[sdiy] Small Resistors and slider pots

[Reverend djbluE (Chromatest)]

The reason that I am atracted to sliders is that I learned about
synthesis on a Roland System 100 (a whole wall of it at Arizona State
University), and it was all built with slide pots. plus I like the
graphic representation afforded by the use of sliders in ADSRs.


"J.D. McEachin" wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 3 Apr 2001 sasami at blaze.net.au wrote:
> 
> > I find rotary pots are better than sliders in ADSRs and
> > everything else for that matter. There are two primary
> > reasons for this. 1) For purposes of control, a rotary pot
> > has an anchor point: its shaft. It is easy to put your hand
> > up and adjust one by simply grasping the knob. Sliders by
> > their nature tend to require one to rest one's hand on the
> > panel to be able to adjust them accurately.
> 
> One's HAND?  That's cumbersome as hell!  No wonder you don't like
> sliders.  Just rest your middle finger above the slider and use it as
> an anchor, pushing or pulling the slider w/ your index finger and
> thumb.  It'll quickly become 2nd nature.
> 
> JDM