On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 20:11:39 -0000
"Rob Malpass" <rob@???> wrote:
> Hi all - seasons greetings
>
> Here's the problem: I usually have several machines on at the same
> time and I'd like to hear their audio output (even if it's just a
> bong, or the you've got mail sound). I don't want to hook up
> speakers to each machine (one XP, one Ubuntu and one Mac) so at
> present I have them going into a hifi amp via 2 separate channels on
> a "8 channel" stereo mixer. Trouble is, the other 4 channels on
> this supposedly 8 channel beast (it is very very old) aren't
> available at line level - only mic level so it would sound terrible
> if I jacked one of the PCs into effectively two mono channels.
>
> Are you with me so far?
>
> Are there any gadgets out there that could let me sort this? Maplin
> have some but they're the same configuration as my current i.e. 2
> stereo and 4 mono with each mono mic level only.
I am probably going to get one of these so I can play music and hear PC
game sound effects simultaneously through the same speakers:
http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/page/shop/flypage/product_id/3794
(also want the option to plug in headphones).
Mat
