They are small but a little TLC goes a long way . After all , the ARP synthesizers had cheap pots and so did the Roland SH-101 and MC-202 . The only differnce is that the Korg has no real potentiometers under those knobs . They are monolithic , a contact direct to the circuit board . There is nothing analog inside the Korg MS-2000 . The circuit board inside is only as large as the area of the knobs and buttons and the display . The DSP chip drives everything . A cool design .