Why are NAGRA V pots not graduated from 1 to 10?
Graduations from 1 to 10 are meaningless. The indications on the potentiometers of any NAGRA recorder are designed to be interpreted in conjunction with the meter. In other words, if the value indicated on the meter scale is added to the value shown on the microphone input potentiometer the user knows exactly what audio level is being recorded in dB with respect to 0 dB, or the threshold of audibility of the human ear. So for example if the pot is set to say 95 and the meter indicates -10dB the engineer knows immediately that the sound level is 85dB and this can be logged easily for future reference. If the recording engineer were to continue the following day, it is much easier to read the notes and set the pot to the same position.
