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Subject: Re: [AN1x] Replacing AN1x potentiometers with better ones?

From: Bruno <brunorc@...>
Date: 2016-05-29

I'd risk a statement, that it has much more to do with the way the software reacts to the knob movements...

2016-05-29 11:05 GMT+02:00 Peter Korsten peter@... [AN1x-list] <AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com>:
Op 29-5-2016 om 01:11 schreef Matt Gregory mgregory22@... [AN1x-list]:
> Has anyone here ever replaced the pots on the AN1x with higher quality
> ones to get rid of some of the stair-stepping effect that happens
> while you're editing?  I was comparing my AN1x with a Roland GAIA and
> the GAIA knobs are so much smoother sounding and better feeling. And I
> was noticing that the AN1x knobs are capable of hitting every value in
> the sweep, but you really have to go slow and be careful, otherwise it
> will skip a lot.  I think higher quality pots would help tremendously
> and it would be a cool little upgrade for the AN1x.

Bear in mind that the AN1x quite likely only transmits 8 bits of data
for the pots, which gives you 256 discrete values. These can easily be
heard. On the other hand, it understands more resolution via MIDI
(probably 16 bits or 16536 values) which sounds much smoother. No idea
if this is the case with the Gaia, but it could be.

- Peter


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