A drive control circuit includes: an original drive signal generator generating an original drive signal based on a positional signal indicating a relative position of a first member and a second member of an electric motor; an excitation ratio signal generator generating an excitation ratio signal indicating a ratio of excitation interval to non-excitation interval of coils of the electric motor based on a speed signal indicating a relative speed of the first member and the second member of the electric motor; an excitation interval signal generator generating a binary excitation interval signal specifying the excitation interval and the non-excitation interval of the coils of the electric motor based on the positional signal and the excitation ratio signal; and a mask circuit generating a drive signal for driving the electric motor by masking part of the original drive signal based on the excitation interval signal.