[sdiy] favorite dual ganged potentiometer

Oren Leavitt oleavitt at ix.netcom.com
Tue Sep 28 05:43:42 CEST 2004


Most of those have a ball-bearing and leaf spring that pops off easily, 
making it a smooth pot that turns easily.

Oren

harrybissell wrote:
> Wotch owt fro some of those dual audio pots... some have detents
> which suck IMHO.  Once upon a time they were meant toi simulate
> the feel of stepped attenuators in high-end audio gear... but in my
> experience they have only two real positions, too little and too much !!!
> 
> H^) harry  (READ the fine print :^)
> 
> "J. Larry Hendry" wrote:
> 
> 
>>If you are willing to go this carbon pot route, you can get these from
>>Mouser.  They have the Xicon / Alpha 24 mm carbon pots in dual gangs.  Here
>>is an example of a part number 31VW401 is a dual 10K linear.  They have  1/4
>>round shafts.
>>Larry H
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: Peter Grenader <peter at buzzclick-music.com>
>>To: Joseph Craig <blitz at nmt.edu>; <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>>Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 6:02 PM
>>Subject: Re: [sdiy] favorite dual ganged potentiometer
>>
>>All Electronics has tons of dual 100K and 50K audio Alphas.  They are PCB
>>mount however with a knurdled 6mm shaft.
>>
>>Futurlec also has these, for the same price as All.
>>
>>Joseph Craig wrote:
>>
>>
>>>After trying to come up with a circuit to do stereo volume with one
>>>pot, I realized it could only be done with a dual ganged pot.
>>>
>>>Which brand/model does everyone use?
>>>
>>>What is your recommendation?  Audio signal of course, used for volume.
>>>
>>>thanks,
>>>-Joe
>>>
> 
> 
> 



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