Jeff a \ufffdcrit : > Hi Jimmy ! > what's new about your own loose pot ? You've found some kind of way to > fix it ? > > > spaceanimals a \ufffdcrit : >> >> 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... >> >> >> Jim >> > Cheers. > J.F. >> >> >> >
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Re: [AN1x] pots revisited
2011-02-12 by Jeff