[sdiy] backwards pots. Whats the deal?

[Neil Johnson]

Hi Mark,

mark verbos wrote:
> I have noticed on some mixer circuits that the pots seem to be wired backwards from a conventional voltage divider. i.e. signal into the wiper and out of the CW end. What is the point of this? Should the pot still be an audio taper?

I wrote up some notes on this exact issue some time ago:

http://www.milton.arachsys.com/nj71/index.php?menu=2&submenu=2&subsubmenu=4

Cheers,
Neil
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