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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 661.1 | Lookup Electronics in the Yellow Pages? | DRUMS::FEHSKENS | | Thu Jan 15 1987 16:44 | 10 |
| I seem to recall hearing some bad things about it (expensive?) but
You-Do-It electronics in Needham seems to have a large selection
of parts. I think somebody also mentioned a place in Westborough
whose name escapes me (no, *not* Len's place).
Uhm, there's at least one electrical outlet "component" on each
wall of my apartment... ;^)
len.
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| 661.3 | Oh, not that kind of pot? | DRUMS::FEHSKENS | | Thu Jan 15 1987 18:44 | 7 |
| You ought to be able to replace broken pots at that big horticultural
place on route 20 in Sudbury...
;^)
len.
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| 661.4 | Pssst!! Wanna buy some pot.... | JAWS::COTE | Let's change the rules and giggle!!! | Thu Jan 15 1987 18:49 | 14 |
| ... or Stark Electronics on Franklin St. in Worcester. They pander
more to the radio and TV crowd, no prom blasting, but it's easy
to get a pot or an output transistor.
Please pay the highest price you can find if you want us to like
you.
Edd 8^? <- Sticking tongue out.
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| 661.5 | Pots and Pans | STAR::MALIK | Karl Malik | Thu Jan 15 1987 19:26 | 5 |
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Or, call up Tascam, ask to talk to a repair technician, and
talk him/her into sending it to you 1st class.
- km
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| 661.6 | get the taper right | SSDEVO::MCCOLLUM | | Mon Jan 19 1987 15:28 | 9 |
| If you buy it from anybody but Tascam, be sure to get the correct
type. Pots are made in several different tapers, such as linear,
logarithmic, etc. For example, replacing a linear with a logarithmic
will make the control useless.
If you can replace with the same manufacturer/part number you'll
be OK, but beware of "replacements".
Peter
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| 661.7 | I know this is a digression, but... | AKOV68::EATOND | Impressionable Youth | Mon Jan 19 1987 16:03 | 10 |
| RE < Note 661.6 by SSDEVO::MCCOLLUM >
-< get the taper right >-
> type. Pots are made in several different tapers, such as linear,
> logarithmic, etc.
I was in Radio shack looking for a pot and I noticed linear and audio
tapers. What's the difference?
Dan
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| 661.8 | Do this making sense? | JAWS::COTE | Let's change the rules and giggle!!! | Mon Jan 19 1987 16:26 | 5 |
| Methinks audio taper slopes are more horizontal at the far end of
the throw, ie, the difference in level between 9 and 10 is smaller
than the difference between say 2 and 3. (What about 11?)
Edd
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| 661.9 | | ECADSR::SHERMAN | | Mon Jan 19 1987 16:33 | 5 |
| I believe the audio taper is logarithmic. They call it audio taper
because it's what they tend to put into audio equipment. If I were
you, I'd go ahead and get a pot that has the right impedance and
audio taper and put that in. But, I'd try not to get a cheapie
because the brushes in these can get noisy.
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| 661.10 | No one has it... | JUNIOR::DREHER | This space for rent... | Mon Jan 19 1987 16:38 | 4 |
| I went to Active and U-Do-It. They don't have it so I ordered
from Tascam and with run on 11 channels for now. Thanks anyway!
Dave
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| 661.11 | | GUMDRP::DEHAHN | | Mon Jan 19 1987 16:45 | 8 |
|
Pots are notoriously hard to get. Most can be special ordered thru
the standard distributors, very few are stocked. There are some
specialty shops which carry a few common ones but your board
manufacturer was probably the best bet.
CdH
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| 661.12 | audio tapers | SSDEVO::MCCOLLUM | | Fri Jan 23 1987 19:25 | 14 |
| re:.7
Yes, as someone else already said, I believe "audio taper" is basically
logarithmic. They are meant for things like volume controls, because
the perceived loudness is a logarithmic function of the voltage
on the wiper (output) of the pot. Using a logarithmic-tapered pot
means that the perceived loudness increase will be approximately
linear as you crank it up.
Note that controls on audio gear for things like EQ's may have a
linear taper, or may have a bizaar taper that is different in the
middle of rotation, relative to the far ends of rotation.
Peter
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