MOTM

You're thinking of this as a set it and forget it type setting, which is
just one mode.  The other is real time sweeps, wide ranging but with
fine control.

John Loffink
jloffink@... 

> 
> 
> I still disagree. Having a honkin big knob doesn't guarantee that the
> pot itself is capable of doing the fine control necessary. Trying to
> move the pot wiper in smaller and smaller increments causes
> mechanical limits to come into play, including backlash, friction on
> the wiper, and shaft wobble. You could find yourself unable to zero
> in on the 'sweet spot'.
> 
> Now if you put a multiturn vernier under the knob, I'd agree with
> you. But it would slow you way down doing large manual sweeps. That's
> why coarse and fine are a good idea on both a VCO and a freq shifter.
> 
> Moe
> 
> --------------------------
> Exactly!
> 
> John Loffink
> jloffink@a...
> 
> > I never thought of it that way, but having one pitch control with a
> big
> > knob does seem advantageous to a coarse/fine setup in that you can
> sweep
> > the
> > full range with just one knob with precision instead of trying to
> make
> it
> > sound smooth using both knobs.. This is a functional reason behind a
> big
> > knob and Im all for that..
>