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Hello !

the "stair stepping effect" can be more likely the result of the analog - digital conversion (8 bits = 0 to 255) than "scratchy" pots... First try to clean them with some electronics contact cleaner.

Cheers.

J.F.

> Message du 29/05/16 02:06
> De : "Matt Gregory mgregory22@... [AN1x-list]" <AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com>
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> Objet : [AN1x] Replacing AN1x potentiometers with better ones?
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> 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.
>
> Matt
>

> 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.

On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 5:05 AM, Peter Korsten peter@... [AN1x-list] <AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

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

Well even if it could receive a wider range of values, most of the parameters only have 7 bits, so there are only 128 different values.  But I really think my biggest problem is that my pots are being insensitive.  They could be sticking from being dirty, but they've had this problem for as long as I can remember.  I'm going to try cleaning them and see how that goes.  I'll keep you guys posted.

Matt

Better on my Telecaster...

Regards.

J.F.

> Message du 29/05/16 16:47
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> Replace the knobs while you're at it.

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