[sdiy] Wanred (dead or alive) : Pot

[harrybissell]

The center tap is the most efficient way imho.

Any other great ideas out there ???

H^) harry

WeAreAs1 at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 8/16/05 7:24:53 PM, harrybissell at prodigy.net writes:
>
> << I want to do a 'center off' mixing function. Turn left, it
> goes left only and the right is dead. Turn right, it goes
> right only and the left is dead. >>
>
> These pots would be a boon for Synth DIY.  There was a similar pot in the old
> EML101 modular synth -- it was used for mixing the various multimode filter
> taps, as I recall -- although I don't think it had a center detent.  I wonder
> if there might be a way to simulate it electronically (umm, without using a
> handful of VCA's...)  I have seen audio mixers that had aux send pots that
> behaved this way.  That is, turn it CW to turn up Aux A (only), turn it CCW to turn
> up Aux B (only), put it in the center to turn them both off.  It may have been
> on some kind of Roland line mixer, like the M-16e or something like that.
>
> MJB