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Topic: Mixer for practicing at night ? |
Cody Coombs
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 24 Sep 2020 6:15 pm |
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Does anyone use a mixer for practicing at night with headphones? And if so, how do you rig it up? Is it easy to setup, clean, plenty of headroom for the steel to sound natural and not tinny or dull what it sounds like in other alternative headphone amp setups? I’ve tried headphones directly into an amp and that wasn’t a great sound, also one of those little VOX plugin deals and It didn’t work either. If there’s a way to use a mixer and get a great sound I’d be all in for that.
I’ve been looking a little through the forum and haven’t found much information.
There’s a Yamaha MG06X 6 channel mixer for a good price, would that be a good idea?
Thanks in advance |
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Thomas Stone
From:
San Francisco
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Cody Coombs
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 24 Sep 2020 8:10 pm
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Oh thank you Thomas!
that’s perfect, a lot of information there. I must’ve not typed in the right words in the search bar. It even talks about the same mixer I was looking at. Hmmm looks like there’s quite a few different options to consider. |
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Jim Peter
From:
Mendon,Mich USA
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Posted 26 Sep 2020 12:33 pm
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https://www.guitarcenter.com/Behringer/Xenyx-502-Mixer-1274115049930.gc
I plug the output from my Revelation pre amp into one channel, PC into another channel and headphones into the headphone jack. You can EQ your sound, mix your sound and if you desire you can output the sound to a recorder (such as a Tascam DR-40) to hear what it all sounds like. I have made many nice recordings with this setup and BIAB |
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Justin Emmert
From:
Greensboro, NC
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Oliver Samland
From:
Hamburg, Germany
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Posted 1 Oct 2020 2:09 pm
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Hey Cody,
having small kids I also rely on silently practice at night. I've never had luck getting satisfying tone with a mixer alone. I put a tube preamp in line. Still not quite there. So I was looking for an IR loader ( impulse response loader = cab simulator) to get it to sound closer to the real thing. I found a brilliant little device I love to play through and it covers it all: the Cab M by Two Notes.
https://www.two-notes.com/torpedo-cab-m
Check the link, it has too many features to list, here are some of them
- a preamp based on a Silverface Bassman
- power amp simulations based on tube types : EL84, EL34, 6L6, KT88
- plenty of virtual cabinets
- nice reverb
- eq
- 1/4jack & XLR out
- 1/4jack through (so this is a DI-Box you can use on stage)
- aux in
I never liked the sound of simulation devices like the Line 6 pod, but this thing sounds fantastic with steel, guitar and bass.
Great tool for recording, too. |
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Paul Awalt
From:
Greenwich, Ct.
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Posted 11 Oct 2020 12:34 pm Mixer
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| I use the PV 6 BT from Peavey. Plenty of hookup plus a Bluetooth connection for your computer so you could do online lessons or play alongside thru headphones. |
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Ron Shalita
From:
California, USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2020 7:02 pm
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Exactly why you all have heard me say why I don’t like some of the modern amps NO headphone or aux jack .. good lord it’s 2020 get with it you boutique builders ! Lol
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Been playing all of my life, Lead Guitar, and Pedal Steel, sing Lead and Harmony.. play other Instruments also but I hate to admit to it.. |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 12 Oct 2020 1:33 am
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Like Ron says above, welcome to 2020 , or maybe 2019 Think of these DV'S as a night time headphones/practice amp that also double as a GIG stage amp! 
AUX In and PHONES OUT, what a concept ! Oh and Reverb !
Oh yeah the 50 watt head weighs 4 lbs and the 50 watt combo amp around 20 lbs !
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Ron Shalita
From:
California, USA
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Posted 12 Oct 2020 8:07 am
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Well now there ya go, someone that gets it!
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Fred Treece
From:
California, USA
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Posted 12 Oct 2020 8:24 am
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I have a Roland AC30 and Boss Katana amp, both have aux in and headphones out.
The Katana in particular sounds great through headphones.
I also have been experimenting with Cakewalk Sonar by BandLab - a free download for
Joining BandLab. The Fender type amp simulator plugins are more than adequate, and oddly enough sound better with cab sims off - maybe because I’m running instruments into a Focusrite interface. Anyway, with midi files loaded into Cakewalk for backing tracks, it is a very simple setup with no footprint. No more mixer on my desk, no amp on the floor. |
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Michael Brebes
From:
Northridge CA
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Posted 12 Oct 2020 8:56 am
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One option is to use a Line 6 Sonic Port with a phone or pad.
https://line6.com/sonicport-audio-interface/
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 12 Oct 2020 9:29 am
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I use a Line6 Pod XT for headphone practice. Mixers work, but they sound dry and lifeless to me.
Also, don't forget that you can practice acoustically. It doesn't sound good, but it can really improve your technique to hear what the strings are actually doing.
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