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Re: [elektron] MD wishlist comments, question of MM and another idea for MD (Daniel)

2003-09-26 by Federico Ciapi

> I'm sure you wouldn't like it if we changed the encoders to work
> that way. When you press down the knob most of the time you also do
> some steps of adjustment when it's in it's nonpressed position. The
> way it is handled now doesn't matter, because you were heading for a
> big change, and the small changes you get first doesn't do any
> difference. But if you would get a few big changes before you got
> down to the fine adjustments that would make the fine adjustments
> unusable. Not to talk about the changes you might get when releasing
> it.
>
> Also you have better control over the encoder when you do not need
> to keep it pressed down. This make better sense for fine adjustments.
>

I agree with you Daniel.
The Yamaha AN1X pots work the way amos has suggested and it's a real 
pain !
MD pots are better quality and could be better, but I still prefer the 
actual way it works.

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