[sdiy] dave smith *instruments*

[Doug Terrebonne]

The encoders on the MachineDrum do that to. There is a huge problem with all these encoders failing in synths now though - all the DSI stuff, Waldorf stuff, Alesis Micron, even older stuff like my Ensoniq ZR76...

Doug

--- On Mon, 2/1/10, Dave Manley <dlmanley at sonic.net> wrote:
> One alternative I've seen on a Boss
> SE-70 uses an encoder with a built-in momentary push
> switch.  Counts by 1 with the switch out, by 10 with
> the switch in.  Very usable encoder interface, and
> since there's only one encoder on the box, not a big
> expense.  It's good for data entry, but not as a
> performance control.  I haven't priced them, so no idea
> how much of an adder there is.
> 
> -Dave
> 
> 
> Tom Wiltshire wrote:
> > 
> > There's one other issue with encoders, which is that
> (detents or not) it is very difficult to get enough
> resolution out of the movement you can do in one turn.
> Whereas with a (decent quality) pot I can get somewhere
> between 8 and 10-bit resolution (e.g. 250-1000 separate
> readings) fairly reliably, I can't get any like such a high
> number from 300 degrees of travel on a rotary encoder. Even
> if I do it the hard way and use every single phase
> transition to give me 4 increments per detent - typical
> encoder has 20-30 detents, times four equals around 100
> positions. And that's in 360 degrees.
> 
> 
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