If you're handy with a soldering iron, have less than $10 and want to solve a common studio problem, here's a little weekend project.If you drive your studio monitors from the headphone/audio out of your laptop or computer sound card you find yourself constantly clicking on the sound control panel to change the volume or mute your speakers. Here is a simple design using all Radio Shack parts that will give you a high-quality passive volume control at your finger tips.
Only one side of the stereo is shown for clarity. All the - sides of your inputs are tied to ground. I've shown this using mini-jack sockets, however, any type of input could be used to suit your preference. As for a box, since some shielding would be nice, I'd recommend an old standby, the Altoid tin (eat the mints first). Of course, the more handy can come up with all kinds of attractive boxes.So, no more desperate clicking around when the phone rings.
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