ok a few dumb questions:
let's say I buy a kit with a PCB and I assemble it what does the PCB sit on in the chassis? is it just free wheeling in there? is it glued to the 'floor' of the chassis? If so is it glued at a certain prescribed height?
Also if I buy a kit with components, a PCB and knobs, how do I know the correct vertical orientation on the front panel to cut the holes to put the knobs? How can I be sure that the holes I cut (or get other ppl to cut) will be in the right place for the knobs or TRS/XLR ins and outs?
I can just see myself ordering a chassis with holes in it and not having the PCB line up with the holes right and therefore screw up my whole life, and possibly wreck the universe in the process.
If I see a schematic, say for an 1176, can I build it on a perforated circuit board with just wire and solder (and components) or do I need a PCB?
Transformers; when building a simple summing mixer (just resistors and ins/outs) can I just slap on some transformers on the outputs or are they active components requiring a power supply?
in this link
http://www.jensen-transformers.com/as/as066.pdf
the upside down pitchfork thing in the schematic is a ground? is that correct?
I prolly have a few more dumb questions up my...shall we say....sleeve? i will post more as they come to me...
let's say I buy a kit with a PCB and I assemble it what does the PCB sit on in the chassis? is it just free wheeling in there? is it glued to the 'floor' of the chassis? If so is it glued at a certain prescribed height?
Also if I buy a kit with components, a PCB and knobs, how do I know the correct vertical orientation on the front panel to cut the holes to put the knobs? How can I be sure that the holes I cut (or get other ppl to cut) will be in the right place for the knobs or TRS/XLR ins and outs?
I can just see myself ordering a chassis with holes in it and not having the PCB line up with the holes right and therefore screw up my whole life, and possibly wreck the universe in the process.
If I see a schematic, say for an 1176, can I build it on a perforated circuit board with just wire and solder (and components) or do I need a PCB?
Transformers; when building a simple summing mixer (just resistors and ins/outs) can I just slap on some transformers on the outputs or are they active components requiring a power supply?
in this link
http://www.jensen-transformers.com/as/as066.pdf
the upside down pitchfork thing in the schematic is a ground? is that correct?
I prolly have a few more dumb questions up my...shall we say....sleeve? i will post more as they come to me...