4 headsets and a mixer

[kozikowski]

I like Sweetwater.

http://www.sweetwater.com/

They have a good selection and their web site has magnifiers and terrific illustrations. You can muck around in the user manual forever, or you can look at the exploded view of connector panel on the back of the unit and see if all the connectors you need are there.

That and they put jujubes in the packing box.

Did you resolve the cellphone issue? Land-line telephones have the same problem. In that case, radio stations use telephone hybrids to split the two directions.

Wikipedia:
In broadcast studio facilities, the name for the functional part has come to refer to the whole, and a Telephone Hybrid is the device that packages all the functions needed to connect telephone lines to studio audio systems

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/2 ... ybrid.html
Koz

[Str8sixfan]

I think I might play around with this in the beginning and when funds become available, I can add the dapter2 to my arsenal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JHuf2TK ... re=related

Now the obvious downside is that if my co-host wants in on the phone interview, I'll have to have the phone setup in a way for close talking or hand it back and forth to him. Plus both of us will have to speak into two devices. But I think for rudimentary attempts this might work, and if it doesn't that will drive us to another purchase sooner than later.

I think I'm going to buy a mixer this Friday as funds become available:

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PV6/

Also, if I had a L-R channel into 3.5mm jack, could I not plug my mixer straight into the microphone jack of my computer and circumvent the purpose of this item: http://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i- ... tgod3QGDHg ?

[whbjr]

Coming in late to the discussion, sorry!

I do have one real-world problem with headphones. I wasn't kidding about the interview before you had an ear infection or Leprosy. We had to scale back the use of "communal" headphones because of squeamishness. Stock up on alcohol wipes. Yes, we do. I'm not joking.

One can get disposable covers for headsets - heck, cut up a yard of cheesecloth, and use a rubber band to hold it over the earpieces, and voila! 100% protection from infectuous diseases! (At least, as far as the squeamish interviewee is concerned.) (Keep those wipes handy, as well!)

... for more than two pairs you really need to looking at using a separate headphone amplifier. These need not be expensive - these are surprisingly good: http://www.thomann.de/gb/millenium_ha4.htm

I've used the similar but even-plainer Behringer HA400 4-Channel Stereo Headphone Amplifier for $20 http://www.zzounds.com/item--BEHHA400

[Str8sixfan]

I'm getting close to starting...got the mics and the mixer. Now it's mostly ancillary pieces. I may look into the headphone amplifier here soon.

[fabrizioprocopio]

I'm looking for an adapter to amplify headset microphones (for computer to be more precise) to put and use them ina a standard mixer. So my web radio (an association webradio) can use that mic and save money.
Someone knows where can I find and buy an amplifier like I said? Some link? Some kayword that I can put in google?
It's months and months that I search but not at all

[steve]

I'm looking for an adapter to amplify headset microphones (for computer to be more precise) to put and use them ina a standard mixer.

If it is a USB computer microphone, then no, there is no such adapter.
If it is a "conventional" (3.5mm jack plug) computer mic, then I'm not aware of any that are sold commercially, but if you know anyone that does simple electronics as a hobby, then it is not difficult to make one. See this topic for details: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 27&t=79944

Note that microphones with a "proper" XLR connector are available quite cheaply these days (less than $20 US for a cheap hand-held mic - not much more than the cost of the parts to make the adaptor).