I think what I’m asking is… “What can I use to take the headphones outs from a Cycles and Samples so that I can listen to both from my headphones (1/4” or 1/8") when away from home?" I don’t really want another mixer so was hoping a specific cable would do it.
Many thanks.
I’m guessing you will need a 3.5 mm 2 x Male Jack to 1 x Female Audio Y Extension Cable
No way a simple extension cable like this will work as a mixer.
Have you checked the Roland go:mixer? its tiny and could work nicely for summing both boxes. @darenager sells a mini summing mixer too, but IIRC it only works for line level signals… last time I tried it with headphones no sound came out to the headphones.
Why not, he just wants to monitor both boxes from his headphones, it will totally work, just needs one of these:
I did briefly check it out but I was looking for something dumber and cheaper - if it exists.
With such an Y-adapter you effectively shorting two outputs together. At least you need some resistors in the signal lines to prevent any harm to the involved devices.
I’ll get my coat
Glad I asked, and now I realise why I can’t find what I need in a cable alone. Cheers guys. Go Mixer it probably is then,
Maybe this?
Now this looks like the ideal solution. - Thanks.
This might not power the bigger headphones, but works for me…
Check out Yamaha session cake as well! SC-02 (the two channel session cake model) has a TRRS aux minijack port and two 1/4" inch inputs + headphone amp. So you could plug one model: into the quarter inch inputs and another into the aux input.
So, this also fits the bill. Thanks for sharing. Choice is good!
@darenager makes some pretty nifty little passive mixer boards for volcas that I think would do the job here.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F303489220612
what a silly name for a device.
but it does look pretty sweet.
I got one of these for portable/satellite setup. Works surprisingly well and has very clean sound, but does require a power source. Cheapest option I know of. One nice thing is that each of the 4 inputs can be either stereo or mono.
Thanks for the mention but mine are not suitable for headphone use as @tsutek said, headphones are typically 16-600 ohms, my mixers are line level (10k ohms)
Just ordered two of these. Not sure how they good they will be but given that the sale price cost me £26 for two including shipping I can’t be too dissapointed.
https://www.kennysmusic.co.uk/yamaha-sessioncake-sc-02-mixing-headphone-amp-for-guitar-bass-vocals-keyboards
Thanks for all the great suggestions.
I will now have a mobile setup, running both the Samples and Cycles from a powerbank, in one case and always connected up. sweet.
Yeaahhhh definitely don’t use this! Wrong answer. Just use a passive mixer you can build or buy yourself for very cheaply!
Edit whooops looks like this was already resolved.
