Patent ID: 6965677

Claim:
A sliding control apparatus including: a cross fader apparatus; at least one guide rod; a slider assembly including at least one partially open passageway for slidably traveling on said at least one guide rod wherein a position of said slider assembly along said at least one guide rod controls said cross fader apparatus; a tension plate mounted adjacent to said at least one partially open passageway so as to bear upon said at least one guide rod, said tension plate being mounted so as to impinge against said at least one guide rod with a variable amount of force thereby varying frictional resistance between said slider assembly and said at least one guide rod; and wherein said tension plate includes a first aperture and is mounted in a recess in said slider assembly, said recess including a second aperture, said second aperture being aligned with said first aperture and a screw passing therethrough, wherein the variable amount of force is varying by varying an extent of insertion of said screw into said second aperture.