dachay2tnr
One Hit Wonder
Not sure this is the right forum for this post, but I'll give it a shot anyway.
We have a need to create a unique headphone mix for our bass player. A "more me" problem. We are currently running everything through a 16-channel Mackie mixer. The mixer has 4 Aux Sends, and I believe that I can use one of these sends to create a specific mix. We currently use two of the sends for effects (reverb for vocals and guitars, and chorus for the guitar), but we still have two others that are free.
So here are my questions:
1: The Aux Sends have 1/4" phono outlets. However, they are mono. I've tried plugging headphones directly into these outlets, and I only get a signal in one ear. I'm pretty sure I can address this via an adapter (mono (TS) to stereo (TRS). I realize that that will simply give me mono in both ears, but that is fine. We really don't pan anything on the board anyway. However, is there a better way to approach this? Should I be plugging headphones directly into an Aux Send? Seems to me that might be a stronger signal (line leve?) than a typical headphone signal. Ultimately, how do I get an Aux Send signal into a pair of headphones?
2: As mentioned above, we are using two of the other Aux Sends for FX. Will those FX be picked up in the Aux Send we use for the headphone mix? Or will that be a completely dry signal?
3: Are there other ways to get unique headphone mixes. We have headphone amps, but right now they are used to simply take the phones out connection on the mixing board and branch it to 5 pair of headphones. They work fine, but the mix is identical in all the headphones.
Thanks in advance.
We have a need to create a unique headphone mix for our bass player. A "more me" problem. We are currently running everything through a 16-channel Mackie mixer. The mixer has 4 Aux Sends, and I believe that I can use one of these sends to create a specific mix. We currently use two of the sends for effects (reverb for vocals and guitars, and chorus for the guitar), but we still have two others that are free.
So here are my questions:
1: The Aux Sends have 1/4" phono outlets. However, they are mono. I've tried plugging headphones directly into these outlets, and I only get a signal in one ear. I'm pretty sure I can address this via an adapter (mono (TS) to stereo (TRS). I realize that that will simply give me mono in both ears, but that is fine. We really don't pan anything on the board anyway. However, is there a better way to approach this? Should I be plugging headphones directly into an Aux Send? Seems to me that might be a stronger signal (line leve?) than a typical headphone signal. Ultimately, how do I get an Aux Send signal into a pair of headphones?
2: As mentioned above, we are using two of the other Aux Sends for FX. Will those FX be picked up in the Aux Send we use for the headphone mix? Or will that be a completely dry signal?
3: Are there other ways to get unique headphone mixes. We have headphone amps, but right now they are used to simply take the phones out connection on the mixing board and branch it to 5 pair of headphones. They work fine, but the mix is identical in all the headphones.
Thanks in advance.