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Old June 19, 2008, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Tomisimo View Post
Good research Rusty. A mixer can also be a mezcladora or consola. A note concerning potenciómetro, it doesn't refer to any knob; it refers specifically to a potentiometer also known as a pot to electronics people. Thanks for the great options!
Yeah, I know the term potentiometer quite well, and was surprised to see that several sites used the term to refer to the terminal, o el eje que sale del potenciómetro rotatorio, to which a knob is normally affixed. These sites were written for audiophiles who know about pots, faders, and the like.

If you do a search on potenciómetro de volumen/tono, you'll see that they're talking about the knob that controls the device, not the device itself.

Here are a couple of sentences from some of the sites:
-El manejo del equipo se realiza utilizando una pantalla táctil y el clásico potenciómetro de volumen.
-... tiene un potenciómetro de tono y otro de volumen ... (guitarra Yamaha)
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