Abstract: A method for reducing noise during track seeking in a disc drive wherein transducers proximate the surfaces of discs of the drive are accelerated away from an initial track in a first sequence of successive time interval and subsequently decelerated toward a destination track in a second sequence of successive time intervals in proportion to the difference between the actual velocity of the transducers and a demand velocity for each of the intervals. The demand velocity in each time interval is the sum of the demand velocity for the previous interval and a velocity demand fraction of the difference between an adjusted profile velocity and the demand velocity for the previous time interval. The adjusted profile velocity is the difference between a stored profile velocity and an anticipator that is maintained at a selected value during acceleration of the transducers and decremented to zero during initial time intervals in which the transducers are decelerated.