I guess we contrast a bit on this.. I love the volume being as touchy as it is, and it's the best feature of 9a that I've seen... Here's something that'd be a good compromise though:

A selectable-speed volume? This could be set thorugh the options screen, similar to how the beep works...
Also, maybe have a little resistance near the 0 point...
-mark

...proud to have one of the first Mark I units