Re: Hot Rod Mic - More Details

[icepick@xxxxxxxx (Christian Laferriere)]

>With audio taper, the resistance is graduated, with the least change 
>being in the first portion, and gradually increasing as you go higher.  
>this gives a logarithmic taper.  While this sounds strange initially, the 
>ear responds logarithmically, so this gives a more "linear" perceived 
>volume.
I have been experiencing with this whole thing and from your original 
diagram all I was getting from the pot was on or off. I guess that by 
bypassing the hot wire into the mic through the cap when the pot gives more 
resistance or impedance, the current flows through the cap. Perhaps I didn't 
understand this whole thing, but it seems that the pot wouldn'T work 
properly the way the diagram was. I tried to wire the cap into the pot and 
it worked, but I lost gain in the mic. I ended up wiring the pot without a 
cap and I still lost gain. I don't know anymore. Guess I'll have to run more 
tests.

Just my 2cents.
  
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                          Christian Laferriere
                           Gatineau, Quebec
                          Icepick@xxxxxxxx
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