So, by the looks of your diagram, the pulses are there to start with… but with the detent, you are “seeing” 4 events as 1.
Does that make sense?
The software sees 4 events, but due to the detent it should only increment one time for 4 transitions.
There is of course an optional “progression” algorithm in MIOS, which increments with higher values if the encoder is turned faster. But for slow moves it has to increment a single step per detent, otherwise you would miss some values when finetuning a parameter.
You can not stop turning halfway a click. So every click gives as a result 4 or 2 times an inc/dec.
Which are interpreted as a single Inc/Dec if a detented encoder type is selected in your MIOS setup - yes.
The resolution therefore is the same as inc/dec-ing with times 4 or 2 on a single click.
Yes - which is optionally done if the encoder is turned faster (depending on the “speed parameter” you could even see more inc/decs
The advantage of the above approach is that it goes more smooth, even if it is very fast.
Is that right?
No, the advantage is, that with a non-detented encoders you can stop turning “in the middle” of 4 Inc/Dec events, which are normaly required for a single “click”. Accordingly, you will get a higher resolution if the encoder is turned slowly.
Another advantage is, that you will get a less steppy feel if the encoder is turned fast.
On the other hand: detents are great if you want to control low-resolution values, because they give you a more precisely feel. Therefore I recomment detented encoders for MBSEQ (where you want to enter note values precisely), and for the datawheel of MBSID (not for the remaining encoders, as you want to tweak CutOff (as an example) quickly).
It makes sense to try a detented encoder first - and if you don’t like the feel (and the noise when turning the encoder), just remove the detents… or buy some non-detented encoders later.
Best Regards, Thorsten.
