Spec me a very basic mixing device

Mr. Brightside · 11 Aug 2008 at 10:19

I want to be able to use my hifi for music from my iPod/laptop, and to output sound from my PS2 at the same time.

Can anybody spec me a basic two channel stereo mixing device that will let me do this? I don't need any tone/balance etc. control, just volume for each channel.

The simpler, cheaper, and smaller, the better, because this is all I will use it for - no point in overkill.

Thanks.

Sweetloaf · 11 Aug 2008 at 17:44

This with the relevant adapter for your inputs should do the trick:

http://www.maxiaudio.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=G105F

edit-Maybe not, seems like it outputs mono, there must be a stereo equivalent available though.

Although if it couldn't output stereo why does it input stereo?

badbob · 11 Aug 2008 at 17:47

Apart from gain per channel a stereo Hi-Fi pre-amp will be suitable- input switching, volume control.

Mr. Brightside · 11 Aug 2008 at 19:38

Thanks for the replies.

Not sure if I made it clear but the reason I want this is so I can listen to my own music while playing on games such as GT4 (and be able to hear the engine); the integrated amp I have already has plenty of easily switchable inputs.

I'm wondering is this is the kind of thing I'm after, http://www.maxiaudio.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=G016AB but can't work out if each 'channel' is mono or stereo though - anyone got any ideas? Ideally I'd get something without mic functionality at all because I simply don't need it, but this is the closest to what I want that I've found.

Sweetloaf · 11 Aug 2008 at 19:43

Mr. Brightside said:
Thanks for the replies.

Not sure if I made it clear but the reason I want this is so I can listen to my own music while playing on games such as GT4 (and be able to hear the engine); the integrated amp I have already has plenty of easily switchable inputs.

I'm wondering is this is the kind of thing I'm after, http://www.maxiaudio.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=G016AB but can't work out if each 'channel' is mono or stereo though - anyone got any ideas? Ideally I'd get something without mic functionality at all because I simply don't need it, but this is the closest to what I want that I've found.

That is actually more than you would need, as long as the one I posted outputs stereo (which I'm pretty sure it does) that's all you need plus of course the adapter which are about £1 each.

Sweetloaf · 11 Aug 2008 at 19:49

If you are willing to spend £34.99 The Samson S-MIX Minature Mixer has RCA in and out for PS3 to stereo without faffing and quater inch inputs for the MP3 player.

I can't link because they sell PCs it looks ideal though.

Mr. Brightside · 11 Aug 2008 at 22:48

I'm beginning to wonder if I might be better off building something myself. I have a decent amount of experience with digital electronics but have done very little in the way of analogue work, let alone audio. Would something like this work? (VR1 & 2 would be controlled by the same fader, as would VR3 & 4)

Or would I need an op-amp setup as a summing amplifier on the output in order to negate any differences in the characteristics of the inputs? I'd rather not have to include an op-amp so that the circuit is passive and doesn't require a power supply.

img · 16 Aug 2008 at 10:55

why dont you use a mixing desk rather than a mixer?

Look at a tapco mix.50, or a yamaha mg10/2.

Both excellent mixers and need only phonos or jack to phono adapters to work. Outputs are balanced or unbalanced. Easy. Mono or stereo depending on your application.

Mr. Brightside · 16 Aug 2008 at 12:19

Being the obsessive minimalist that I am, I would really like it to be as compact as possible.

I just realised that the schematic I'd included in my previous post wasn't showing. Have edited post and it does show now; can anyone offer a second opinion on it?

Thanks