Possible to run bass and drums through 2 pairs of headphones

[Dr Murdoch]

Hello

I play (learning to play) bass and my mate has just bought a roland electronic drum kit.

Is it possible that we could jam together using headphones? We'll be set up in his garage but won't be able to get going until quite late in the evening, so sound is an issue.

Also, is there a cheap way of sound insulating a brick built garage with a 'up and over' metal door?

[richwig83]

A 2 channel mixer should do the job.

[Dr Murdoch]

Thanks

The prices vary wildly, and appear to be aimed at DJ's, is this what you were thinking?

[timbob]

I don't think you want anything aimed at DJs. You're looking at a small 2 or 4 channel mini mixing desk (the type that don't even have traditional faders - just an extra row of knobs instead). Mackie, Samson & Yamaha do the right kind of thing, you're looking at a little under £100 brand new.

If you're both wanting to plug headphones in and get a reasonable volume, you may well need a small headphone amp too - Behringer do a cheapish one that does the job.

Edited by timbob on Sunday 30th June 15:15

[Car Diff]

The most unutterably cheap method of two-channeling it is to do as follows. Most hi-fi amps will have separate left and right channel inputs. If you can get a wire to run from the kit to one channel and one from your guitar amp to the other channel then, if you get two pairs of headphones plugged into a splitter jack, you'll be able to hear both. When I was a young, broke student, I simply butchered other cables and sellotaped them together. Built a three-track recorder once using three mono cassette decks...

[singlecoil]

Here's a bit of lateral thinking for you-

Steinberg do an audio interface that has two inputs each with gain controls, a single headphone output with volume control and a line output (to feed a hi-fi amp for instance (which will have another headphone output)).

Now this is the good bit- it comes with a free stripped down version of Cubase, so not only will you be able to record your performances on a computer, as long as it has USB2.0 input, but you will be able to provide yourselves with a click track at whatever tempo you want. You could even import songs into the Cubase and play along with them.

I think it's the UR22, it's made for Steinberg by Yamaha, and it costs less then £100! And not only that, it has midi in and out, so you could get a keyboard player in as well.

[drumsterphil]

My industrial band used to use a Jamhub -awesome piece of kit and will do exactly what you're after plus allow additional instruments.