on my daw i use an maudio fw1814 audio interface. it does not have a
hardware volume control. The volume knob on it is a controller for the
software mixer's main LR out. I hate that. I don't want to use the
volume knobs on my monitors (genelec 8030's) because i'll never get
them matched just right, so i just max them out. Is there a box i can
buy or build that has a stereo input, stereo output and a volume knob
on it?

Nate

Nate Najar wrote:
on my daw i use an maudio fw1814 audio interface. it does not have a
hardware volume control. The volume knob on it is a controller for the
software mixer's main LR out. I hate that. I don't want to use the
volume knobs on my monitors (genelec 8030's) because i'll never get
them matched just right, so i just max them out. Is there a box i can
buy or build that has a stereo input, stereo output and a volume knob
on it?

A bunch of folks sell passive attenuators. Coleman Audio is one of them.
In another thread yesterday we discussed making your own with a dual pot.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Nate Najar wrote:

Is there a box i can
buy or build that has a stereo input, stereo output and a volume knob
on it?

http://www.smproaudio.com/MPATCH.htm
or http://www.smproaudio.com/MPATCH2.htm

I've got the M-Patch (the blue one) and it works just fine, connected to
a pair of Genelec 1019A.


Daniel

Nate Najar wrote:
on my daw i use an maudio fw1814 audio interface. it does not have a
hardware volume control. The volume knob on it is a controller for the
software mixer's main LR out. I hate that. I don't want to use the
volume knobs on my monitors (genelec 8030's) because i'll never get
them matched just right, so i just max them out. Is there a box i can
buy or build that has a stereo input, stereo output and a volume knob
on it?

Nate

Here is a partial list to start with:

http://www.mercenary.com/colaudmonswi.html
http://www.mackie.com/products/bigknob/index.html
http://www.furmansound.com/products/...0a.php?req=hms
http://www.presonus.com/centralstation.html

bobs

Bob Smith
BS Studios
we organize chaos
http://www.bsstudios.com

http://www.spl-usa.com/mtc/mtc_E.html
http://www.spl-usa.com/volume2/2602_inshort_E.html
http://www.spl-usa.com/

Very nice - not the cheapest... but nice.

Guy

"Nate Najar" wrote in message
ups.com...
on my daw i use an maudio fw1814 audio interface. it does not have a
hardware volume control. The volume knob on it is a controller for the
software mixer's main LR out. I hate that. I don't want to use the
volume knobs on my monitors (genelec 8030's) because i'll never get
them matched just right, so i just max them out. Is there a box i can
buy or build that has a stereo input, stereo output and a volume knob
on it?

Nate

i went out today and bought a mackie big knob. way overkill for what i
want, but it does the job and is reasonably inexpensive. the thing is
HUGE though!

Nate

NHT Pro's Passive Volume Control is very nice - under $100

http://www.nhtpro.com/products/pvc.html

Steve


"Nate Najar" wrote in message
ups.com...
on my daw i use an maudio fw1814 audio interface. it does not have a
hardware volume control. The volume knob on it is a controller for the
software mixer's main LR out. I hate that. I don't want to use the
volume knobs on my monitors (genelec 8030's) because i'll never get
them matched just right, so i just max them out. Is there a box i can
buy or build that has a stereo input, stereo output and a volume knob
on it?

Nate

Steve Halko wrote:
NHT Pro's Passive Volume Control is very nice - under $100

It seems that the buy-in point for this sort of gadget is about $100
(they go up form there, and sometimes you can get more functions as a
trade-off for less precision for about that price). For less money, you
can get a Radio Shack in-line volume control like the one I use in line
with the headphones on my Jukebox3 when I'm playing it on an airplane
and want to adjust the volume without fiddling with the digital
buttons.

http://tinyurl.com/ox5g9

Its input impedance is 1KOhm which might be a bit hard on a low power
output, and of course it's unbalanced, uses mini phone connectors, and
probably doesn't track all that accurately between channels. But it'll
probalby work for non-critical listening and it only costs $6.95.