[sdiy] Small Resistors and slider pots

[sasami at blaze.net.au]

One's hand, finger, whatever. I still don't like slide pots. 
For the record, the slide pots I regularly use are a part of 
my Roland System 100 M modules. It's not too bad for things 
like cutoff frequency, but trying to tune a VCO from an 
external voltage is awkward.

Ken

http://kato.sai.com.au/catgirl/synth/

 
>
>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