2 mics into 1 pc - how??

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2 mics into 1 pc - how??

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Coz of the furom crash again this topic got lost and if anyones replied I didnt see it as I was away all weekend. How do I use 2 microphones on the one pc??
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Subzero wrote:Coz of the furom crash again this topic got lost and if anyones replied I didnt see it as I was away all weekend. How do I use 2 microphones on the one pc??
My reply boiled down to "Get a mixer!". :D

I use a Behringer Eurorack UB502 for the Take-away. Cost me around 40 quid. Downside is that it only has one mic input, so when Makke came over to co-host a show we had to plug his mic into one of the stereo channels and fiddle with the balance. A UB802 will solve that by providing you two mic inputs, but it'll set you back another tenner.
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Have you got a decent soundcard? If not, get one with two (or more) microphone inputs. Otherwise it is down the mixer road you have to go.
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How do you attach mixers to your pc soundcard??
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As a really cheap solution this would work - but you would need a TRS to mini-jack converter..
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Im hoping youre talking about these:

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Subzero wrote:How do you attach mixers to your pc soundcard??
Your soundcard should have a "line in" connector. Just plug it into that one.
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Subzero wrote:Im hoping youre talking about these:

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need to be the other way around - converter needs to accept a mono-TRS and output a mini-jack so it can plug into the MIC input on your soundcard (assuming of course that your soundcard uses a mini-jack for it's microphone input).

This should do ya...

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Tab ... 7&doy=19m9
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Aye thats the badger I ordered, and me mixer too - so no more of this 'one mic' shenanigans when squirrley comes over :)

(Blimey im really taking my podcasts serious these days!)
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You
Subzero wrote:Aye thats the badger I ordered, and me mixer too - so no more of this 'one mic' shenanigans when squirrley comes over :)
You mean to say you would let me back??
You must be crazy!!! :wink: hehe
That's a lotta nuts!!
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Squirrley wrote:You
Subzero wrote:Aye thats the badger I ordered, and me mixer too - so no more of this 'one mic' shenanigans when squirrley comes over :)
You mean to say you would let me back??
You must be crazy!!! :wink: hehe
Of course :)
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There ought to be array mic soundcards out there. But I'd go for a mixer as well - if you're OK with having channels merged. That'll give you a sad sad mono feel, though. :-)
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