[sdiy] As the Pot Turns

[Kyle Stephens]

Ok, gotcha. My VCOs in question are actually on a Soundlab (albeit one not completed - just figuring out what extra goodies I might want), so I'll take your word for it on this :)


_Kyle


--- On Sun, 9/28/08, Ray Wilson <raywilson at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: Ray Wilson <raywilson at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] As the Pot Turns
> To: lightburnx at yahoo.com, "Synth-DIY" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Date: Sunday, September 28, 2008, 3:20 AM
> Kyle
> 
> Generally you'll have coarse and fine pots for
> oscillator tuning. The coarse 
> pot will tune from way low to way high (ten octaves). The
> fine pot will tune 
> a couple of semitones. It's way cheaper than buying
> precision multi turn 
> pots.
> 
> Ray
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kyle Stephens"
> <lightburnx at yahoo.com>
> To: "Synth-DIY"
> <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 11:30 PM
> Subject: [sdiy] As the Pot Turns
> 
> 
> > I'm fixing to get some VCO fine tuner pots, though
> I've a pair of 
> > questions.
> >
> > One, how many turns is enough: 3 turn or 5 turn? 10
> turn possibly even 
> > (...20??)? Though that much I imagine would get
> somewhat redundant.
> >
> > Two, where can I get 100Ks (be it 3, 5, or possibly
> 10) on the cheap? New 
> > I've seen them for $10-20, and even at surplus
> prices I've seen $10/ea. - 
> > I hope things can get lower than that. I Googled
> around and found some 10 
> > turns at $4.95 each, but they were out of stock (and
> again, 10 turns may 
> > be too much).
> >
> >
> > _Kyle
> >
> >
> >
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