Taming the Volume - Aristocrat

[JammyDodger]

Hey All,

Just completed the Aristocrat V4.  Works great, sounds great no issues there.  My question is.... how can I tame the volume control.  For example, if the range of the control is from 8 o'clock to 4 o'clock, by the time it reaches 9 it is at unity volume compared to bypassed.  It has an incredible amount of volume which I just don't need.  I would like 12 o'clock to be my even point with lower being a cut and above being gain.  Is there a way to do this?

As always... thanks for everyone's help, this is a great forum.

Cheers, Mike

[JammyDodger]

Well, for one thing I have the pots wired backwards (terminals 1 and 3 are swapped). I guess that could cause the volume to jump early in the rotation... or very late in the rotation for yours.  But regardless, how do you get the unity volume more towards 12 o'clock?

Cheers, Mike

[pandadandan]

Well, for one thing I have the pots wired backwards (terminals 1 and 3 are swapped). I guess that could cause the volume to jump early in the rotation... or very late in the rotation for yours.  But regardless, how do you get the unity volume more towards 12 o'clock?

Cheers, Mike

If it's an audio pot, reversing the lugs will instantly fix the problem as you'll reverse the logarithmic curve.

[jkokura]

Well, for one thing I have the pots wired backwards (terminals 1 and 3 are swapped). I guess that could cause the volume to jump early in the rotation... or very late in the rotation for yours.  But regardless, how do you get the unity volume more towards 12 o'clock?

Cheers, Mike

If it's an audio pot, reversing the lugs will instantly fix the problem as you'll reverse the logarithmic curve.

But won't that also reverse the travel of the knob? Meaning that it will work backwards? I haven't looked at the schem to see if it's a simple voltage divider or if it's a variable resistor...

Jacob