Balance

[philippe_44]

Do we know why there is no balance setting on LMS?

[bpa]

My guess.

In SB1 it was done in hardware (as well as treble and Bass)

As SB2/3 etc. didn't have h/w balance (s/w decoding helped flexibilty in adding new codecs) - might have been considered unnecessary as at the time, many amps probably had a balance control.

[philippe_44]

My guess.

In SB1 it was done in hardware (as well as treble and Bass)

As SB2/3 etc. didn't have h/w balance (s/w decoding helped flexibilty in adding new codecs) - might have been considered unnecessary as at the time, many amps probably had a balance control.

So, knowing that there is a gainL and gainR in slimproto, shall we add a balance option in audio? I think that could be easy, just a -N..N cursor then I would apply a scale down factor on gainL or gainR depending on that cursor (0 => no change, N => factor=0 on gainL, -N => factor=0 on gainR)

[d6jg]

So, knowing that there is a gainL and gainR in slimproto, shall we add a balance option in audio? I think that could be easy, just a -N..N cursor then I would apply a scale down factor on gainL or gainR depending on that cursor (0 => no change, N => factor=0 on gainL, -N => factor=0 on gainR)

It shouldn’t really be necessary. Top end HiFi has no treble, bass or balance controls and arguably there is more need for them in the analogue arena particularly turntable than there would ever be in digital.

[philippe_44]

It shouldn’t really be necessary. Top end HiFi has no treble, bass or balance controls and arguably there is more need for them in the analogue arena particularly turntable than there would ever be in digital.

I'm not sure I'm following. If I take the example of squeezelite on Pi or squeezelie-esp32, I would welcome a balance option. Would it be used every day? no but I can see where, for these mid-end system, I would need to balance speakers a bit due to positioning

[RobbH]

I'm not sure I'm following. If I take the example of squeezelite on Pi or squeezelie-esp32, I would welcome a balance option. Would it be used every day? no but I can see where, for these mid-end system, I would need to balance speakers a bit due to positioning

More control is always a plus, as long as there is a way to neutralize it if it's not wanted. For instance, I want to be certain I've set the balance back to precisely zero, not +0.2 or -0.1. That's my view.

The other viewpoint is that more control = more opportunity to screw things up! It's now wrong, either.

[tfec]

So, knowing that there is a gainL and gainR in slimproto, shall we add a balance option in audio? ...

Using active loudspeakers without any knobs it would be fine to control the balance via LMS.

[cliveb]

Do we know why there is no balance setting on LMS?

A Squeezebox is a source component. When did you last see a balance control on a turntable, CD player, FM tuner, etc?

[Paul Webster]

A Squeezebox is a source component. When did you last see a balance control on a turntable, CD player, FM tuner, etc?

Similarly for volume control ... but LMS has that.

Edit:
I take that back.
Volume control from LMS is usually an instruction to the player to increase/reduce volume although I expect it can be done in LMS via SOX or something.

[slartibartfast]

Similarly for volume control ... but LMS has that.

Edit:
I take that back.
Volume control from LMS is usually an instruction to the player to increase/reduce volume although I expect it can be done in LMS via SOX or something.

My old Marantz CD player had two sets of outputs, one fixed and one variable

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