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Jeff a écrit :

> Hi Jimmy !
> what's new about your own loose pot ? You've found some kind of way to
> fix it ?
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>
> spaceanimals a écrit :
>>
>> I noticed a new ad for the Dave Smith Poly Evolver where they brag
>> that they now have potentiometers.
>>
> Nothing but normal for an "analog" synth.... these pots don't deal
> with analog signals but mostly with DC voltage controls for the
> digital interface (front panel, keyboard...) between the player
> (you..) and the real analog circuits, if any... I don't know if the
> Poly Evolver has real analog oscillators, filters and so on or a DSP
> modelling of these poor old chips , like our favorite keyboard. Not so
> bad indeed, i'm still amazed by some sounds produced by a well
> programmed AN1x.
> IMHO the main flaw on the AN1x is not the pots, after all everything
> is clear once you have tweaked them for a few hours, the horror lies
> in the switch matrix jungle at right hand ...
>>
>>
>> I can see where having to wire up some 40-60 pots would be cost
>> prohibitive.
>>
> These have been probably wired up by some chinese or pakistani
> teenager, paid a handful of rice per work day. I think the cost is
> only prohibitive for the end customer... OK, it maybe seems a bit
> "left wing radical", but i bet i'm not completely wrong ! Despite
> shipping cost...
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>>
>> Jim
>>
> Cheers.
> J.F.
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