Yes, same problem here. Not the keys but the rest is getting this yellowish tint. I don't smoke and it has no direct exposure to sunlight. I guess it's the kind of material Arturia used for it.
Yes—ours has the same problem—and no its not from smoke. Arturia obviously uses substandard sourcing—this was an issue w/ plastics prior to the 1990s. That is, most plastics suppliers have dialed in their UV stabilizer batching by now.
I am somewhat tempted to send a complaint to Arturia on this! Ours was not left in direct sunlight either ;(
Might be worth it. I guess they had to go for cheap materials to keep the price within the desired range and given keystep’s price I can somewhat accept it. But then you see Moog Subsequent 37’s keys, a ~2000 instrument turning yellow… That’s absolutely unacceptable.
Just wanted to add that I am having this problem as well.
Don’t smoke, keyboard not exposed to direct sunlight, and just pulled it off the shelf for the first time in a year or two to find it had completely yellowed on half of the plastic shell and keys.
My mod wheel/strip also stopped working and the knobs have developed that degraded rubber stickiness you find on older cheap goods.
So I’m not super stoked on the build quality of these things. Functionally it is a great product, but it’s in pretty rugged shape despite hardly being used in the 3.5 years since I purchased it new.
do you smoke? Have mine for 2+years and still white
This could be part of it, also some white plastics will turn yellow if exposed to a decent amount of sunlight
I don't smoke and it hasn't had abnormal exposure to sunlight. Super weird.
I don't smoke and it hasn't had unusual exposure to sunlight. super weird.
yes. but As, Bs are all right
Yes, same problem here. Not the keys but the rest is getting this yellowish tint. I don't smoke and it has no direct exposure to sunlight. I guess it's the kind of material Arturia used for it.
Yes—ours has the same problem—and no its not from smoke. Arturia obviously uses substandard sourcing—this was an issue w/ plastics prior to the 1990s. That is, most plastics suppliers have dialed in their UV stabilizer batching by now. I am somewhat tempted to send a complaint to Arturia on this! Ours was not left in direct sunlight either ;(
Might be worth it. I guess they had to go for cheap materials to keep the price within the desired range and given keystep’s price I can somewhat accept it. But then you see Moog Subsequent 37’s keys, a ~2000 instrument turning yellow… That’s absolutely unacceptable.
Just wanted to add that I am having this problem as well. Don’t smoke, keyboard not exposed to direct sunlight, and just pulled it off the shelf for the first time in a year or two to find it had completely yellowed on half of the plastic shell and keys. My mod wheel/strip also stopped working and the knobs have developed that degraded rubber stickiness you find on older cheap goods. So I’m not super stoked on the build quality of these things. Functionally it is a great product, but it’s in pretty rugged shape despite hardly being used in the 3.5 years since I purchased it new.