Is there such a beast?

lsits

lsits

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I've spent the past two day re-arranging my drum space. My audio hook-up is a hadge-podge of a metronome on my phone, and an mp3 player. Outputs are to a set of headphones, and also to a set of powered PA speakers. Whenever I want to change either the inputs or outputs, I disconnect and re-connect the wires.

Is there an interface that will connect everything and even let me run simultaneous outputs?

Thanks in advance from a technology deprived drummer.
 
I should think so. I have an option on my bare-bones Yamaha mixer to put a pair of RCA plugs into the 7/8 channel as well as into the Tape In channel. With two dual RCA to 1/8" cables, you could have both inputs available without unplugging. On larger mixers, you could run an 1/8" to 1/4" stereo cable to a stereo 1/4" input, with as many inputs as you have channels that run correctly. Or from a single 1/8" to a dual 1/4" channel, plugging the 1/4" into the left and right inputs of a channel.
 
lsits said:
I think that maybe this one would do the trick.

https://www.amazon.com/Mackie-8-Cha...1809&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=mackie+mixer&psc=1

I've seen some small mixers with USB connectivity. What would be the advantage of that?
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The one you linked to would certainly do the job, and also would serve you well as a personal monitor for in-ears. I advise looking for one with at least four XLR inputs, though; they are more versatile. Eventually you could plug in a kick mic, snare mic, and two overheads and put down serviceable demo recordings.

In less expensive mixers (under $400) USB usually sends a stereo two-track mix out to the computer. Again, great for demos. But for serious recording, you'll want real multi-track processing, and possibly Firewire instead of USB. That's off the deep end of things.

I was where you were about eight years ago in terms of this stuff; getting a small mixer and playing in a church with a full sound engineering setup really taught me a thing about a thing. Welcome to the next installment of the never-ending gear story :)
 
Thanks for the replies. I guess I'm interested in what works and what doesn't.I have access to a 16-channel (analog) mixer, but that's a little too big for this project.
 
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