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You can buy replacement knobs at Radio Shack or any electronics store.
It's a standard "half moon" knob fitting, though you might need a
jeweler's screw to secure the knob to the rod.

I haven't done it myself but it might make your AN1x look more, dare,
I say, "Vintage"

--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "deeperjazz" <deeperjazz@y...> wrote:
>
> hey all.  new member here, 1rst post.  about 4 days of lurking and 
> going back as far as possible. great stuff.  
> 
> 1rst off:  i love my synth.  the sound is truly great, the action is 
> great, and the editing is nicely laid out (haven't had too much time 
> yet and have not even tried the editor or all your patches yet, but 
> will get to it as soon as possible.) (can't wait to hear what you 
> guys have come up with. 
> 
> anyways, the only downside for me is the knobs.  they feel cheap.  i 
> have only laid hands on mine which i got second hand  so i might 
> have a bad unit, but there is a little give when turning the knobs.  
> you feel a space between twists and actual value change. this makes 
> live performance tricky as it's not as accutely responsive as i 
> would like.  the only other synth i have had (not counting 
> workstations or pianos) is the korg z1 and the knobs were way 
> better, of course more expensive.  the sound i like much more on the 
> an1x.
> 
> now the question.  if this is standard on an1x ( i understand we are 
> getting a lot of bang for the buck) is it a knob issue (easy to 
> replace i guess)  or the actual encoder rod?  has anybody here 
> corrected this?
> 
> thanks for any help.
>