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Also, what's up with the ground pin? I should only need left and right input and output pins right?
Is there some reason that a voltage divider would work better than a variable resistance,
Quote from: josephpate on October 21, 2015, 09:33:10 pmIs there some reason that a voltage divider would work better than a variable resistance, It comes down to a voltage divider either way. With a "variable resistance" you are dependent on the input impedance of the destination to form the "bottom half" of the voltage divider. By using a potentiometer (a variable voltage-divider) you have DIRECT control over the level. Otherwise a "variable resistor" may have no effect at all on the level if you have a high-impedance destination. Or the variable resistor could have almost no practical range if operating into a destination impedance that was very low.Using a potentiometer is the method that 99.999999999999999% of all audio gear uses for audio level control. It is completely impractical to use a simple variable series resistor.