[TenTec] Need help with corsair ii

[Richards]

Golly Barry.  Why a MIXER?   Why not just a system of cable and switches 
to route audio from hither to yon.   What does the MIXER function do for 
you that switches cannot?

	This is a serious question for me.  I am not
	just sparring or looking for an argument.


I really want one,  by wife My wife keeps asking the
ULTIMATE FATEFUL QUESTION:

	"What will it do that you cannot do already?"


And I am desperate to have a cogent answer, partly because I am a gadget 
guy, like so many of us, and I desperately want one - and have never 
been able to justify it on functional grounds!

I now use a couple of $10, 4-way AV switches to select various inputs 
for computer recording and other purposes.  I have a home brewed SO2R 
switch for sharing mic/PTT/phones/ampkey/speaker devices between two 
radios I constructed out of an old 2-way parallel port A/B switch.  I 
also use a Timewave DSP599zx, but it has its own dual channel inputs.

SO WHY A MIXER?   Why not enough input selection switches for the 
various devices?  With my switches, I can route all radio output to both 
computer sound card and DSP filter.

Again, this is a serious question I have been pondering for quite some time.

Happy trails.
----------------------  K8JHR  -----------------------








On 3/25/2013 8:02 PM, Barry N1EU wrote:
> Sorry, didn't do a great  job of explaining that comment - I was referring
> to a Behringer mixer with built-in mic preamps as being a great tool for
> the ham shack, especially the older MX802/MX502 series that you can find
> used on eBay.  I always seem to be routing audio signals going in/out of
> multiple rigs, connecting to soundcard, connecting to Timewave DSP, etc
> etc. These mixers are greats tools for aournd $50.
>
> 73,
> Barry N1EU
>
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Richards <jruing at ameritech.net> wrote:
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>> On 3/25/2013 12:23 PM, Barry N1EU wrote:
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>>> IMHO, an outboard mic preamp (Behringer) is an indispensable tool to have
>>> in any ssb hamshack.
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>>          Golly, Barry I don't see why you need a preamp
>>          unless you are using the line-in input on the rig.
>>          I would not put one on the front panel mic input.
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>>          Please explain what I am missing?
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