Two Microphones

[edmedmoped]

I do a 'webshow' with some friends from school. One of the biggest problems is that there's three or four of us in the room, and one microphone.

I was looking for something that would let us plug two mics in (one XLR to 6.3mm and one 3.5mm to 6.3mm). SO what I need is something that will do this:

6.3mm + 6.3mm -> USB

I thought about this, but it looks as if you have to select which one you want to use/can't use both at the same time.

We don't have a huge budget as we're relying on donations and profits from merchandise. Try to keep it around the same price as the thing above if you make a suggestion!

Cheers, and sorry if it's a bit naughty posting this on a technical theatre forum .

[mstaylor]

You can go to a music store or Radio Shack and they will have ready made twofers and adapters to do what you want. The quality may or may be affected, hard to tell without seeing what you have.

[BillESC]

What you need is a small mic mixer.

Go to Phonic.com and look at the AM 220 and AM 440. Both are under a hundred USD and will give you the flexibility to balance the mics.

[mstaylor]

Bill's way is better, I was looking a next to nothing solution.

[rwhealey]

I've seen that tiny Behringer 4 channel mixer on craigslist for $25.

I'm sure you can find something used. You might have to get/make some adapters though, and that will drive up the cost.

[edmedmoped]

Thanks guys.

Would it work if i got one with 1 input and plugged the two mics into a 2 female -> 1 male thing?

EDMEDIT: I'm going to go for this:
http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~...40~ID~9997.asp

[Chris15]

There are a small handful of situations when it is acceptable to use a Y combiner, ie. 2 female to a single male.

If you have to ask, then it's not one of those times. You will lose individual control of the mics not to mention that in some cases you can damage the mics because of impedance mismatching.

[00AVD]

You'll never damage a dynamic mic by impedance mis-matching. One may drown the other out, but that's about the worst that can happen.

[Chris15]

No but anything with an active output can be, because mic 2's output presents a low impedance and Mic 1 tries to drive that and can't cope. The opposite happens also and basically it can get nasty.

We've discussed this before, go look at the Rane Note here: Why Not Wye?

[edmedmoped]

Ah alright.