[sdiy] All Electronics Trip

[Scott Gravenhorst]

Hmm.  Well All had 100K pots labeled 'audio taper', but the
pot itself had A inscribed on the back.  So the best thing
to do is measure it.

Thanks.  At least now I know I *ought* to be confused.

"Theo" <t.hogers at home.nl> wrote:
>No most common is A for linear and B for log (audio)
>
>Theo
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: Atom 'Smasher' <atom at suspicious.org>
>To: >>>marjan<<< <urekar.m at EUnet.yu>
>Cc: <music.maker at gte.net>; <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 2:21 PM
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] All Electronics Trip
>
>
>> > > Also, lame question:  Is an 'audio taper' log or linear?
>> >
>> > log
>> >
>> > interesting note: some brands mark it as A, others use B...
>> > I always measure them to be sure...
>> ================================
>> 
>> i always thought that log pot were labeled 'A', and linear pots were
>> labeled 'B'..... immediately following the resistance value.
>> 
>> i don't recall seeing any pots that didn't follow this convention, except
>> for the pots that don't have human-readable info printed on them.
>> 
>> 
>>         ...atom
>> 
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