help hooking up 2 computers to one soundcard

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help hooking up 2 computers to one soundcard

So this is what I have:

1 Desktop computer with a 3.5mm jack (listen to itunes/youtube videos…etc)
1 Laptop with a head phone jack (for ableton and traktor)
Pair of KRK Rokit 6’s G2 (not purchased yet)
Focusrite Saffire 6 (not purchased yet)

What I want to know is if I can hook up both of these computers to the focusrite so that i can use the monitors for both computers?

I dont really want to be unplugging and plugging in the wires if i wanna listen to something on the other computer…

will i have to go through a little mixer like this:
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Any suggestions to help me with my confusion?

thanks for the help!

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If you want all four audio outs (laptop, desktop, saffire 1, saffire 2) to be able to be routed to your Rokits, then yes that mixer will work for you.

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That’ll do what you want. Just run everything into that then hook your Rockit’s to it.

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Alright thanks guys! How would I hook up the sound card then?

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You’ll only be able to use the sound card with one computer at a time, but you can plug the other’s headphone jack into the mixer with the right cable.

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Okay thanks for the help! So since I use my laptop for production/DJing I would have the sound card hooked up to that, run the sound card to the mixer, then run a cable from my desktop to the mixer, and then plug in the rokits’ cables to the mixer? Hopefully this makes sense lol

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yup.

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Cool…

Thanks for the clarification! I really appreciate it