[sdiy] MG-1 slider replacement comments cont

[DTK]

I guess patience *is* a virtue :) CFB has contacted me and is sending the
proper pot to me.

Thanks for the help everyone

DTK

> Did you try asking Chip for Brains directly? I've dealt with him before
and
> had pretty good service. You might try letting him know that the
portamento
> pot he's supplying is the wrong value. Perhaps he'll get you the right
> value, but if nothing else, CFB will (hopefully) correct the problem so no
> one else gets the wrong stuff in the future.
>
> >
> > > > Interestingly chipsforbrains supplied a "10KA" slider to replace the
> > > > "KEYBOARD GLIDE" (*ahem* Portamento) slider, which was originally a
> "D1M
> > > > ohm 0K" slider. The older slider ranged from what was essentially no
> > porta
> > > > to INSANELY SLOW porta. This new slider provides a range from no
porta
> > to
> > > > pretty fast (but musically nice) porta. I kind of like the new
slider,
> > but
> > > > also wonder if I'll miss the range of the old one.
> > >
> > > Yeah, that's definitely *not* the right slider.  The schematics call
for
> a
> > > 1M.  On my machine I got pratically NO porta with the
> > > replacement slider.  It was too much of a difference for me...  I had
to
> > > salvage one of the old 1M sliders that I took out.  I need big porta
:)
> >
> > So, I'm still using one of my old sliders, and it's annoying me a little
> > bit...
>