[HAM] Organ too bright

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At 02:12 PM 11/20/2006, rleonard at cudrc.com wrote:

>I think an explanation of what the tone control actually does/how it
>works, would be helpful. Such as, if it's turned all the way clockwise
>your doing this (____)to the sound. And if it's turned all the way
>counter clockwise your doing this (____) to the sound. I think I
>remember Scott H saying something about this a while back, and from what
>I remember, the tone control works kind of bassakwards from what you'd
>think. When you think your adding highs, you're actually rolling off the
>highs or something to that effect.
>  How about covering that one more time Scott?

It's a passive tone control, just like on a very old hi-fi. This means that 
it can't add any treble or bass to the sound. All it does is cut treble 
that already exists in the signal, by turning it down (counter-clockwise, 
which is normal).