[sdiy] Momentum in front panel controls?

[Jay Schwichtenberg]

Along those lines. Forget where and what it was but I'm thinking it was 
the transport knob on a video editing console that I was using.

It had a high end optical encoder with ball bearings. Attached to it was 
a big knob with a lot of mass and a 'dimple' for your finger. You could 
take it and give it a spin and it would keep going for a while.

Jay S.

On 9/13/2022 11:35 AM, Chris McDowell via Synth-diy wrote:
> I don't have an answer but I've been interested in this too. Some kind of flywheel on an encoder would be fun, maybe not for normal sizes or normal pots, but I imagine a 1 foot diameter continuous encoder with some great momentum would be a fun interface, along the lines of the monome arc.
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> Chris McDowell
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>> On Sep 13, 2022, at 2:09 PM, Mike Bryant <mbryant at futurehorizons.com> wrote:
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>> That's a feature on some mixers with motorised faders.  You kick them off with a flick and they do the rest for you.
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>> I was wondering if anyone had seen sliders or knobs that had momentum.
>> I think it could feel nice to work with something like that, and it could also let you eg propel a slider to make a slow fade happen while you're also doing other things at the same time. This video about flywheels made me think about it:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrNEkbdXEuw
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