Drums and Music Same Headphones

[steve_huck]

I am a newb at this but i purchased a ion iedo1 set to mess with thinkin of converting some acoustics. i cant figure out how to listen to music and the drums through the headphones at the same time. It has a main left and a main right . And a headphone input. How do i hear the drums and music from my mp3 player at once.

[daveybabes]

Hiya

I am a newb at this but i purchased a ion iedo1 set to mess with thinkin of converting some acoustics. i cant figure out how to listen to music and the drums through the headphones at the same time. It has a main left and a main right . And a headphone input. How do i hear the drums and music from my mp3 player at once.

If your module/brain does not have a dedicated mix in (input for an MP3 player) then it can't go through it and exit through the headphones out socket but a neat trick is to place your MP3 player earbuds in the ears and then place your bigger headphones over the top (bigger headphones go to headphones out on the module ... then u can adjust the volume on both

Other than that a little mini mixer would do it, i have a behringer UB 802, then u can plug the MP3 player into the mixer in a double stereo input strip, then go left and right out of the drum module into a twin input strip, connect 1 set of headphones to the headphones out socket and hear all and have the ability to mix everything, add bass treble etc (they are quite cheap and very compact)

http://www.studiospares.com/Product.aspx?code=370630

Here's a better pic http://cachepe.samedaymusic.com/medi...ef0f9c4915.jpg

Edit - best results are usin a "y" cable for the mixer (just tested it) use a 1 x stereo mini jack to 2 x mono mini jack y cable and go into inputs 3/4 or 5/6 from MP3 and you can rock! (these are available V cheap from any electronic/sound store)

[steve_huck]

So is this how i should wire it and will any cheap mixer work

[daveybabes]

Yeah sorted ...

That's it but use a y cable from MP3 to mixer ...

[steve_huck]

what is a y cable

[daveybabes]

one of these

http://www.music123.com/Hosa-Stereo-Y-Cable-Mini-Male---2-1-4--Mono-Males-333053-i1128936.Music123

so you connect the single small jack to MP3 and the 2 1/4" jacks to the mixer, that way you get stereo sound.

Mixers normally have some inputs for mike, these are 1 input, they also have some double inputs (left and right) these are your stereo inputs.

[steve_huck]

so will i hook up the drums in stereo too?

[daveybabes]

Yep

yep ... from right and left master outs from module to right and left stereo inputs on a mixer, better to get a mixer that has at least 2 lots of stereo ins. My behringer has 3, that's plenty for me.

[kivarenn82]

if you get ART stuff you could try one of these guys. its a 4 channel mixer the size of a DI box!