Re: Pot question - Log or Linear

You want linear, log are used for volume control in audio circuits because
the human ear's sensitivity is logarithmic.

Hope this helps.

See ya,
Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Sommers <Paul.Sommers@cwo.com.au>
To: 'rasterlist@synthcom.com' <rasterlist@synthcom.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 5:58 PM
Subject: RASTER: Pot question - Log or Linear

>Gang,
>
>I'm going to have to replace my steering pot in Spy Hunter (yes! I got it
>going last night after about 6 months. A ticker-tape parade will be held in
>George Street Sydney this Friday!).
>
>The manual doesn't specify the value, and the text has rubbed off the pot.
>However on the schematic for the Absolute Positioning board it mentions
that
>the set up is the same for steering and gas.
>
>The gas pot is 1K - so I'll give that a shot unless you all advise me
>otherwise.
>
>However when I went to the catalogue I find I get to choose between log or
>linear.
>
>Which one do and need and what is the basic difference (I get that linear
is
>probably... well... linear)?
>
>Thanks
>Paul
>

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Received on Wed Jul 05 16:32:41 2000