warpie
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ok, so I'm breadboarding a basic LC Resonant circuit with a pot for gain/attenuation.
The problem is that I can't gat a linear behaviour of the pot although the pot is linear.
In more detail, the pot will increase/decrease much more radically when is rotating to the ends of it's travel.
If the pot is somewher near the middle the gain/att is smoother. Of course this gives me better control in the middle position but I was wondering if this is normal and if there're other eq designs that have the same behaviour.
I have tried other techniques like gyraf's and manley's eqs where there's a switch for cut/boost and the pot is 0 to 15/20 dbs. In this case an antilog pot seems to give the best results but again the behaviour is not so smooth.
I believe that Neve and SSL used to have some similar behaviour in their pan pots but is it normal for EQs and if not are there any workarounds?
well, I hope my description is not very confusing and it makes some sense
thanks
Michael
The problem is that I can't gat a linear behaviour of the pot although the pot is linear.
In more detail, the pot will increase/decrease much more radically when is rotating to the ends of it's travel.
If the pot is somewher near the middle the gain/att is smoother. Of course this gives me better control in the middle position but I was wondering if this is normal and if there're other eq designs that have the same behaviour.
I have tried other techniques like gyraf's and manley's eqs where there's a switch for cut/boost and the pot is 0 to 15/20 dbs. In this case an antilog pot seems to give the best results but again the behaviour is not so smooth.
I believe that Neve and SSL used to have some similar behaviour in their pan pots but is it normal for EQs and if not are there any workarounds?
well, I hope my description is not very confusing and it makes some sense
thanks
Michael