Oxygen8 Pitch Bend Problem, How Can I Fix This? Options

[gigglesquirt]

Hi,
I've been trying to find out if i can disable or fix my pitch bender on my oxy8. It is causing havoc with my midi recordings. i can disable it on some of my instruments but its a real pain in the .... to continue doing this, esp when i change instruments and it all gets reset

I wrote to maudio ages ago and still no reply. i cant speak to a music shop here as Im in Taiwan and my chinese is quite bad and thus I just keep getting communication breakdowns. They say they cant fix it. My warranty is out too.

Can I just turn it off thru the note on/off settings and save this as a default? My knowledge of midi is pretty basic so forgive my stupidity if this is an easy fix.

Could I take the keyboard apart and remove a component to do this?

Im really quite up for any solution cause I basically cant do any recording. Should I turn automation off? Buy a new controller?

Thanks for any advice
cheers
e

ps. Im running an Ibook 1gh, 640 ram, Ni Komplete 2, Reason2.5, Abletone Live 3, Traktion, Maudio FW410, X-session, and the Oxygen8