[sdiy] Audio taper pots

[Mattias Rickardsson]

On 24 August 2012 22:29, David G Dixon <dixon at mail.ubc.ca> wrote:
>> On 24/08/12 20:45, Mattias Rickardsson wrote:
>>
>> > Otherwise you'll end up with something that reminds of the hopeless
>> > response of the volume sliders on cheap old plastic radios... where
>> > almost everything useful is within the first 20%. :-)
>
> I don't find linear pots on mixers to be all that touchy, myself.  The only
> thing I'm religious about using log pots for is time constants (lag and
> attack/decay/release controls, etc).  Never on levels.

Time constants are even more important, yes.

Regarding levels: I guess you mean mixers in synths? Within a system
you might know that the incoming level is just about 4-5 volts or so,
and that you often want it quite loud. Then a linear control might be
nice, maybe even handy. But on a mixer in general, with very different
input levels and in need of both loud and near-silent control, I
expect nonlinear controls to be superior. :-)

Btw Gordon - thanks for a wonderful, detailed, and a bit bizarre analogy! :-D

/mr