Thursday, May 22, 2008

Audio Hardware

I posted a somewhat giddy note in my LiveJournal yesterday about the really nice rehearsal I had with a full band a couple of nights ago. The material works well in that setting and I'm looking forward to rehearsing them more.

THIS post is just a quick note that I ordered a piece of useful audio hardware the other day, and it arrived in the mail last night.

An old buddy of mine pointed out that some of my mixes suffer from being done on headphones; he noted that you get a false image of the stereo field that way. Thing is, my iMac outputs on a stereo 1/8 port (female) and the mixer I drive my monitors with take 1/4 or XLR inputs, mono. Guess what was hard to find in the shops? A cable with a 1/8" stereo male end that splits to two 1/4" outputs, male or female.

I'd have preferred a longish cable with two 1/4" male ends but settled for a short cable with 1/4" female ports to which I can plug standard cables. Haven't tested it out yet, but got TWO of them. Figure next time I mix, I can do an even better job.

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