the OT has the main labels below the buttons, so this wouldn’t be an issue.
Those are the FUNC labels 
(in most cases).
The thing I dislike most about going from a MKii and a MKi is not having illuminated labels, when it starts getting dark it makes my music bad (at least that’s what I assume is to blame)
I started gently but without significant results I then submerged them, same thing with my music creation process. 
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Hahaha, solidarity.
I emailed elektron about aquiring the hard plastic knob caps that came on the md and mnm and they said they didnt have anymore so i 3d printed some. I could try and make some of the buttons for the dn, dt etc. doesnt seem like a terribly difficult design. Maybe a clear ish pla or petg would let the leds shine through.
I seem to remember folks that make custom qwerty key caps use acrylic or resin which would require a mold, which would require more work but would come out cleaner/more smooth.
Anyways, as someone who lives with 100% humidity all the damn time, this is something often on my mind.
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That may be a speedy way, but i found that the sticky film needed elbow grease - it wasn’t too hard, but at least it was a controlled (time limited exposure) process, maybe fish out the page button from time to time and try wiping or brushing with a cheap/spent toothbrush to see if it’s ready to let go
The old MD, MM, OT buttons were great. Nothing wrong with them.
If Elektron offered replacement buttons for DT et-al, at a fair price, I’d get them in a heartbeat.
Same with AKAI, if they offered a new shell at a fair price for the now forgotten about OG Live, I’d snap it up. My Live 
sticky.
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Depends on your idea of fair but I suspect they’d be expensive 
I got a quote for some replacement caps for the Digitone to black it out (the 4 track buttons and a set for the keyboard), with delivery it was around £50. I’d expect double-shot PBT with a clear layer to cost more than the current design. I wouldnt be surprised if a full set for an OT would be £100+
id take it over the shit thats on there now.
adding: it just feels like its toxic…as if it seeps into your skin 
along with just being shit.
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They’re good quality caps, as pointed out they just don’t work for some people 
they are good quality…that melt and become shit quality.
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For some people yes, but likely a minority.
You can not like them it doesn’t make them bad. Elektron have been using them for 6 years now, if they had to RMA them all they’d have changed the design a long time ago.
sorry man…its not a minority thing. its general consensus. the minority are the ones that DONT have issue. the % is high that the stuff will get gross.
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Sorry but no, it’s not. You’re seeing the complaints, among those that have the issue it is the consensus. It’s a vocal minority problem, confirmation bias etc.
Not denying your experience of course, and it would be good if alternatives were available for those that suffer with the problem. I’d personally quite like high quality PBT caps and I don’t even have the problem
All that being said, over a period of decades the chance of this happening due to environmental conditions will increase for all, so there may well be a market for alternative replacement as time goes on.
I have this problem with an ableton push 1, a moog phatty, a novation orbit, and an akai mpc live. I also have to replace chroma caps on my pioneer s9 about once every 2 years or so. I pine for the days of metal enclosures and hard plastic caps but thats not how it works anymore.
Like i said before acetone works for me at this moment, but if something better comes along lemme know.
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well, the MD, MnM, OTmki, ARmk1, A4mk1 have no reports of such problem like… at all so I will say their new design and caps are not of good quality.
It may be a minority problem but there should be no problem at all. Happy to hear you’re happy with them though!
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I think you misinterpreted what I meant…I meant ‘the shit’ on the caps…the silky stuff. other than that, id say great caps. and had they been made with just plastic, with the white inlay that allows color to come thru, they’d have been awesome. the coating degrades and becomes shit [I just wanted to clarify that. not bad caps, but bad surface]
…and that goes for mice, digipens, AKAI…whatever that has that crap on it.
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Well this is all subjective or course, but companies don’t add TPE coatings to products to reduce their quality, it’s because many people prefer the way they feel over smooth plastic - for me it increases the quality of the caps beyond what they’d be without it. It’s a preference, not a quality issue.
That they’re melting for some people is environmental, not a quality issue.
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…incorrect.
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Ok well good chat 
haha
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If we lived in a void that would make sense!
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