putting two mics onto one track?

[klute]

Is that called summing? I couldn't figure out how to combine two mics onto one track without running through a bunch of stuff. Both mics running through one side (respectively) of a pair of Averill 1272s. I have neutrik 1/4" balanced patchbays. I thought i could kind of do the reverse of multing but it didn't seem to work. I would prefer not to go through my console...any solutions?

[wwittman]

well it's not the REVERSE of multing, it would be multing...you would mult the output of both preamps to one track.

but that's tying the two outputs together ELECTRICALLY which loads them differently than summing the outputs into a combiner amp.

the right answer, is a console.

[drumsound]

If not a console at least a line mixer.

[macr0w]

Send both inputs out of a mono bus on your mixer/console.

[Professor]

Yeah, you know that is what a mixing console is really for... mixing sounds together.
Do you have a particularly poor sounding console, or not enough inputs, or are you trying to avoid the mixer for some other reason?
The other option would be a summing/dividing network which is just a few resistors built into a y-cable of sorts. That's what should be used for multing as well, though people often do that without the resistors. Of course going with that method does not give you individual control of the levels being mixed (except at the preamp) but the resistors will provide some buffering for the output amps of the preamplifier.

-Jeremy

[klute]

I was thinking that using the console would just involve running the signals through too many preamps and circuitry, you know? (I would much rather use my 1272s than my Ghost preamps...) Would it be beneficial to hit a nice pre after the combined signal leaves the console?

[JGriffin]

a) if you're using external pres, and taking their outputs into the line ins of the Ghost, you're not going through any extra preamps.

2) in that case, if you set up your gain structure right you oughta be okay. As stated before, this is what mixes are for.

[wedge]

Yeah, you know that is what a mixing console is really for... mixing sounds together.

As absurd as it may sound, it took me years to finally *get* that simple truth... I think I was mezmerized by their rather complex structures... all the twidly knobs and lights and all...