Cgs synth

>the resonance pot is EXTREMELY crackly whenever i move it.

That's a dud pot. It isn't a solder issue, but rather dust or "corrosion" on
the pot resistive strip. A shot of electrolube contact cleaner may help. A
better pot is the best solution.

>secondly, levels. i have the link in and i have a 50k log pot in (the
>same 9mm alpha) and it doesnt seem to be working too well. it is low
>in volume then BANG heaps of volume. my suspicion is that i should be
>using a linear pot instead of a log pot. this is what it sounds like
>http://users.bigpond.net.au/xpander/level.mp3 would i be better off
>using the pot as an attenuator on the input stage, and using a trim
>pot on the level to tweak it to where i want?

Yes, a linear pot would probably be better. In fact, I rarely use log pots
in synthesizers at all.

Ken

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