[TenTec] Need help with corsair ii

[Jerry Haigwood]

Richard,
    One of the things you can do is to mix more than one input to a single
output.  Let's say you to record some audio and play it back, a mixer would
let you do that and allow you to adjust levels to proper values.  You can
hook up more than one radio with different level inputs and using the mixer,
compensate for them.  You can use a microphone that requires "phantom"
power.  I have a couple such mics that are neat to use because the are high
quality and the mixer will allow you to shape the audio (depends on what
model of mixer you have).  These are just a few uses for a Beringer Mixer.
Despite what Jim K9YC says, I have owned several Beringer mixers and mine
have been built first class and never had any failures.  I have the utmost
respect for Beringer products.
Jerry W5JH
"building something without experimenting is just solder practice"




-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Richards
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 8:29 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Need help with corsair ii

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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