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Akai APC40 Tear Down

December 14th, 2009

What do you do when you get something new?  Here is another tear down for all you APC40 users.  Click the images to get a closer look.


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  1. March 6th, 2010 at 03:14 | #1

    nice pix-did u just take it apart to check out the insides or did you mod it out?

  2. Philipp
    June 30th, 2010 at 13:34 | #2

    Hey, cool Pics.
    As I see you opened it, I thought I might just ask a question. I recently bought one of those things, but I am unhappy with the color of the LEDs. How much time do you thinkt would it take to replace them (the orange an green ones)? Can you just pull ‘ em out and put new ones in or will it be a tricky job with the soldering-iron to get them out and in?

    Cheers, Philipp. PS: Keep up the cool site.

  3. July 11th, 2010 at 15:34 | #3

    The led’s are all surface mount and there is a bunch of them. Changing them out is a big task, but one that can be done. Best to brush up on your surface mounting skills.

  4. Philipp
    July 23rd, 2010 at 00:31 | #4

    Hey, thanks for the info…

    Hmm… I guess I’ll have to think over if I really wanna do that ;D
    I always thought surface mounting was a cool technology, but now I disagree.. =)

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