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Default Taper of Potentiometers

On 26/01/18 19:19, Phil Allison wrote:
Clifford Heath wrote:
Hah! Square-root taper

** Is that what it's called ?


No idea what it's called, but if a log pot can be
called that (even though the intended operation is
exponential, i.e. opposite of log, to compensate
for the log response of the ear) then this should
be square-root, because the actual curve is the
square function.

Clifford Heath.