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Old 20th February 2010   #55
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Do you spend more time calibrating the mastering versions?
Hope no one minds me jumping in here...

It's not a question of time -- When you're using a potentiometer, you're at the mercy of the "swing" of the unit. You can "carefully match" units all day and it's still a crap shoot as to whether the unit will function similarly from channel to channel.

With typical "mastering" versions, pots are replaced with (rotary) switches - And those switch setting calls up a precise value. If that value is the same on the right as on the left, there you go.

I'm sure you're already pretty well aware of these points, but I'm sure some people might not be.
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