Outs on the Echo card

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Member Since: Apr 14, 2002

Hi guys,
I`m pretty stupid when it comes to soundcards, so forgive my stupid question. On my Echo MIA there are two anoalog Outs. Does this mean I can use one Out to go to a headphone amp, and the otehr Out to go to a pair of studio monitors?

If so, what kind of Ins do studio monitors have? And what would be a good way to split the signal to go to each monitor?

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Since: Apr 03, 2002

Jun 20, 2002 08:45 pm

No, the two analog outs wil genrally be used as a single pair of stereo outs. Whats you can do is run that into a simple a/b splitter and run one to monitors and one to headphones.

Studio monitors have a couple different types of connectors; banana clips, 1/4" jack and sometimes typical raw-wire push-pin sorta things like stereo speakers.

Member
Since: Apr 14, 2002

Jun 20, 2002 09:13 pm

Ok, that confused me just a bit. Are you saying that if I use Out #1, I will get either the left or right signal, but not both?

Also I`m not real sure what an a/b splitter is.

Thanks for the help,
Mitch

Administrator
Since: Apr 03, 2002

Jun 21, 2002 05:20 am

Yes, that is exactly what I am saying, if that card is set up and marketed like other Echo products.

An a/b splitter is a simple signal splitter available at any RadioShack type store that you can put the outs of your card into and it will split it into two signal paths that you can switch between or turn on both. Kinda like a reverse mixer :-) then you just turn on whichever path you want to use, if you want to send the signal to the monitors, utrn on path 'a' if you want it to go to headphones tunr on path 'b'.

Czar of Midi
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Since: Apr 04, 2002

Jun 21, 2002 09:35 pm

The analog in's and out's on the MIA are mono. they can be panned either left or right or anywhere in between.

If you have a small mixer, you can have the out's go to the mixer, which in turn will probably have a headphone out.

If not, and you go the splitter route, don't scrimp on the splitter as you can get a lot of signal loss to your moniter's and that is not good.

Member
Since: Apr 14, 2002

Jun 21, 2002 11:24 pm

I do have a mixer, its just a Behringer 602, but it does have a headphone out.

However, I was going to use it for sending the signal to the PC because I don`t have any other means of a pre-amp.

If you guys have a better idea, I will gladly take any advice I can get...

Thanks,
Mitch

Czar of Midi
Administrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002

Jun 22, 2002 12:07 am

You can still use it that way. What you want to do is use the aux out or out's of the channel or channel's of the mixer you want to record to send the signal to the PC. That way you can use 2 of the channel's or the stereo pair input's to moniter the output from the computer. This will also give you the headphone jack on the mixer to use headphone's.

Member
Since: Apr 14, 2002

Jun 22, 2002 11:59 am

Maybe its just because I have only been up an hour or so, but that went way over my head.
If you could explain it the same way you would explain to a 5 year old maybe I`ll grasp it. : )


If you are familiar with the 602A, could you be really really specific?

Thanks for your help,
Mitch

Czar of Midi
Administrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002

Jun 24, 2002 11:25 pm

OK Mitch, the 602A has only one mono aux out. This is an auxilary channel out, meaning it take's the sound from the guitar or mic or whatever is plugged into, say channel 1. And it sends it out the aux send port to be processed, or in your case go to the input of your audio card.

Anyway, plug your mic into channel 1. Now run a cable from the aux send, (the 1/4" jack right below the MX) to the left or right input on the MIA. Make sure all the red knob's are turned all the way to the left, which is total cut. Now, I am not sure were you run the audio out's from your PC, but I would suggest you run the to the line in 5/6 on your 602. This will allow you to moniter both the recorded material and your mic at the same time. Now set up a track to record, select the left or right input from the MIA (which ever you plugged into) and adjust the red knob on track 1 up untill you see that it is at sufficiant level to record.

Now hit record and you will hear your previous track's and record only the output of channel 1.

You can moniter either through the phone's out, or if you have a moniter speaker set up use the controp room out, and you are all set.

Any more question's just ask.

Member
Since: Apr 14, 2002

Jun 25, 2002 02:22 pm

Well, if it works like you explain it, then this will be nice. Although it seems like with the mic signal going to the mixer, then to the PC, then back to the mixer and then to the headphones, there would be some sort of delay problem.

Ya know what I mean? It seems like I would hear whats already been recorded as the signal comes from the PC, then my voice would come in a few milliseconds later and it wouldn`t match.

But I guess not....

Thanks for your help here guys,
Mitch

Czar of Midi
Administrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002

Jun 26, 2002 10:38 pm

You will still hear your mic signal direct from the board. There should be no delay. I never get one anyway.

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