so they stop at 11
you mean 10, most amps stop at 10.
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FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Just for the record… it has to do with practicality.
the notches are spaced similar to a clock, but with the deadzone most potentiometers have, it doesn’t go a full 360 around, so they stop at 11. This makes for an intuitive scale with familiar spacing on the notches- even if it is entirely arbitrary.
FiskFisk33@startrek.website 1 month ago
xenoclast@lemmy.world 1 month ago
At the 11 o’clock position, I think they mean. That’s a bit arbitrary tho
helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Even the 11 clock position makes no sense, most amps will go from 8 to 4.
keepthepace@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
That’s not the history of that thing: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_to_eleven
synapse1278@lemmy.world 1 month ago
This is not at all the case.
Most potentiometers have a full rotation or 270°, sometimes up to 300°. By convention the mid-travel is at 12 o’clock. That would make the 0 around 7:30 and the 10 around 3:30.
Astronauticaldb@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Based off of my peripheral I really thought that deadzone was Saddam for a second
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 month ago
dammit.
missed an opportunity…
Comment105@lemm.ee 1 month ago
With the power of editing and bribery, we can all pretend you did it right the first go around.