Practice procedure

[rootsgroup]

I've tried a search on this but no luck.

I have a TR61 (love it!). I play by ear. I'm an old guy, so i like to keep it simple. Never messed with midi.

Live in a house with noisy grandchildren, so I try to practice with headphones on. I put the songs on an sd card and play 'em using a pda with a real player in it.

So if I had some kind of little mixer that would handle headphone level outputs, i could run my TR and pda simultaneously and listen with my headphones , play along with the pda and not get on anyone's nerves.

I have an old powered mixer, tried trickin' it into doin' the job, but i lose so much clarity from impedance mismatch its just not worth it.

How do all you guys handle this?

[wudhan]

Hi!
Behringer mixers are among the cheapest and easiest mixers to find. They are not powered mixers for PA systems so you do not have to worry about impedance.


The newer Behringer models are extremely compact - and may be right up your alley

The XENYX 802 mixer is 4 channels (two mono w/ preamps, two stereo w/o preamps.) Here is an image:


The XENYX 502 is five channels, but EXTREMELY compact.

You can find a bunch of information about these mixers and more at the Behringer site.

http://www.proaudiosuppliers.com/xenyx502.html

My personal favorite is the discontinued Eurorack 802A - That mixer is 8 channels, so it may be too much for what you are looking to do with it. I find that the earlier Eurorack models are much more durable and of higher quality than the newer models. But for what you are doing, I think the Xenyx models will suit you best.

Hope this was of help!

[skuppy]

Hi Rootsgroup

Im with wudhan's idea
The behringer range of mixers are very affordable and offer excellent value for money for any size of home studio use.
I started with a Behringer 1002FX and as my studio grew bought a Behringer 1832FX.
Both mixers very affordable and solved all my audio issues.

BTW dont worry bout being an 'old guy' as such, hell Im turning 50 this year.

[candlewick]

I'll throw my vote with the fella's above. I have a small Tapco with similar functions and it has proved very versatile. I have keys, electronic drums, mics, CD deck, and MP3 player all wired in. love it !!!!!!!

[bsr2002]

Behringer mixers ROCK

[odeon]

They do seem to offer good value for the money but I've had some problems with a Behringer mixer that somehow creates a ground loop when it has no power but a mic is still connected to it. Couldn't find a reason to this.

[rootsgroup]

thanks for all the replys!

That's goin' in a little deeper than I wanted to, versatility looks good , though.

Yesterday I found this, can't resist, I'm gonna build it and see what it does.

I'll let you guys know.

http://www.phoenixcomputerlabs.com/All- ... xers1.html

[rootsgroup]

Ok, I jsut finished up this little piece

http://www.tkk.fi/Misc/Electronics/circ ... nesum.html

It works pretty good!

Made two of 'em to handle the stereo aspect. Bought all the parts at Radio Shack. Used 3.5mm stereo sockets (2 in, 1 out) and put it all in a plastic 1x2x3 inch project box, velcroed it to the left end of my TR61 right next to the headphone jack. Using male to male 3.5mm stereo patch cords.

#1 input is from the TR61 headphone jack. #2 is from my tungsten E2 pda.

I tried plugging in my headphones direct into the output a t first, Volume was VERY low. Had a set of JBL computer speakers with a headphone plug, so I hooked that up to my mixer output to boost the signal.

Plugged my headphones into the JBL deal and bingo! Works like a top.

I've found an ic mixer plan that will run on a 9volt battery, so I'll build that next. My goal now is to eliminate the computer speakers.

Well worth my time!