stereo mixer, pan or dual pot ?

[redrabbit]

I'm in eurorack modular world.

A company has something I need, a 4 to 2 mixer.
4 mono inputs to 2 "stereo" outputs.
(schematics below)

They offer 2 types of modules...

MIX 01 is mono to 2 gain pots (adjust the two pots for "stereo" pan.)
MIX 02 uses one gain pot, and one pan pot.

What would be the advantages about one versus the other ?

Here are the two schems (open source)
MIX 01.....
Mix/LinearMixerRev04-schematic.pdf at master * pingdynasty/Mix * GitHub

...and MIX 02
Mix/DualPanningMixerRev02-schematic.pdf at master * pingdynasty/Mix * GitHub

Advice please.... THX.

 

[rayma]

What would be the advantages about one versus the other ?

The MIX02 gain/pan would be much easier to use in practice.

 

[redrabbit]

Thanks Rayma.

One reason I just heard, is that with the dual gain pots (MIX 01) if the signal on L or R is routed somewhere else, that (L or R) signal can be individually controlled without affecting the other.

The puzzle gets clearer.

 

[rayma]

One reason I just heard, is that with the dual gain pots (MIX 01) if the signal on L or R is routed
somewhere else, that (L or R) signal can be individually controlled without affecting the other.

Yes, but is that worth it to you, considering the otherwise clumsy mixing?

 

[redrabbit]

Undecided.....
Dual gain pots (R/L) are probably not worth it to most people, esp in a synthesizer.

However, in my HiFi preamp builds over the years, I have gotten used to these "dual mono" pots, as that's the way I built them, and used them for years.

2 Mono pots have been more accessible to me because I inherited a stash of 50k Noble audio pots years ago.
....and hence, I never really pondered the difference until now.