My first synth - Pots wiring

[Jimmydoodaa]

Hi all,

Just finished wiring up Andrew Sharp's strip-board layout to realize I haven't got the faintest idea how to wire up the pots.

... any of them!!

http://www.musicfromouterspace.com/analogsynth/YOUR_FIRST_SYNTH/YOUR_FIRST_SYNTH.html#STRIPBOARD

I've scoured the wsg website, and musicfromouterspace... .lots of differrent schematics, totally utterly confused.

Please help.... I'm so close.

[RF]

Not so tough

The "arrow" of the pot is the wiper - that's the center of the three terminals.
It doesn't matter as far as function of the circuit which of the outside terminals go to which wire - although one way may be more intuitive to the operator.

Good luck!

bruce

[Jimmydoodaa]

Ta for the reply Bruce.

So... when wiring 2 wires to a pot, one in the middle, the other doesn't matter too much ( I guess it depends which way you want to turn it) ?

..however, some on the strip-board layout from Andrew Sharp's layout have 3 wires...

Also, looking at the PCB layout on the site, most of the pots are connected from all 3 points.

Can you tell I'm not an electrician? .. I'm still confused.

Thanks.... and sorry.

[RF]

It's the same if all three terminals are connected. The 'wiper' is the one that is critical to it operating correctly. The other two just determine, for example - which way you turn it to increase the volume.

[Jimmydoodaa]

thanks so much for your help. I'll give it a go and report back. I suspect it's my brain that's wired wrong and not my pots.