New type of encoder/pot on Alesis synth

Design Concepts
1

Check this out, they say they have an endless pot with 12bit resolution, what could that be ?

http://namm.harmony-central.com/SNAMM03/Content/Alesis/PR/ION.html

2

Its not an endless pot, its just a (very, very expensive) 360 degree pot.

3

So it will block after a full turn ?

4

Yapp.