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<blockquote data-quote="Per SÃ¸vik" data-source="post: 114928" data-attributes="member: 1285">Re: New QSC Product - TouchMixIsn&#039;t it quite possible that the cost of implementing recallable preamps is very close to zero nowadays? Assuming, for the sake of argument at least, that any preamp without the ability to be digitally controlled has a price, and that more and more preamp chips these days will have the option for digital gain control, the price difference of the chips is likely to be smallish. Furthermore, the price of a pot can&#039;t be that much lower than the price of the circuitry needed to implement the digital control. Then, assuming that the dsp or mcu have the communication resources to allow for this extra bit of communication, wouldn&#039;t the decision to implement digital only gain control be a fairly low cost one if the decision was made early in the design process?I haven&#039;t compared preamp prices and frankly have no idea what is out there of sufficient quality, but is my train of thought completely derailed by current reality?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Per SÃ¸vik, post: 114928, member: 1285"] Re: New QSC Product - TouchMix Isn't it quite possible that the cost of implementing recallable preamps is very close to zero nowadays? Assuming, for the sake of argument at least, that any preamp without the ability to be digitally controlled has a price, and that more and more preamp chips these days will have the option for digital gain control, the price difference of the chips is likely to be smallish. Furthermore, the price of a pot can't be that much lower than the price of the circuitry needed to implement the digital control. Then, assuming that the dsp or mcu have the communication resources to allow for this extra bit of communication, wouldn't the decision to implement digital only gain control be a fairly low cost one if the decision was made early in the design process? I haven't compared preamp prices and frankly have no idea what is out there of sufficient quality, but is my train of thought completely derailed by current reality? [/QUOTE]

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