WonderHorse Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I don't even know if the title makes sense but it's all I could think of. Is there anything that will let me listen to the noise/songs coming from two different sources. For example. I'd like to be able to play my bass when my Dad's in bed and a lot of what I do is playing along to a song or drum track. Is there any way I could feed the signals from the amp and laptop/drum machine into a single unit that I could the plug my headphones into? So I have the output signals from my amp and whatever else I'm using coming through one set of headphones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 You mean a mixer. Tons of cheap stuff out there. A lot of amps and POD type unit allow this functionality now, so do phrase trainers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WonderHorse Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share Posted October 22, 2009 I did realise after posting that what I was after is a mixer, but it seems a bit overkill jsut so I can listen to a song and my bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 (edited) You want something like a Korg Pandora PX**. They sometimes pop up on here for 40-50 quid. They seem about a tenner dearer on ebay. Edited October 22, 2009 by Ou7shined Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 [quote name='WonderHorse' post='633469' date='Oct 22 2009, 02:47 PM']I did realise after posting that what I was after is a mixer, but it seems a bit overkill jsut so I can listen to a song and my bass.[/quote] If what you want to do is play along with mp3s or drum tracks on a laptop, try just plugging the bass into the laptop mic/line input and the headphones into the laptop phones output. Then if you make sure the Mic sound channel isn't muted, you should hear both the bass and the mp3 through the headphones. I only found out by accident that this works, and the bass tone is pretty good, certainly compared to any headphone amp I've used. And it costs nothing. I've done this with active and passive basses. I'm using a standard 2xmini-jack lead with a 1/4" jack adaptor at the bass end. Doesn't seem to matter whether the jacks are mono or stereo. The laptop is a Thinkpad, which isn't known for sophisticated audio, so I assume it would work with anything. Just remember to mute the mic channel before you unplug the bass, otherwise you get high pitched feedback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bythesea Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 (edited) Couple of other options (neither of which I have any experience of). [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=31137&C=SO&U=strat15"]Cheap(ish) mixer from Maplins[/url], and if you are any good with a soldering iron a [url="http://www.nirvis.com/mixers.htm"]schematic[/url] to make your own. Edit: just had another look at that mixer and it doesn't have a headphone output :/ Edited October 22, 2009 by bythesea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAlonBass Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Try this. Low-Tech as anything, but I use it for an hour every night when the Household has retired, and nobody ever hears me. A single lead from the MP3/CD/Laptop and you can play along with anything you want. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VOX-AmPlug-AC30-Headphone-Amplifier_W0QQitemZ290359661925QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL?hash=item439ac8d565"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VOX-AmPlug-AC30-Head...=item439ac8d565[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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