[sdiy] DIY Pots and Conductive Elastomer Instruments

[James Patchell]

A possible substitute is to use a multiplying DAC and an encoder....much 
more precise...also more expensive...doing a mechanical DIY pot would be 
"relatively" easy to do if it was wirewound...and another possibility would 
be using velostat as the resistance element...but boy...that sure seems 
like a lot of work....

At 12:05 AM 8/27/2005 -0400, R. D. Davis wrote:
>Given the prices for pots in somewhat small quantities, has anyone on
>this list attempted to make a DIY pot?  Ok, something a little more
>accurate and durable than the lines of pencil-lead that we used to
>experiment with as kids when learning about resistance, such as some
>conductive plastic.
>
>Speaking of conductive materials, does conductive elastomer's
>resistance change when stretched?  If so, I'm thinking that some neat
>synth. instruments can be made by attaching conductive elastomer to
>various body parts!  Anyone had a go at this?
>
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