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| dRale |
sound output from computer sound card (soundblaster live)to mixer..and sound still out from computer speakers..connected to the same sound card
is all i need an rca to stereo cable?
if not what?
thanx alot |
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| Tiger777 |
You need a special cable for that.
Dividing stereo jack
Stereo phone jack ----- Line Left
Line right
On these 2 things, you pay about 10$ |
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| DjTasper |
| if you have a radio shack around go there and the guys there will hook you up with the cables you need and help you figure stuff out if it still doesn't make sense |
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| El~ZaPo |
I use a similar setup and what you will need is 2 RCA audio cables, and 2 adapters that will convert RCA cable to stereo minijack (1/8").
You can buy all of this at Radio Shack. The RCA audio cable will have male-type connectors on both ends, and each end should have both red and white connectors. You place the adapters on one end of each of the cables so that one end goes into your mixer, and the other goes into your sound card. It will be a little messy with cables but it works well.
Keep in mind this will only work if you want one output and one input (ie: if you are using a turntable and an mp3 output from your computer). If you want to use 2 mp3 outputs from your computer you will need an additional soundcard. |
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| Dj Flesch |
While the above post by El~Zapo is correct, doing this will not do what you are expecting. You will put yourself into a feedback loop even if you could hook it up the way you wanted.
I assume that you want to use your soundcard to input, let's say MP3s or some other audio to your mixer, so that you can mix with it. And you also want to be able to use your computer for your stereo system because you don't have an amp and speakers to work with otherwise. Am I right? If so, then what you need is two soundcards, here is why:
You are basically asking your soundcard to output two different things at the same time, and distinguish between the two and keep them totally separate from eachother. You can't do this with any normal soundcard, so you will need two, with two sets of drivers to keep the signals separate. More than likely, you won't even be able to hook it up because most soundcards don't have two outputs. What you can do, is take the soundcard and plug it into your mixer as per the connections described above. Then you can get another connection directly from your mixer to your speakers. I'm assuming that they will plug into an 1/8" TRS (tip ring sleeve) jack (ie a stereo headphone jack). If you can find an adaptor that goes from a female headphone jack to female RCA jack (EDIT: OR Male. There are adaptors to get you from male to female RCA), then you are in luck. I have never seen such a connector exist, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't. Radioshack will be your best, if not only, place to look. Try online first and see if you can find it there. If not, then call, because chances are you will just waste your time because I really don't think that type of adaptor exists.
So what do you do? Either buy another soundcard, or buy a cd deck if you don't already have one, so that you can burn your stuff to disk and use it on your cd deck. The soundcard option will be your cheapest alternative, but also be aware that it can be a HUGE PAIN to set up two soundcards on the same system. You would almost be better off either getting a second computer as a slave or buying a cd deck unless you are decently good with computers. |
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| El~ZaPo |
That's right, I didn't realize it would keep looping in and out like that. I'm using 2 soundcards (Philips Acoustic Edge, and the other is an onboard card that came on the motherboard). The Philips card is surround sound so I use the front output for player A and the rear output for player B, both going into the mixer. The mixer's output goes into the onboard soundcard for recording & playback through my computer speakers.
Although I have to change some settings around every time I want to mix, it is relatively easy to use, and I haven't come across any problems. |
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| kevM |
Woah ... don't go out and buy a new sound card just yet ... the SB live! has 2 stereo audio outputs, front and rear (at least mine does and its one of the cheapest versions).
So if you only have 2 speakers (ie only using the front audio outputs) you should be able to hook the rear ones too your mixer with a stereo rca to mini cable.
Then you can also take the output from the mixer have that go to the line in using the same type of cable.
Now you have to worry about feedback (mentioned below).
If your running win95/98/Me then you can user SB's surround mixer to make the wave audio go out the rear speakers (to mixer) and the line in go out the frount speakers (to speakers).
But I don't think the SB software for Win 2000/XP supports this. |
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| DjTasper |
| don't know if this has been mentioned b4 but if you are planning to use your computer sound system as a monitor you might want to think again because usually there is a significant lag time from yuour mixer to the speaker hooked up to your computer |
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| Dj Flesch |
| quote: | Originally posted by kevM
Woah ... don't go out and buy a new sound card just yet ... the SB live! has 2 stereo audio outputs, front and rear (at least mine does and its one of the cheapest versions).
So if you only have 2 speakers (ie only using the front audio outputs) you should be able to hook the rear ones too your mixer with a stereo rca to mini cable.
Then you can also take the output from the mixer have that go to the line in using the same type of cable.
Now you have to worry about feedback (mentioned below).
If your running win95/98/Me then you can user SB's surround mixer to make the wave audio go out the rear speakers (to mixer) and the line in go out the frount speakers (to speakers).
But I don't think the SB software for Win 2000/XP supports this. |
My soundblaster (extigy) has two outputs also, one analog and the other digital. This is great if you want to hook up two sets of speakers, but it still doesn't help solve the problem of the recursive loop you will induce by hooking up your mixer to your soundcard this way. Why don't you try it and tell me what happens? |
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