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In Reply to: RE: Volume vs Gain posted by Tre' on August 11, 2015 at 13:03:49:
Isn't it true that an AMP is generally FIXED gain while the VC simply acts to attenuate the INPUT signal to the amp? A VC acts as a simple voltage divider, right? So the amp simply adds its 'gain' to whatever the input voltage happens to be.
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