Ensoniq DP4 broken encoder / jog wheel fix

[gosh]

So I’ve been meaning to post this for a little while in case someone has the same trouble as me. I couldn’t find any info the net when I was looking.

I recently bought an Ensoniq dp4 with a broken encoder / jog wheel for a good price figuring I could fix the encoder. Upon opening discovered the encoder was made by Bourns [part number ECW1D-C32-BC0024 ]. Bourns don’t make this part number and the next closest (same spec but without a flatted shaft) was only available on a very long wait.
So I ordered ECW1J-C28-BC0024 from Mousers (about £6 each plus around £10 shipping to UK) and fitted that and….it works a treat. The shaft is slightly shorter so use a dab of either glue or blue-tac to keep the knob on the end but DP4 is back to full health and sounding excellent.

I bought this after a heavy dose of plastikman infused techno acid listening and I’d always read good things. After seeing plastikman lug it out for his 2010 tour I figured there must be something to this box, and well yeah it’s those lovely dark reverbs and echo’s that are all over his early work. Yay!

Anyway, now you know!

[schmidtc]

Thanks for posting. I use my DP/4 easily as much as my H3000 and it's a really underrated machine, good to know there's still some spare parts around for it.