Analogue-sequencer

> the reasons you give for preferring pots all seem to make sense.

Coincidentally, I was visitng a local music shop yesterday, and they had a
Korg microControl in.
The encoders on that have no acceleration - 4 turns needed to get from 0 to
127.
I tried flicking the encoders round at high speed, and got random changes in
value - including sudden changes in the opposite direction.
Ouch.
 
> Indeed, most encoders are cheap sh*t, like the encoders on my yamaha
> A4000 sampler. They have rendered the control panel almost useless.
> contact spray doesn't help, so i'll probably solder some new ones

If there's space in there, I'd have a look to see if you can replace the
stock encoders with good quality ones.
The best encoders are optical, but they can be very pricey (Moog Source used
optical - that's why they still mostly work after decades).
The Nord Modular G2 uses good quality Spectrol encoders - the ones that cost
3 quid each...

> When your pots are turned, is there an option to limit the note range
> you can cover with one knob turn ?, let's say three octaves, so you
> get some more precision

You can specify the note range over 4 ranges, which are not exact numbers of
octaves, but powers of 2.
i.e. 16, 32, 64, 128 notes.
The range is set in pattern edit, and is stored per track.

Cheers,
Colin f