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Re: Another Word For Linear?

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On 03/29/2017 12:56 AM, Clifford Heath wrote:
> On 30/03/17 15:16, bitrex wrote:
>> On 03/29/2017 09:38 PM, nuny@bid.nes wrote:
>>>   Suppose someone comes to you with a piece of audio gear with a
>>> volume knob with all its response at one end. You immediately know
>>> that some idiot subbed a linear pot for a log pot (or vice versa
>>> depending on the circuit).
>>>
>>>   While trying to explain the cause and your solution, how do you
>>> describe it? I'm looking for colloquial terms your average idiot in
>>> the street will grasp
>>> intuitively.
>>>
>>>   "The new control will operate more smoothly."
>>>
>>>   "...proportionately."
>>>
>>>   "...evenly."
>>>
>>>   TIA
>>>
>>>   Mark L. Fergerson
>>>
>>
>> "The loudification effect will be more spread out instead of all the
>> louds being concentrated at one end"
>
> Nice :)
>
> Except it's the opposite way; a linear pot makes all the softs crowd at
> one end.

Ah, right. Then how about:

"It'll go:

1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11

instead of:

1-2-8-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11"

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Another Word For Linear? "nuny@bid.nes" <alien8752@gmail.com> - 2017-03-29 18:38 -0700
  Re: Another Word For Linear? eacaws@gmail.com - 2017-03-29 18:48 -0700
  Re: Another Word For Linear? bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-03-29 18:50 -0700
  Re: Another Word For Linear? Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-29 19:22 -0700
    Re: Another Word For Linear? Larry Sheldon <lfsheldon@gmail.com> - 2017-03-30 00:45 -0500
      Re: Another Word For Linear? Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-29 22:52 -0700
        Re: Another Word For Linear? Larry Sheldon <lfsheldon@gmail.com> - 2017-03-30 02:48 -0500
          Re: Another Word For Linear? bulegoge@columbus.rr.com - 2017-03-30 10:37 -0700
          Re: Another Word For Linear? Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-30 12:47 -0700
            Re: Another Word For Linear? gray_wolf <g_wolf@nospam.com> - 2017-03-30 19:31 -0500
              Re: Another Word For Linear? Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-30 18:19 -0700
            Re: Another Word For Linear? dagmargoodboat@yahoo.com - 2017-04-03 15:03 -0700
              Re: Another Word For Linear? krw@notreal.com - 2017-04-03 20:39 -0400
                Re: Another Word For Linear? dagmargoodboat@yahoo.com - 2017-04-05 11:03 -0700
  Re: Another Word For Linear? tabbypurr@gmail.com - 2017-03-29 20:03 -0700
    Re: Another Word For Linear? Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com> - 2017-03-29 22:17 -0500
    Re: Another Word For Linear? Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2017-03-29 15:26 +1100
      Re: Another Word For Linear? tabbypurr@gmail.com - 2017-03-29 21:30 -0700
  Re: Another Word For Linear? bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-03-30 00:16 -0400
    Re: Another Word For Linear? BM2335 <BM265@DMM.com.au> - 2017-03-30 12:18 +0800
    Re: Another Word For Linear? Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2017-03-29 15:56 +1100
      Re: Another Word For Linear? bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-03-30 01:13 -0400
    Re: Another Word For Linear? krw@notreal.com - 2017-03-30 20:47 -0400
  Re: Another Word For Linear? Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2017-03-29 22:34 -0700
    Re: Another Word For Linear? Larry Sheldon <lfsheldon@gmail.com> - 2017-03-30 00:48 -0500
    Re: Another Word For Linear? Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-30 00:06 -0700
  Re: Another Word For Linear? Larry Sheldon <lfsheldon@gmail.com> - 2017-03-30 00:39 -0500
  Re: Another Word For Linear? Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-03-30 08:14 +0100
  Re: Another Word For Linear? djlocher56@gmail.com - 2017-03-30 04:41 -0700
  Re: Another Word For Linear? Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> - 2017-03-30 16:47 -0500
    Re: Another Word For Linear? Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2017-03-30 17:03 -0700
    Re: Another Word For Linear? Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com> - 2017-03-30 17:20 -0700
  Re: Another Word For Linear? John Fields <jfields@austininstruments.com> - 2017-03-30 19:23 -0500
  Re: Another Word For Linear? "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> - 2017-04-03 00:33 -0400

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