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[–] [email protected] 36 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Just for the record... it has to do with practicality.

the notches are spaced similar to a clock, but with the deadzone most potentiometers have, it doesn't go a full 360 around, so they stop at 11. This makes for an intuitive scale with familiar spacing on the notches- even if it is entirely arbitrary.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago

so they stop at 11

you mean 10, most amps stop at 10.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Based off of my peripheral I really thought that deadzone was Saddam for a second

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 hours ago

dammit.

missed an opportunity...