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Splitting a soundcard OUT signal
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| EtherealSL |
I just bought and installed an Audiophile 192 soundcard (and got those MDR V6s after reading the million threads on here about). I'm pretty happy with the sound I'm hearing from them and am glad I made the purchase. Now I'm looking to get studio monitors (still doing research) and when I have them, I want to be able to quickly switch between my 2.1 hi-fi set, my MDR headphones, and whatever monitors I get.
So simply put, I need something that switches my output from one thing to another quickly (with a volume control on it).
I know mixers could do the job, but I don't need to be spending half a grand on the "Big Knob" when I'm not going to use all those capabilities and would rather put that money towards monitors.
^That looks like it'd do the trick but it's geared towards headphones... meaning I'd have to buy a few Y-adapters to make it work.
Any ideas? |
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| pixxxan |
just make sure whatever audio splitting solution u might find, doesnt screw something as important as ur audio feedback from monitors. if i had a pair of kick ass monitors , i wouldnt risk it for anything!
straight out from stereo 1/2 to monitors. why u want anything else that that??? stereo hi fi set????:whip: , or headphones?? dont ur soundcard have a dedicated output for that??' well anyway i dont let anything between my main stereo out and my event studio monitors!!!
and never will!!!!! |
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| EtherealSL |
| quote: | Originally posted by pixxxan
just make sure whatever audio splitting solution u might find, doesnt screw something as important as ur audio feedback from monitors. if i had a pair of kick ass monitors , i wouldnt risk it for anything!
straight out from stereo 1/2 to monitors. why u want anything else that that??? stereo hi fi set????:whip: , or headphones?? dont ur soundcard have a dedicated output for that??' well anyway i dont let anything between my main stereo out and my event studio monitors!!!
and never will!!!!! |
i solved the issue... just ran it into a cheap mini mixer which i can connect my headphones, hi-fi, and monitors to
as to why: i just like monitoring from various different sets speakers so i can guage my levels accordingly. i'll never hear bass from headphones as i would from a subwoofer. |
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| Allied Nations |
That may taint the sound.
Best way is ALWAYS
soundcard->nice high gauge cable->monitors
not
soundcard->nice high gauge cable->mixer->high gauge cable->monitors
.........................................................->Headphones
.........................................................->other |
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| EtherealSL |
| quote: | Originally posted by Allied Nations
That may taint the sound.
Best way is ALWAYS
soundcard->nice high gauge cable->monitors
not
soundcard->nice high gauge cable->mixer->high gauge cable->monitors
.........................................................->Headphones
.........................................................->other |
really?! I couldn't imagine a mixer tainting the sound by that much (at the very most, it will just raise the noise floor?) the 192 has two sets of ouputs but I'm running 3 sets of speakers and i really don't like controlling the volumes through the software mixer :( |
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| Mikk |
| quote: | Originally posted by EtherealSL
really?! I couldn't imagine a mixer tainting the sound by that much (at the very most, it will just raise the noise floor?) the 192 has two sets of ouputs but I'm running 3 sets of speakers and i really don't like controlling the volumes through the software mixer :( |
I have Behringer MX2642A mixer and Dynaudio BM5A monitors. I had my soudcard outputs connected to mixer channels 1 and 2, and there was just something wrong with the sound.
I looked at the Behringer schematics and all those poorly designed components the sound has to pass through, and noticed that the 2-track input would be much straighter way to the main outputs.
I connected the soudcard to those, and was amazed at the difference this made! I could pinpoint the exact location of sounds on the stereo field, hear the reverb tails and small details better, and gone was the foggyness. It really made a big improvement.
I don't record anything through the mixer anymore, all my synths are connected directly to the sound card. It works only as volume control for the monitors.
Use the 2-track inputs if you can!
Channel eq's do effect the sound even when they are set flat, so do all the amplifier stages, and Behringer has this weird design that messes up the stereo image. Better quality mixers obviously affect the sound less, but you really should try to keep anything extra away from between the soundcard and monitors.
I have the mixer only to be sure to not get blasted by 115db when I accidentally have the levels on software set too high. But I'm really looking forward to getting rid of the poor thing. I'm going to try the monitors connected directly to soundcard and see if this makes further improvement. I'm pretty sure it does. |
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| Eldritch |
| quote: | Originally posted by pixxxan
just make sure whatever audio splitting solution u might find, doesnt screw something as important as ur audio feedback from monitors. if i had a pair of kick ass monitors , i wouldnt risk it for anything!
straight out from stereo 1/2 to monitors. why u want anything else that that??? stereo hi fi set????:whip: , or headphones?? dont ur soundcard have a dedicated output for that??' well anyway i dont let anything between my main stereo out and my event studio monitors!!!
and never will!!!!! |
Aggressive much?
Seriously calm down a notch, or a hundred. :) |
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| Storyteller |
| Mackie big knob is designed for this, it doesn't colour the sound and thus making it very easy to switch between multiple sources and outputs and you're able to control the volume as well. |
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| pixxxan |
| quote: | Originally posted by Eldritch
Aggressive much?
Seriously calm down a notch, or a hundred. :) |
hey sorry man if i hurt any feelings when i try to help someone out.
:tongue2
and what i said is just straight to the point , no nonsense. whats ur advice??:tongue3
wait i am being too agressive again???
damn:clown: |
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| pixxxan |
| quote: | Originally posted by EtherealSL
really?! I couldn't imagine a mixer tainting the sound by that much (at the very most, it will just raise the noise floor?) the 192 has two sets of ouputs but I'm running 3 sets of speakers and i really don't like controlling the volumes through the software mixer :( |
ok but now seriously man, i dont think it is a good idea to use a mixer (even if it were a mackie), to divide the sound from something as important - at least to me- like the main output from ur sequencer.
its only my opinion, but if u have studio monitors my advice is to run it directly (as said above, with quality audio cables). Believe me , using a mixer for that porpouse affects ur signal more than u imagine.
But man, if u need the ddifferent soundsystems go for it! |
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| EtherealSL |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mikk
Use the 2-track inputs if you can!
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2-track as in... the tape-in RCA inputs? so i'd have to get a 1/4 inch to RCA adapter.
And how are those dynaudios treating you? |
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| dannib |
| quote: | | Mackie big knob is designed for this, it doesn't colour the sound and thus making it very easy to switch between multiple sources and outputs and you're able to control the volume as well |
The Mackie Big Knob will colour the sound as it is active and not passive. |
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