plug/splitter/thingy advice please.

[oilandwater]

Hi ph techi magicians,

I am a deaf old bat with a problem. I need hearing aids in both ears, so to listen to music my head phones are a loop system. This is a 'loop' of wire I wear around my neck and plug the wire into stereo or ipod or computer etc, and my hearing aids have a switch to enable me to hear. No problem.
But this is my problem..............
I like to play my electric drum kit, my family dont like me to play my drum kit - every day.
I can plug into the kit so only I can hear it, but this means I can't plug my loop system into my ipod.
So my question is, is there a 'plug thingy' / 'splitter thingy' that I can use that allows me to hear the drums and ipod at the same time.
Otherwise I can only hear music, or drums, I cant have both.
Hope this makes sense.
Thank you.

[TonyRPH]

Assuming all your kit on 3.5mm plugs, then this splitter should do the trick.

If you're using the bigger 6.35mm plugs, then simply Google 6.35mm splitter.

[oilandwater]

TonyRPH said:

Assuming all your kit on 3.5mm plugs, then this splitter should do the trick.

If you're using the bigger 6.35mm plugs, then simply Google 6.35mm splitter.

That's just what I need, thank you so much.

edited
oops no. It's the other way round, I need one female end (for my hearing loop) then two male plugs, one for the ipod the other for the drums.
Thank you again.

Edited by oilandwater on Wednesday 17th November 20:31

[TonyRPH]

So you're wanting something to combine the output of two devices.

A simple lead won't do this, as you'll have interaction problems between the two devices.

Ideally you want some kind of mixer, of which there are plenty of relatively basic devices available.

[oilandwater]

Thank you Tony,
I was stumped as to which road to go down. I will look for a mixer now.
Thank you for your help.
Kate.

[TonyRPH]

I've had a quick look around the web for a suitable mixer, but most of them seem to be 8 channel or more.

I found this one on Maplin's website http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=31137 (you may have to copy and paste this link).

But you will alsmost certainly need 3.5mm to 6.35mm jack plug converters, as most of these mixers seem to be based around semi professional equipment which all use the larger 6.35mm jack plugs.

ETA: For some reason, each time I link to Maplin's site, it is automatically directed to their home page. What a bad decision on their part...

So copy / paste this:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=31137

ETA: (again) That mixer has no amplification, so you'd probably need to feed the output into a suitable amplifier, to drive your loop.


Final ETA: Scrap all of the above:

This mixer will do exactly what you need. You will most likely need a couple of adapter leads though, those being 3.5mm to 2xRCA and whatever your drum kit outputs to a 6.35mm (1/4") jack plug.

Edited by TonyRPH on Thursday 18th November 14:09

Edited by TonyRPH on Thursday 18th November 14:13

Edited by TonyRPH on Thursday 18th November 14:23

[oilandwater]

Thank you sooooo much Tony.
You have found the very thing I need.
As soon as I have it I will post and let you know just how much my family appreciate the lack of noise. Well it's music to me!
I do thank you. I owe you one.