mic-problem

Mmm... Strange... A possible reason is that your headset and PC mics are "low budget" mics, and by thus have a high impedance, which is bad stuff for your mixer, which probably is meant to be fed with low-impedance microphones. Still, you should be able to hear something if you talk into your mic, not only noise... Try putting a D.I. inbetween your mic and you mixer, that might fix your problem. Another problem might be your mixer and sampler have symmetrical inputs, whilst your headset mic is assymetrical, but then again, you wouldn't be able to even plug your mic into your mixer. Maybe you can give us some more details about your problem? Which connections do you use for instance? "Stereo" jack, "mono" jack, XLR,... ?

For the Midi question, you can buy a MIDI interface onto which you can connect several MIDI devices, and then distribute the signals back as you wish. Motu 's got some good ones. And i think there are some small versions out there which do exactly what you want: 2 Midi outs to 1 midi in.

the mic has a stereo-jack, and i think my mixer/sampler has a mono-jack. i think the prob is indeed maybe that there is a difference in assymetrical/symmetrical in/-outputs. so how can i fix that? btw: what is a D.I.?

differential integrator?

Originally posted by : strekie

differential integrator? wich is??????

More like Direct Input :) Anyway, what the D and the I stand for is not so important ( nobody knows anyway ;) ), but what is important is what it does: regulating the impedance of one signal and make it match to the input on the other side. For instance: if you have a guitar amplifier and you connect it to a mic préamp, and you have loads of noise due to an impedance unmatch, putting a D.I. inbetween the 2 usually fixes ( at least it should ) the problem. There are active versions, which work on 48V phantom, and passive version of them. They both do their job correctly.

o well.... thnx for the help! do you have an idea how much it costs?

Behringer Stuff

I hope i didn't forget my HTML :) Anyway, on that page you'll find some Behringer DI's ( yups, they work fine, on the contrary of what you'd expect from a Behringer product! ). Click on the links, and then on the page concerning the product you clicked you can select your country to view the price. For as little as 35€ you already have one.

If you really want the best of the best, get BSS DI's, but they don't have their pricelist listed on their site ( www.bss.co.uk ).

This been said, i don't garantee at all that this will solve your problem! I'm just guessing iit will. So don't shoot me if it doesn't :)

I don't think that's the solution ... but who am I to say? A D/I-box will balance an unbalanced signal (you use it for ex between a mixer and a bassguitar because the bass signal is unbalance). It makes an xlr-plug (balanced) of a jack-plug (unbalanced). So, without this box you should hear something, a D/I box will lift this signal. But nothing lifted up will remain nothing. Try every possible connection with a normal mic. Is there a mute button? Is your dynamic input switched off on your sampler?

i have a boss sp303==> from the moment a mic is connected, it should work (with other mic's, there isn't any prob). but i don't think the prob is my sampler or my mixer. i got the problem with every computer-microphone or computer-headset (they all have mini stereo-jacks, so i put an 2.1-4.2 mm jack adaptor on it, so it fits in my sampler or mixer. i've tough of trying diferent connection between the male 4.2 mm jack and the femal 2.1 jack... maybe it is because the connections are different then with other mics ==> :rolleyes:

Do you feel like starting a folk/pop band? (that's what I think when my equipments refuses)

question: why do you want to work with a headset of a computermic?