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Reverse-engineering my speakers' API to get reasonable volume control

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Re: Reverse-engineering my speakers' API to get reasonable volume control

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Post by albert_e »

laurencei wrote: post #74
albert_e wrote: post #49

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Wow! I had dreamed of physical "analog" controls as a standard feature on keyboards and input devices for various applications -- would be great productivity booster for power users. I wish this catches on and gets mass adoption.

Yeah - me too - I dont have the time/tools to build these myself - but would happily pay for them as a product.

Same

While I wish I had the time and talent to pursue this as a hobby - and I dabbled in PCBs and DIY electronics in youth - life has other plans.

I see some sibling commenta that link to keyboards with a knobs-- that is cool - but I am imagining having access to more than one knob so I have a bank of at least 5-6 knobs, slightly smaller than the DIY project, so I can program them for multiple uses like we do for Function Keys today.

Imagine stream deck with knobs instead of buttons - and available either as a separate USB/wireless device or as a simple "nuneric keypad" / "function keys /media keys" kind of addition to keyboards

Re: Reverse-engineering my speakers' API to get reasonable volume control

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Post by anjel »

2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #96
Endurancee wrote: post #93

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Quality of active speakers are really good these days, they have matched amps and speakers from neumann, genelec etc also has active crossover which is superior than any passive setup. Mature market sure, but even companies like KEF who didn't offered or focussed much on active systems, have growing range of options now.

Nobody is arguing their quality is bad, but that amps die long before speakers die. Do passive speakers even die? Also, online services built into these will die before the speakers do.

Foam rot is still a slow but sure process for speaker cones

Re: Reverse-engineering my speakers' API to get reasonable volume control

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Post by baldgeek »

laurencei wrote: post #73
IshKebab wrote: post #65

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"you can build yourself" Technically yes, but that is a serious project.

Yeah - I actually asked on the Discord if anyone was selling them pre-made - I would buy some if available. I dont have time/tools etc to do this.

https://www.lilygo.cc/products/t-encoder-plus looks like the HW part is taken care of, and they have some sample code on github
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