| doughter |
Someone told me that there is an external kit that one could add to a preamplifier to turn it into remote capable. I can not seem to find it anywhere. I prefer this solution to a adding a passive like a Creek obh or taking the preamplifier apart and using one of the Welbourne like devices.
Or has anyone tried the same thing where I had read about years ago someone took apart a kids remote controlled toy car and using the motor from it. Then placing it on the top of the preamplifier with a belt wrapping around the volume control. |
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| I_Forgot |
Yeah, I saw that. I think his name was Rube Goldberg.
When I was a kid I taped strings to the light switch and window shade in my bedroom. I routed the strings so that one turned on the light and another turned it it off, etc. It was really cool!
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| doughter |
| Is there another forum here that I might be able to get more help with this? |
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| doughter |
Thank you for the help, but no.
It would a volume controller that would have a motor that sits on the top of my preamp and a belt that would come downwards to wrap around the existing volume knob.
I know it would be ugly but this way there would be no sound degradation due to replacing the existing volume control. |
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| cowanrg |
| quote: | Originally posted by doughter
Thank you for the help, but no.
It would a volume controller that would have a motor that sits on the top of my preamp and a belt that would come downwards to wrap around the existing volume knob.
I know it would be ugly but this way there would be no sound degradation due to replacing the existing volume control. |
the link that jleaman posted would work. think about it, take off the knob from the motorized pot, install a pulley instead. put a belt from the pulley to the volume knob on your preamp. done.
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forgot to mention, you can buy the kit without the attenuator. this way it would just be a motor, and allow you to do what you want. |
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| I_Forgot |
| quote: | Originally posted by doughter
... years ago someone took apart a kids remote controlled toy car and using the motor from it. Then placing it on the top of the preamplifier with a belt wrapping around the volume control. |
Why don't you try that? You can get those cars at any garage sale for $1-5.
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| cowanrg |
www.qkits.com
tons of electronic kits. there's bound to be a remote-controller stepper motor or something like that for cheap. |
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| mcs |
You could just use a control board for a motorized pot (like my Remote1), and substitute a small gear motor for the pot.
Best regards,
Mikkel C. Simonsen |
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| doughter |
| which one do you think would work better, volcontrol 1-3 or relvol 1&3? |
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