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<blockquote data-quote="Heresy" data-source="post: 323396" data-attributes="member: 540683">Here is a definition. Ask Josh, Geo, Loyd, someone else to explain what it means exactly... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />Attenuator or Attenuator pad Electronics: A passive network that reduces the voltage (or power) level of a signal with negligible distortion, but with insertion loss. Often a purely resistive network, although any combination of inductors, resistors and capacitors are possible, a pad may also provide impedance matching. [Compare with fader and crossfader.] Pads are referred to by the topology of the network formed, with the two most common being an L-pad and a T-pad:· L-pad A two-leg network shaped like an inverted, backward letter &quot;L&quot;. It usually consists of two resistors that are fixed or adjustable. A true variable L-pad consists of two variable potentiometers that are ganged (tied) together. The ganged sections work to provide either a constant input or a constant output impedance regardless of the attenuation setting. Since modern analog audio electronic circuits consist of stages characterized by very high input and very low output impedances, the term is now broaden to include all L-shaped networks without the requirement of providing constant impedance to the source or load. Volume and level controls are common examples.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Heresy, post: 323396, member: 540683"] Here is a definition. Ask Josh, Geo, Loyd, someone else to explain what it means exactly... :p Attenuator or Attenuator pad Electronics: A passive network that reduces the voltage (or power) level of a signal with negligible distortion, but with insertion loss. Often a purely resistive network, although any combination of inductors, resistors and capacitors are possible, a pad may also provide impedance matching. [Compare with fader and crossfader.] Pads are referred to by the topology of the network formed, with the two most common being an L-pad and a T-pad: · L-pad A two-leg network shaped like an inverted, backward letter "L". It usually consists of two resistors that are fixed or adjustable. A true variable L-pad consists of two variable potentiometers that are ganged (tied) together. The ganged sections work to provide either a constant input or a constant output impedance regardless of the attenuation setting. Since modern analog audio electronic circuits consist of stages characterized by very high input and very low output impedances, the term is now broaden to include all L-shaped networks without the requirement of providing constant impedance to the source or load. Volume and level controls are common examples. [/QUOTE]

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