Analogue-sequencer

> My bigger gripe with encoders is their inherent lack of resolution.
> Anything more than 24 or 36 steps per rotation costs a lot of moolah, making
> an acceleration algorithm fairly essential.

Some bits of hardware I've used have inc/dec buttons which operate on
the last-edited parameter, so you twist the knob to a value close to
the one you want and then hit inc or dec a few times.

When I was playing with Paul's P3 my fingers kept straying to the
inc/dec buttons, even though my brain kept telling them there weren't
any.

Regarding LED feedback of knob positions: I wonder how many P3 users
actually pay attention to the knob positions, given that the knobs are
multi-mode and obviously don't track pattern changes. (I suppose one
could think about a display mode where the LED's reflect the accuracy
of the knobs - like the "I am now tracking" behaviour on the E-mu
command stations.)

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