Balance control

[gh0st]

My Smash must be coming up for shipping soon... starting to get excited  ;D

One thing I wondered was whether I could dispense with the balance pot - I can't think of any time in the past that I've wanted to control left/right balance, is there a use case for this that I'm not aware of?

Would it be as simple as just to leaving it out and wiring the signal from the source-selector directly into the volume pot? It's not a big deal, but if I won't use it then it's a set of contacts that I could do without...

/dom

 

[Paul Birkeland]

You can leave it out, but keeping the wiring stock will allow for the forthcoming attenuator upgrade to install properly (it dispenses with the balance control).

-PB

 

[gh0st]

thanks!

 

[gh0st]

Now I've got my kit and manual, can I just confirm that without the balance control I'd just wire the outputs from the input switch directly to the volume pot, dispensing with the 33K Raux resistors?

 

[Paul Birkeland]

Yes, that is correct.

 

[gh0st]

Cheers Paul.

 

[Cleet]

You can leave it out, but keeping the wiring stock will allow for the forthcoming attenuator upgrade to install properly (it dispenses with the balance control).

-PB

Mmmm? Is the upgrade a dual mono setup?

 

[Paul Birkeland]

The upgrade is a stepped attenuator, much like the Bee Quiet, which is a coarse/fine attenuator. 

-PB