used market, less than a year ago.
Title: Re: Prophet 5/10 Button Quality. How is yours?
Post by: ronko79 on December 07, 2022, 07:40:43 AM
I am having this issue after only 6 months from buying it new . first it was the patch buttons now its the tuning button. any suggestions on how to solve this ?
Title: Re: Prophet 5/10 Button Quality. How is yours?
Post by: gus on December 08, 2022, 04:44:58 PM
The Prophet style switches on the P6/P5/OB-6 have a very long life expectancy. Any intermittent issues can typically be resolved with a simple contact 'cleaning'. To do this, press any problematic button rapidly ~50 times. This should clear any dust or debris around the contact and improve operation. We very rarely have to replace these buttons in support (unless they somehow get physically damaged).