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DIY: VoluMaster(tm) 'edit limits' GUI
the new magic setup screen for setting MIN and MAX volume limits once you are in 'normal' control mode.
you enter this screen with a single button press and then you can move both lines around (each on their own) by using 4 arrow buttons or cursor buttons. the program won't let the 2 ends cross each other, of course ;)
once you are happy with your new 2 limits, you exit this screen and the control goes back to the normal screen, showing the current/actual volume setting in a bargraph and the input selector by name.
if you press the MUTE button, the volume slowly ramps down to the mute setting (the lower # you set). unmute and it returns to your previous setting.
and the upper limit helps protect against blowing out your phones, speakers or maybe even your ears ;) or maybe you want to limit how loud it will play early in the AM or late in the PM. the upper limit is also useful for that.
finally, the upper limit lets you get to the 0-db level (point of unity gain) but it also lets you exceed it (if the engine below supports it. the PGA chip does.) this gives the user the option to 'stop at zero' (that way you are only attenuating). audiophiles tend to want their attenuators to NOT have gain, so they can accomplish this simply by setting the MAX level to be 0 or below.
DIY: VoluMaster(tm) 'edit limits' GUI
the new magic setup screen for setting MIN and MAX volume limits once you are in 'normal' control mode.
you enter this screen with a single button press and then you can move both lines around (each on their own) by using 4 arrow buttons or cursor buttons. the program won't let the 2 ends cross each other, of course ;)
once you are happy with your new 2 limits, you exit this screen and the control goes back to the normal screen, showing the current/actual volume setting in a bargraph and the input selector by name.
if you press the MUTE button, the volume slowly ramps down to the mute setting (the lower # you set). unmute and it returns to your previous setting.
and the upper limit helps protect against blowing out your phones, speakers or maybe even your ears ;) or maybe you want to limit how loud it will play early in the AM or late in the PM. the upper limit is also useful for that.
finally, the upper limit lets you get to the 0-db level (point of unity gain) but it also lets you exceed it (if the engine below supports it. the PGA chip does.) this gives the user the option to 'stop at zero' (that way you are only attenuating). audiophiles tend to want their attenuators to NOT have gain, so they can accomplish this simply by setting the MAX level to be 0 or below.