Recording with a TV present...

[guitaristic]

That is where a mixer would give you the ability to have the 'tv/game' audio available to you, while giving you the ability to choose what audio you send. Again, this is not necessarily a cheap endeavor.

I am not sure that I am the one to give you direct options, as this is not something I am familiar with. I don't wish to give advice I am not competent in giving.

Hmmm yeah that's not a bad option. Good idea...just route everything into a mixer and send it out to headphones. Don't most low-price mixers only put out like 2 stereo tracks to a computer though?

 

[Bobbsy]

I can't help you with the earset mics, but I can tell you you don't need a mixer. You're going to want to buy an audio interface instead, which will let you record the mics and tv all as separate tracks and balance them later. Most likely the mics you'll end up getting will have XLR, so look for a good audio interface with at least 3-4 XLR inputs (or however many you see yourself expanding to in the future), 1 TRS or RCA input (for the game sound), and you'll be good to go. I'd personally recommend getting a Tascam us-800, which has 6 combo jacks (meaning XLR or TRS input) on it. Unfortunately Tascam no longer produces them as of the last year or so, but you should be able to get a good deal on a used one. I'm looking at one on Ebay right now that's Buy It Now for $140. Seems a little high to me though.

If you read the original post, they're not worried about keeping tracks separate and mixing later...they just want to feed a bunch of mics into the computer to talk about a game live while they watch it. That's why I suggested the cheapest mixer they can find and (horror of horrors) probably into the computer built in crap sound card.

 

[guitaristic]

If you read the original post, they're not worried about keeping tracks separate and mixing later...they just want to feed a bunch of mics into the computer to talk about a game live while they watch it. That's why I suggested the cheapest mixer they can find and (horror of horrors) probably into the computer built in crap sound card.

Haha horror of horrors

Yeah I was thinking it'd be nice with multiple mics but I forgot it was going to be a live thing. I vote for that plan now! ^^^

 

[The T]

Alright so if I go with that plan... where do I find "the cheapest mixer I can find" that has the right inputs, and the kind of mics I can need... I've looked on Amazon and found really nothing. Are there at least other websites/stores I should check, preferably ones that provide detailed information on the inputs?

Like I mentioned, all the mixers I've seen have many different types of inputs that I don't really understand...