Keeping on smooth travel after detent removal in Soundwell rotary encoder

Parts Questions
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SoundWell encoder explained:

http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,10184.0.html

Can anyone explain what is the difference between detented and non-detented rotary encoders?

http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,3140.0.html

tip on keeping the smooth feel:

http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/kartoshka_encoders

:wink:

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yay! Doco! Thanks, man!

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nice to know it’s already useful.

i know, not for you mr. Trout, but hopefully for somebody…  :wink:

now the challenge is to improve them and make sturdy feel, maybe giving them some power amps pots feeling or smth…

what the hardware geeks say?

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Sweet :slight_smile:

I hate to be a grammar nazi, but just for the sake of searching, perhaps it would be best to replace “detend” with “detent(ed)”?