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Re: Scratchy Synthacon Res pot question and poll

2006-12-22 by peng3002

Thanks all of you for replying. The third one I'm building is going to
be for sale. I was hesitant because of the scratchy res pot. Seems
like it's the norm, so I won't beat myself up trying to fix it.


Thanks,
peng






--- In cgs_synth@yahoogroups.com, sasami@... wrote:
>
> The solution that supposedly works is to wire the 1k pot outer terminals
> into the circuit instead of an outer and the wiper. One then adds a
> capacitor between the wiper and one end. The result is that the DC
passes
> through the 1k as required, and the wiper only ever sees AC.
>
> The other solution is to just accept it as a feature of the design.
>
> Ken
>
> >Check back post from about a month ago, seems everyone has this
problem.
> Not due to bad pots but DC getting into the pot. I've tried a couple of
> fixes posted on the board and nothing has worked.
> >
> >
> _______________________________________________________________________
> Ken Stone sasami@...
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