optical pots

[Paul Perry]

At 03:20 PM 6/05/99 +0100, Paul (aka Mr XeoN Freemail wrote:

>I was thinking about a digital emulation synth with high resolution 
>infinite rotary knobs. The knobs would work just as a computer mouse 
>does but with far better accuracy. Put a special "FOCUS" mode into the
>software. 

there is a similar technique where the software looking at the pulses 
from the knob decides whether the knob is turning 'fast' or 'slow',
and runs the parameter up or down by singles or eg 10s acordingly.
This is suprisingly intuitive & not hard to set up in software.

paul perry Frostwave P/l Melbourne Australia