[sdiy] Disadvantages of using higher value pots for level control?

[Ken Stone]

>Two disadvantages...
>
>1) its likely the load you are driving will be less than 1 megohm and
>that
>will screw up the linearity of the pots (maybe bad, maybe good)

good idea for something like a "processor" where you have either invert or
don't invert at opposite ends of the same pot - it would create a gentler
slope around the zero position, making nulling a heck of a lot easier.

Ken
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