[sdiy] tonal tilt

[Oren Leavitt]

Hi John and list,

Sounds like a response one would get by simultaneously turning the bass 
down, and the treble up.
It could be implemented as simple as using a classic tone control 
circuit with a dual ganged pot. One gang for the bass, one for the 
treble, wired so that turning the pot turns the bass down and the treble 
up or vise-versa.

- Oren


John Mahoney wrote:
> There was a hi-fi preamp or integrated amp back in the 70s that had a 
> unique tone control that may have been called "Tilt". You could set the 
> tilt to flat, up, or down. It would change the tonal balance by *gently* 
> changing the frequency balance.
> 
> Picture a frequency response graph. With flat response, the graph is a 
> flat line. Now visualize a line that starts 1 db below flat at 20Hz and 
> ends 1db above flat at 20kHz -- that is tilting it up; the response is 
> now +2 db at 20kHz relative to 20Hz, but there are no peaks or dips in 
> the frequency response.
> 
> A tilt control would be pretty neat for warming or thinning the tone. 
> The concept is simple. I don't suppose that it's electronically simple, 
> too. Thoughts?
> -- 
> john
> 
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