critique my circuit?

[thunderaxe]

also, any reason i can't tie those grounds to VREF instead of across a large cap each? i know @antonis will say "DON'T DUMP GARBAGE INTO VREF" but this shouldn't be any different than tying lug 1 of the volume pot to VREF which i'm doing anyway, right?

[m4268588]

All my knowledge of electronics is self-taught.

also, any reason i can't tie those grounds to VREF instead of across a large cap each? i know @antonis will say "DON'T DUMP GARBAGE INTO VREF" but this shouldn't be any different than tying lug 1 of the volume pot to VREF which i'm doing anyway, right?

That may be possible.
Use large VREF cap.

[thunderaxe]

the VREF cap is 100uF, which worked to keep it clean when tied to lug 1 of the volume controls, so i imagine it would do the trick when tied to the voltage dividers here

[antonis]

i know @antonis will say "DON'T DUMP GARBAGE INTO VREF"

(on behalf of @antonis)

Do whatever you like..!!

There is enough room (yet) in the forum for threads which shouldn't exist if OPs simply listen to what other people said..

[thunderaxe]

since i do now have four places where VREF is used as signal ground (5 if i skip C6 and tie that to VREF too), would it make sense to set up a separate half-voltage signal ground that is entirely separate from VREF? just two resistors forming a voltage divider and a filter cap to ground? theoretically it should solve the problem of potentially polluting VREF, and require a lot less capacitors than using one or two for each ground from a half-voltage portion of the circuit.