[sdiy] setting up monitoring-one stereo out to one speaker MONO

[Dan Snazelle]

yeah i know that would be EASIER but i was really excited to try and make my own A/B mono/stereo speaker box!

thanks

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> Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:28:50 +0200
> From: sijodk at gmail.com
> To: subjectivity at hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] setting up monitoring-one stereo out to one speaker MONO
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> Assuming that excellent sound quality is not important - why not get a
> (cheap) set of computer speakers? Takes up very little space and if
> you blow them up (possible in a DIY shop) you'll be happy that your
> stereo is still intact. As for CD's a cheap CD/DVD player doesn't take
> up much room.
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> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Dan Snazelle  wrote:
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>> sorry if this is OT but ir does apply to my synth diy shop.
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>> Ok. I have a great stereo in the kitchen but its too big to bring in my shop. I need to be able to hear reference CD's, test mixes, tones, etc.
>> What i would like to do is wire up a box or an adapter that will allow me to feed both speaker outs (+/- LEFT and +/- RIGHT) into a box that allows me to send one pair of speakers into the original room (kitchen) and then take a MONO feed (so if i am listening to stereo recordings, i hear ALL the information)into one speaker in my SHOP. by the way it is an OLD akai stereo receiver. (akai aa-r41) it used to have two sets of speaker outs but channel B is fried.
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>> i dont know if this is possible. If having 2 channels (kitchen and SHOP) feed off of one amp is going to mess up the amp due to impedance issues, than maybe instead i could just A or B between the two instead of them always both playing.
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>> beyond that the major hurdle is just figuring out how to convert the 4 wires coming into the box into 2 wires (mono +/-) that connect to the 8 ohm SHOP speaker.
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>> does this sound possible? easy?
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>> are there any schematics already out there?
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>> can anyone give me info, point me in the right direction,etc.
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>> check out various dan music at:
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>> http://www.myspace.com/lossnyc
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>> http://www.soundclick.com/lossnyc.htm
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>> http://www.indie911.com/dan-snazelle
>> (or for techno) http://www.myspace.com/snazelle
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>>> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>>> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Adding Control Voltage
>>> From: Matthias.Herrmann at jeppesen.com
>>> Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:20:55 +0200
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>>> synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl wrote on 08/27/2008 02:03:24 PM:
>>>> Hello,
>>>> What would be the proper method of adding a control voltage in to
>>>> the place in a circuit where there is currently a 1meg
>>>> potentiometer? I would like to use an lfo to modulate that
>>>> parameter. Any suggestions, opinions, and or links would be great.
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
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>>> what about a vactrol (vtl5c2)?
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>>> http://www.thesquarewaveparade.com/images/VtoR.jpg
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>>> cheers,
>>> matthias
>>> ___
>>> www.fonitronik.de
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