Hi Monroe,

> It is for a Plan B envelope generator (elf). The time range of the
> A,D,R events is much too wide, making it so that only a small angle

of

> turn contains useful settings. So what would you recommend

On the face of it it looks like decresing the pot values is what you
need to do, *BUT*, because of the 'add on' module to give voltage-
control of everything, the circuitry in the main module will
necessarily be more complicated, and so this might not be an obvious
mod to do. My recommendation would be to ask Peter Granader directly,
over on the Plan B group.

> I'm confused about what Stu said. Increasing resistance increases

the

> voltage throughput

No it won't, but he didn't actually say that.

> If you go to infinite resistance by breaking the
> path then no signal goes through. If you add a resistor in a series
> circuit, the voltage across each other resistor drops. Intuitively,
> resistors slow down current, so adding resistance in the current

path

> should decrease the energy of the signal. So shouldn't the effect

be

> the opposite

Most of what you say here is more or less right. Stu was talking
about adding another resistor *in parallel* (so they are joined
together at both ends), what you are talking about above is adding
them *in series*, and there is a big difference. When added in
parallel, a second resistor of the same size as the existing one will
pass the same current as the first, so you now have twice the current
flowing, which effectively looks like you have halved the resistance.
(And for what it is worth, I think what Stu said will only work for
the 'variable resistance' way of using pots, and not for
the 'potential divider' way!)

Tim