You definitely want to "mix" the signals so they are combined without having the output of one card effect the other.
this requires electrical resistance between each output and the input. An actual mixer will do as required but connectors or capacitive coupling will not! Even transformer coupling will not provide the necessary issolation. Tom Fowle On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 04:50:04PM -0400, Edward Przybylek wrote: > Hi Spiro, > > > > What's the difference between mix and couple. As I said in my earlier post, > I simply want to combine the output of two sound cards through a single set > of powered computer speakers. If coupling is simply combining the two > outputs with some sort of Y-connector, I was advised not to do this. I was > told that the output of one card could somehow affect the other card and > cause damage to the card. Since both cards are fairly expensive, I'd rather > not do anything that might cause me to have to replace one or both cards. > Any advice is greatly appreciated. > > > > Take care, > > Ed Przybylek > > > > > > _____ > > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of Spiro > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 9:24 PM > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Audio Mixer > > > > > > in case no one else answered, > do you need to mix, or can you just couple? > > On Wed, 24 Mar 2010, Edward Przybylek wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I currently have two sound cards installed in my computer. I'd like to > > combine the outputs of the two cards so that both cards can be played > > through a single set of speakers. I'm told the best way to do this is to > > use an audio mixer. My problem is that I'm beginning to run out of desk > > space and that's why I'm hoping some really small mixers exist. This is a > > fairly simple application that requires minimal complexity so I really > don't > > need anything like a professional unit or one that has the capability to > > perform any and all audio mixing functions. All I need to do is combine > two > > stereo outputs into a single set of speakers while maintaining reasonable > > sound quality. If anyone knows of a very small and simple mixer that will > > serve this purpose, I would greatly appreciate hearing about it. Thanks a > > lot. > > > > > > > > Take care, > > > > Ed Przybylek > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
