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I figured that the PW limits _were_ part of the design. My dear old MS-10's
Pulse Width control, for example, seems to go to DC at about "2" and "8"
which doesn't leave much of a range to fine tune the setting. I much prefer
your design.

You're probably right about the "flat spot" being subjective. In fact, it
may actually be related to the above-on my other synthesizers, finding a 50%
pulse is kind of finicky ∗because∗ the useable range/angle of the control is
so limited. With the MOTM-300, there is more sweep range, so there's finer
control and that may help give the impression that there's some play in
setting the right width. Whatever the case, I'm very satisfied. It's as if
the desired setting just 'falls into place' when you adjust that knob.

One more thing, and maybe I'm crazy here... The pots that you use seem to
have a very wide angle of rotation-greater than 270 degrees. When I look at
the knobs on my other machines, it seems to the eye that their "0-10" angle
is less than 270. It's almost like... like your knobs 'go up to eleven.' :-)



-----Original Message-----

Note that the WIDTH control is like that ∗on purpose∗ as I
didn't want anybody thinking it was "broken" when the pulse goes away (to
DC, actually).
I think the 'flat spot' is just your ear's inability to
distinguish. There is no circuitry to to that intentionally.
Paul S.