Re: Reversed stereo with Audio Animator?

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article tdiaz@hypermall.com (Tony Diaz) writes...
>
>Mitchell Spector (spec@vax2.concordia.ca) wrote:
>:     I just noticed the stereo output from my AE Audio Animator is
>: reversed, the left and right channels are swapped! I've tried both
>: outputs, the 1/4" phono jack and the two RCA outputs in back, in
>: each case the same channel reversing occurs.
> 
>:     My question is, did Applied Engineering muck up yet another
>: piece of hardware _or_ is my particular interface board or AA mixer
>: box damaged or faulty in some way? The Audio Animator software 
>: seems to function correctly in terms of which is the Left/Right
>: channel, but everything else is not okay.
> 
>Yes.. it seems a good number of AA units had exhibited strange behavior.

    Ah, good old Applied Engineering. I then take back what I said, about
the Audio Animator being the only IIgs product AE got right! :P

>I have three here, only one is perfect. I picked it up at KFest. One has
>reversed channels on the back, and has +5V running all over thing. That is
>why there is grease in the pots. The other one shorts out if you plug both
>channels in the back, (again, the line out).

    There appears to be some form of grease (silicon lubricant?) within
the five volume sliders, although it still crackles through my speakers
when I move them around. Is this the same pots your talking about? Is
it possible to open the mixer and rewire the left/right channels to what
they should be? For the moment, I've reversed the speakers on my desk,
but it's rather annoying since the "Output Volume" sliders control the
wrong speakers in this setup.

    Are the RCA inputs in back reversed as well? Oh, and speaking of
connectors (since I didn't receive a manual with my AA) is it safe to
connect a pair of amplified Bose Roommate speakers through the already
amplified "Phones" top connector? I'm using a 1/4"->1/8" adapter plug.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca