If the manufacturer said it shouldn't be done; then you have that info farther than I. Maybe the output is different than other things. Yes, couple would be when you have a wire and you "y" connect two outputs. I can't imagine the voltage so high that it would hurt the other board, or it would be robust enough to not get damaged. But, there I defer to your knowledge.
On Sat, 27 Mar 2010, 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] > >
