<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mattias Rickardsson : </span> See the VCA as a magic multiplication factor of the current that runs through the resistor and to the op-amp.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">That makes perfect sense ! I wish there was a little yellow corner with a common language explanation on all the datasheets , that would be great for hobbyist, students and self-taught.</div><div class="">Coming from an art background and learning as I go, I find that most misunderstanding and misconceptions come from language use in engineering circles, not that it’s all so simple, but rather that a good analogy makes learning much easier, and from my point of view, I sometimes just need an explanation that is good enough for me to experiment. </div><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Epk :I’m inspired to make more inaccurate analogies…the resulting conversation is great! :)</div></blockquote></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>Totally agree ! what this list needs is a bunch of useful idiots !</body></html>