Analogue-sequencer

> A 360 degree rotation pot would be a possible option. You can get 
these,
> but I don't know about whether you can get them with the right 
splined
> shaft. Anyway, they don't have an end stop, so you can keep turning
> them, and they use the same electrical interface as a normal pot. 
So it
> would only need a software change to support relative rather than
> absolute editing, but those only happen if you can get all the other
> users to agree to the hardware change. ;-)

another option would be to implement something like hook mode on the 
nord modular... you can select whether the (non-360 degree) pots will 
jump to the current value (jump) or have no effect until the current 
value is reached (hook).

i'm guessing the argument for the alpha dial is more of a *physical* 
interface issue... it's something that i would love to have, but i 
have the luxury of saying that because i don't own a P3 yet. heh.

but if it's really the hook functionality that's the issue, i think 
the nord modular's solution is a good one (i just wish the rest of my 
synths had that option).

fred.

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