Help with audio cables
okay, so i use a dj io from numark, and if some of you have it you know there is only 1 output to the speakers, i wanna know where can i get a splitter that will take that output as an input into the splitter, and split it to two more outputs,so i can hook it into 2 seperate sets of speakers and still be able to use my headphones as the monitor, in traktor
if the way ive asked this question is confusing let me know ill try to clear it up
Hey Hocus and welcome to the forums,
From what I see in pictures there looks to be two RCA outputs on the back of the soundcard. All you should simply need to do is hook up the RCA’s in the back straight to the monitor or speaker.
thats for a microphone i tried seems to not work, thing is the speaker im plugging into is a quaterinch jack hook up so i gotta split the audio cable into a quater inch plug and plug that cable in, and the other set of speakers runs on the red and white or red/black cable… thats why im looking for a splitter =/
one of those sets of RCAs are the same channel as the one for the headphones.
There should be some kind of RCA inputs on the sound card. Look on the back of unit, that is if I suspect I’m right about the soundcard your using. Otherwise you’ll need something like this.
yes theres 2, 2 rca outputs
the card im talking about looks like this exactly
How many speakers are you plugging it into?
The front of the card should have a headphone out. And if you are plugging it into two different speakers then one speaker gets plugged into the one red connector and the other gets plugged into the white connector. I believe that Output Two and the Headphone Out are the same signal.
yea out2 and heapdhone are same, but when i dont have somthing plugged into out 2 it lets me cue a song over out 1, i wanna run out 1 to 2 sep speakers, and use out 2 empty so i can cue with my headphones, i just tried plugging a set of speakers to out 2 lol…
Are these powered speakers you’re plugging into? Your best might be a small pa mixer like this:
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Behringer-Xenyx-502-Mixer-103846200-i1153498.gc
to give you better output options. If your speakers aren’t powered you’d need a powered mixer or an amp.
well, one is a powered amp speaker, i used to use for a guitar thats why i just wanted to get some use out of it using a splitter with my existing soundcard lol… so how would i hook that thing up into what i got now?
Can I safely assume that the speaker is actually an amp? If so don’t use it.
yea pretty much lol…
A splitter like what Johnv put up is almost what you need to plug into a guitar amp, however that pic shows a trs 1/4 inch plug, you need rca to ts, since that amp won’t be stereo.
Like this;
Not ideal, but it will work.
got one thats what im using now, but when i hook up the amp, it takes out my headphone cueing when i press cue to listen in with headphones to dial everything in, thats why i was asking about a single input 2 output splitter =/
Adapter Plug
Something like this? You would need 2 of those, but looking at the picture i don’t know if this is EXACTLY the right one… seems like the end with 1 connector on it, the connector is rounded? Or is that just because of the picture?
Let me get this straight, you take rcas from output 1, into that 1/4" adapter, into your amp, and it takes out your cueing?
edit; Ok, reread your post, what’s up with the other speaker(one with red/white inputs)? Is that speaker powered as well? If so, I think I know what to do.