I have an audio circuit im building from schematics. . The schematic calls for 30nF, 220nF, 6.8nF, 22nF, 5nF, and 2.2nF capacitors …all of which I cannot find to order. . I even converted these values into microfarads and picofarads and can't locate these parts either. . Can I substitute a closer more common value capacitor for each of these? I can send you the schematic if it helps answer my question
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You must be looking in the wrong place. Go to digikey.com and enter the appropriate parametric search, and you'll find all the components you want: http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en/capacitors/ceramic-capacitors/131083?k=capacitor
Substituting capacitors used for bypassing can work just fine; typically more is better in those cases (as long as ESR and voltage rating is sufficient.) Substituting capacitors used as part of a tuned filter is much less straightforward. Thus, to answer your question, we need to know the role of each of those capacitors.