We couldn’t help but share this photo that DJTT friend Joe Andolina posted on our Facebook wall featuring a Kontrol S2 rocking our Chroma Caps. Burning Man will do crazy things to your DJ equipment – but Joe reports that it seems to be working fine after just a bit of cleaning!



  • James

    re: TLC– just a bit of compressed air, i would guess?

  • Spacecamp

    Most likely. I would imagine sand would really be inside your controller forever though until you open it up and clean it really well. Line and pitch faders + dust storms = a bad time

  • http://www.facebook.com/LeeZerUK Lee Grace

    i can see their right handed

  • Anonymous

    Sand and dust, blehhhh.

  • Anonymous

    Oh my….!!!! This hurts my eyes ;)

  • chendooo

    that’s not sand, that’s alkali-silt, which loves to slowly eat soldered connections! better clean really carefully!

  • http://natwelch.com Nat

    Duckpond! Joe was saying he was going to wash all of the plastics in the dish washer and use compressed air on the electronics. Not sure if that is all he did though.

  • 1KidDown

    Ha, My S4s Deck A Fader died after microscopic dust according to NI support… Got a warranty replacement though,,, But that one was broken out of the box! Wasn’t happy…That is one solid S2!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/joe.andolina Joe Andolina

    I wound up taking the whole thing appart. Then soaking all the boards in alcohol. One of the play buttons needs to be pressed a little harder than it used to but other than that… good to go. My dust cover showed up when I got home :(

  • MarcusMCB

    Yikes! My old VCI-100SE took a beating during a Warrior Dash event out in the desert a few years back but nothing like this. Glad it’s mostly just cosmetic clean-up.

  • http://twitter.com/lsanoj Jonas

    “It’s not stalking if you’re in love.” So funny! NOT -.-

  • N1mbus

    Actually washing the electronics in hot water with a little dish detergent is fine.. as long as you dry it 100% before re assembly. Alcohol can damage many of the components. Use airbrush to blow the water residue out of the hidden nooks.

  • Tim

    You’ve not been to the burn. That’s a sticker from the Stalker camp. People sign up to get stalked, and they assign you a stalker.

  • Ryan R.

    can someone post a couple pictures or video of the s4 completely dissassembled? would be very helpful! Mine drank too much and needs a good cleaning…

  • http://www.grooveschool.co.uk/?p=1397 GrooveSchool – What’s a Kontrol S2 Look Like After a Week at Burning Man?

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