diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 9cd0a167d..a80523bf6 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
 - add FLAC as export-format?
 
 Andrew Kelley's todo:
-- make knobs easier to tune (less sensitive)
 - add a Modulator class and a Humanizer tool to the piano roll
 - when a song goes past the end of the song, make it stop or loop
 - when looking at a piano roll, if the song is playing that pattern, move the position ticker to where it should be
diff --git a/include/knob.h b/include/knob.h
index 36bbfbeee..b03391d7d 100644
--- a/include/knob.h
+++ b/include/knob.h
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ private:
 
 	static textFloat * s_textFloat;
 
+	// how many pixels to get from one end of the knob to the other
+	static const int m_pixelHeight = 400;
+	// same as model()->value(), except it is a float
+	float m_fineModelValue;
+
 	int m_knobNum;
 	QString m_label;
 
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/knob.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/knob.cpp
index 7aed4ae72..5d6dffbf0 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/knob.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/knob.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ knob::knob( int _knob_num, QWidget * _parent, const QString & _name ) :
 
 		setFixedSize( m_knobPixmap->width(), m_knobPixmap->height() );
 	}
+
+	m_fineModelValue = model()->value();
+
 	setTotalAngle( 270.0f );
 	setInnerRadius( 1.0f );
 	setOuterRadius( 10.0f );
@@ -262,7 +265,7 @@ bool knob::updateAngle( void )
 	int angle = 0;
 	if( model() && model()->maxValue() != model()->minValue() )
 	{
-		float a = ( model()->value() - 0.5 * ( model()->minValue() +
+		float a = ( m_fineModelValue - 0.5 * ( model()->minValue() +
 						model()->maxValue() ) ) /
 				( model()->maxValue() - model()->minValue() ) *
 								m_totalAngle;
@@ -375,9 +378,15 @@ float knob::getValue( const QPoint & _p )
 {
 	if( engine::getMainWindow()->isShiftPressed() )
 	{
-		return( ( _p.y() - m_origMousePos.y() ) * model()->step<float>() );
+		//return( ( _p.y() - m_origMousePos.y() ) * model()->step<float>() );
+		return( ( _p.y() - m_origMousePos.y() ) * pageSize() );
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		return (float)( _p.y() - m_origMousePos.y() ) / (float)(m_pixelHeight)
+				* (model()->maxValue() - model()->minValue()) ;
+				//+ model()->minValue();
 	}
-	return( ( _p.y() - m_origMousePos.y() ) * pageSize() );
 }
 
 
@@ -563,7 +572,19 @@ void knob::wheelEvent( QWheelEvent * _we )
 
 void knob::setPosition( const QPoint & _p )
 {
-	model()->setValue( model()->value() - getValue( _p ) );
+	// this variable will be exactly where the knob is turned to
+	m_fineModelValue -= getValue( _p );
+	if( m_fineModelValue < model()->minValue() )
+	{
+		m_fineModelValue = model()->minValue();
+	}
+	else if( m_fineModelValue > model()->maxValue() )
+	{
+		m_fineModelValue = model()->maxValue();
+	}
+
+	// this can round
+	model()->setValue( m_fineModelValue );
 }