[sdiy] ALPS components durability?

[JH.]

>I would say that it is VERY rare to use a panel pot continuously. Think
>about how often you turn a pot in real life. I don't think I've ever been
in
>a situation where I've needed to turn a pot 208 times in an hour, much less
>in a minute (think about it: tweak a parameter four times a minute for a
>FULL HOUR and you've only moved the pot 240 times). If you REALLY need to
>turn a pot that much, I'd say it's time to make that a voltage-controlled
>parameter and let an LFO do the work!


It's not uncommon that I turn a pot every beat when I make a recording,
in order breathe life into an otherwise boring sequence. With 140 BPM
that's ... right, a _lot_ of turns in just a few minutes!

LFOs and Random Voltage sources can help a lot, but sometimes
nothing beats real time manual treatment of a parameter.

JH.