Small PA Mixers for Jamming at Home ... ?

!_Brian_!

Hey,

I'm trying to work out a way to jam with a few of the lads in my flat REALLY quietly like. What I'm thinking is to plug the 2 guitar multi FX pedals straight to a small mixer. Along with plugging elec drums and bass into the mixer also. Then get two 2 way adapter things and plug them into the outputs. That will make four outputs if you get me .... and then just plug headphones into them all for each player. So all you'll hear outside the room hopefully is the strumming of unplugged electric guitars and a bit of banging on elec drum pads.

If you get what I mean, a) will it work? and b) would something like this mixer do the trick? http://www.thomann.de/ie/behringer_ub802_eurorack.htm

Or is there even something specific already made for the exact purpose I have in mind?

Any help much appriceated!

Dord

That should do the job, I think?

Sounds like a good idea anyways!

Gaspode

I could be wrong but I think that'll give you 2 left and 2 right outputs, so you'll only hear on one side of each set of headphones. Shouldnt be a problem though.

!_Brian_!

right. would you be able to pan that more balanced or anything?

sei046

Have done that many a times before. Its 100% get a cheap splitter box and run that from your phones out and that will allow you a few headphones. It does the trick

!_Brian_!

sei046 wrote: »

Have done that many a times before. Its 100% get a cheap splitter box and run that from your phones out and that will allow you a few headphones. It does the trick

Cool I get ya. So something like this?

http://www.thomann.de/ie/nobels_split4.htm

You just plug the head phones out into that and then plug in 4 sets of headphones and job done?

!_Brian_!

Arragh .... heads melted!! Cant get this fooker to work right. The amount of ins and outs I'm trying to keep track of is brain melting.


Guitar 1 ---> FX board (phones out) ---> Line1 of mixer.

Guitar 2 ---> Amp (phones out) ---> Line 2 of mixer.

Drums (left out) ---> Line 3 of mixer.



Right, everythings plugged into the mixer. Ok.

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Mixer (phones out) ---> Signal splitter (output 1) ---> Headphones 1
Mixer (phones out) ---> Signal splitter (output 2) ---> Headphones 2
Mixer (phones out) ---> Signal splitter (output 3) ---> Mix In of the Drums.

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.....and that should be it! ..... but no. The levels are either all over the place, buzzing and squealing, or not working at all. One headphones will work, the other won't but at best only one side of the headphones will work (left).

Am I barking up the wrong tree here altogether like? Anyone any ideas? Does the splitter send out power as well enough to properly power the headphones? Or doe I need a headphones mixer or something?


Someone hepl .... please!!!!!!

Paladin

Just start with 1 set of headphones and 1 instrument.
Add instruments and get the balance right. If you can do this, only then do you add headphones.
If at this point you get problems then at least you know what the problem is. You just need to sort out the headphones signal splitting.

This should all work though and is a good idea for jamming. Saves hearing problems too. I have permanent ringing in my ears (tinnitus) and would advise anyone against loud jamming. (Fook the neighbours though )