audio merger?

Helix

i know a mixer would do it, but is there any other alternative on the market that can take multiple inputs and send them all out a stereo out that anyone can recommend?

dont wanna pay big bucks for it or anything, just want something thatll give me more places to plug hardware in, coz my soundcard only has 8 ins

feylya

You'll have to get a mixer to do that. A mixer would be the cheapest alternative unless you want to get one of the fancier Pro Tools set ups.

http://www.thomann.de/thoiw6_behringer_ub1622fxpro_eurorack_prodinfo.html €175 + €20 delivery

Helix

im tryin to avoid a mixer really

i do everything on sx3 and have a control surface and cant stand protools tbh so not lookin down that avenue

was just wondering if there was anything like that on the market. ill probs just get one built if there isnt

im quite surprised theres not actually, it seems like something thered definitely be a market there for

cheers all the same tho chief

Buddhapadge

Can you be more specific with what you hope to do? I presume if you need more than 8 inputs that you are recording a full band live and there are cheap solutions, but the sound quality will be comprimised. For example if your inputs are 3.5mm you can plug in these but bear in mind every input sharing the cable will be mixed and will be treated as one audio source, so the levels or e.q wont be able to be changed after recording or playing, but theoretically (sp?) you could use these to expand your operations to as many inputs as desired.

Alternatively behringer do make cheap desktop mixers for around 60 - 70 euro that could add another 6 tracks to one input here .

Helix

no nothing to do with recording bands

im an electronic music producer

my soundcard has 8 1/4in ins and 8 1/4in outs

im just running out of space basically

i need more inputs due to a large shopping list of new hardware in getting in

what im looking for is something i can hook up to a patch bay, which will give me the option of an extra few inputs if needed

its more through not wanting to be plugging things in and out all day if im using 5 or 6 different hardware boxes than anything else. if i set aside 2 ins on my soundcard for the stereo pair of jacks from this box (that it looks like im gonna have to get made), those ins can carry 5 more instruments via merging. now i know it would be far from a good idea to be recording 5 instruments through one stereo input, level control would be a nightmare and theres no option for independent editing/eq, BUT a couple of things together could work... say i wanted to layer kicks from a couple of different drum machines and send them into cubase as the one audio file via the soundcard. thatd work pretty well, as any levels etc could be adjusted in their respective unit

but again the main reason is so that i could have all my machines connected ready to record into cubase, without messing around with plugging things in and out

feylya

But then you'd have pretty much no way to vary the levels easily. I'm not quite sure why you don't want to use a mixing desk.

Helix

the levels would be controlled via the units themselves, or via cubase once theyre recorded into the machine as audio

as i say im not looking to be recording loads of things at once via this, i just want everything to be plugged in and ready to record without any dicking around with cables which wrecks my head

i dont wanna use a desk because i use cubase with a control surface and i dont have room for a desk, also the very fact is that i wouldnt use the desk at all other than to route things through

the problem with cheap mixers is that the sound is generally coloured quite a bit by their internal wiring, and i want clean signals recoded into cubase, where ill then do any processing on my studio machine

squibs

have you looked at rackmount line mixers? No EQs or anything - just a level control for each input usually.

Helix

ah line mixers

you genius

the may well do what im looking for