Hi
I'm in the process of coming up with a better monitor control system for the E/G series.
This has been triggered by the wearing out of the main monitor control on the 4K at the studio I do work for.
I've seen this happen on a few desks, and it can be swapped for a 2 deck DACT switched attenuator, which is near enough £300 once you add shipping etc., but you're still left with the shortcomings of the original system.
The original main monitor control is nice and accurate, but as soon as you switch to Mini, or use Dim, that goes out of the window due to the poor tolerances on the pots, especially L/R balance, so I thought why not tackle these issues as well in one elegant solution.
I'm probably looking at a relay based approach for all three controls (Main, Mini, and Dim), which is easy enough. Trims/offsets can also be added quite easily by this method for each set of monitors, so that only one volume "control" is needed (The Mini control becoming a trim)
Then I also got to thinking about the rear monitor outputs... Does anyone use them, and if so under what circumstances??
If they're not used (generally), maybe the card could be modded to give you access to the Alt monitors without having to rely on an external switch box.
Would love to hear everyone's thoughts on this.
Feature creep could become a problem
B
