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I have a new pair of nearfield monitors and although I love them, they
have separate volume controls, each on the back of the speakers.

I am looking for a way to be able to control their volume via one
master without having to reach around each monitor to adjust the
volume individually.

I use these monitors for other things besides just mixing and I have
no mixer, (I'm using my PC for recording).

Any suggestions?

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this one maybe

http://www.smproaudio.com/mpatch.htm

regards

emil

"Ludwig77" <gregrjones@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I have a new pair of nearfield monitors and although I love them, they
> have separate volume controls, each on the back of the speakers.
>
> I am looking for a way to be able to control their volume via one
> master without having to reach around each monitor to adjust the
> volume individually.
>
> I use these monitors for other things besides just mixing and I have
> no mixer, (I'm using my PC for recording).
>
> Any suggestions?

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gregrjones@yahoo.com (Ludwig77) laid this on me:

> I have a new pair of nearfield monitors and although I love them,
> they have separate volume controls, each on the back of the
> speakers.
>
> I am looking for a way to be able to control their volume via one
> master without having to reach around each monitor to adjust the
> volume individually.
>
> I use these monitors for other things besides just mixing and I
> have no mixer, (I'm using my PC for recording).
>
> Any suggestions?

I use the PVC passive volume control, I think it was 99 bucks or
soemthing, works great. Forgot where I got it, I'm sure it's on the net
somewhere.

Sean
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"Sean S" <see@sigfor.email> wrote in message
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> I use the PVC passive volume control, I think it was 99 bucks or
> soemthing, works great. Forgot where I got it, I'm sure it's on the
> net somewhere.

I have had two for several years, but Google searching shows no current
sources for this fine product.

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"emil" <emil@maknisonarscope.hr> wrote in message
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> this one maybe
>
> http://www.smproaudio.com/mpatch.htm
>

The price seems right, but the build quality of the smproaudio mic preamp I
have gives me some concerns.

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"Arny Krueger" <arnyk@hotpop.com> wrote in message news:<2PSdnZpOiYE4IO7cRVn-gw@comcast.com>...
> "Sean S" <see@sigfor.email> wrote in message
> news:Xns9585D7A3FF57Cseanhoneybuckit@216.196.97.130
>
> > I use the PVC passive volume control, I think it was 99 bucks or
> > soemthing, works great. Forgot where I got it, I'm sure it's on the
> > net somewhere.
>
>
> I have had two for several years, but Google searching shows no current
> sources for this fine product.

All these suggestions are too pricey. I'm using an audio/video
switcher like a patch bay for my home DAW setup. It cost me $10 on
Ebay. I simply need one with a passive volume control, or I need a
simple unit with only a volume knob to route between the signal as it
is passed from the output of the switcher ot the input of the
monitors.

Any other suggestions?

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In article <8d273a25.0410190606.48efad74@posting.google.com> gregrjones@yahoo.com writes:

> All these suggestions are too pricey.

Life's tough in the big city. You have an expensive hobby. Get used to
it. Few things are as simple as you imagine them to be. You can make a
$99 passive volume control yourself for about $50 worth of parts, but
it will take you a couple of hours to cut holes in a box, mount the
connectors and pot, and wire it up. And it will take you some time to
find a suitable pot. That's what we pay other people to do for us.

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>
>> I have a new pair of nearfield monitors and although I love them,
>> they have separate volume controls, each on the back of the
>> speakers.
>>
>> I am looking for a way to be able to control their volume via one
>> master without having to reach around each monitor to adjust the
>> volume individually.
>>
>

If you are using powered nearfields, it is really easy to build a stereo volume
control using a 10K ohm stereo potentiometer and a couple of connectors.

Wire each channel of the pot as an "L" pad total cost about $10.00.
Richard H. Kuschel
"I canna change the law of physics."-----Scotty

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"Richard Kuschel" <rickpv8945@aol.com> wrote in message
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>
> If you are using powered nearfields, it is really easy to build a stereo
volume
> control using a 10K ohm stereo potentiometer and a couple of connectors.
>
> Wire each channel of the pot as an "L" pad total cost about $10.00.

That would only work if your connections were unbalanced ones, I think.

Hal Laurent
Baltimore

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"Arny Krueger" <arnyk@hotpop.com> wrote in message news:<2PSdnZpOiYE4IO7cRVn-gw@comcast.com>...
> "Sean S" <see@sigfor.email> wrote in message
> news:Xns9585D7A3FF57Cseanhoneybuckit@216.196.97.130
>
> > I use the PVC passive volume control, I think it was 99 bucks or
> > soemthing, works great. Forgot where I got it, I'm sure it's on the
> > net somewhere.
>
>
> I have had two for several years, but Google searching shows no current
> sources for this fine product.

I think we are talking about the same product; it is now branded under
the NHT mark. I just purchased mine a few months ago, still around
$99.

steve
lex125@pacbell.net

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