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headphones for clients
I am frustrated! I have always used a Radio Shack mixer, a 5-disc pioneer CD unit, a nd two headphones. What i have done is plug mic into mixer, hook CD player up to mixer and gotten a duplex chack so I can plug two headphones into one audio out jack from the mixer and done my sessions this way.
I moved equipment a few months ago, and when I went to set stuff up in my office today the sound quality was horrible...
I brought it all to radio shack, asked them if its the mixer, mic or cd player that was broken, and they knew nothing. The manager even said, "we used to have a lot and know a lot, now, we are a cell phone store!!!!!!!!!!"
And so I left.
I went to best buy, walmart and target, and ended up buying a kareoke machine for $100. Problem is, while this setup will work, there is no volume control for the music independent of the microphone volume.... frustration!!!!!!!!!
And so, what is your set-up for playing your background music, with your microphone to do clinical sessions?
I am uninterested in recording these sessions, I never give CD's of actual sessions (for a zillion different reasons) and so I just want to know the brand and pieces of your equipment to mix the mike with the CD, and have the music at a low volume with the mic at a louder volume.
I suppose i could do this with a laptop? but then the question is what software would i need to play the muic at a different level than the voice, it must be some kind of studio mixer software....
Anyway, any help is appreciated!!
I moved equipment a few months ago, and when I went to set stuff up in my office today the sound quality was horrible...
I brought it all to radio shack, asked them if its the mixer, mic or cd player that was broken, and they knew nothing. The manager even said, "we used to have a lot and know a lot, now, we are a cell phone store!!!!!!!!!!"
And so I left.
I went to best buy, walmart and target, and ended up buying a kareoke machine for $100. Problem is, while this setup will work, there is no volume control for the music independent of the microphone volume.... frustration!!!!!!!!!
And so, what is your set-up for playing your background music, with your microphone to do clinical sessions?
I am uninterested in recording these sessions, I never give CD's of actual sessions (for a zillion different reasons) and so I just want to know the brand and pieces of your equipment to mix the mike with the CD, and have the music at a low volume with the mic at a louder volume.
I suppose i could do this with a laptop? but then the question is what software would i need to play the muic at a different level than the voice, it must be some kind of studio mixer software....
Anyway, any help is appreciated!!
Tags: cd, clients, headphones, microphone
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Permalink Reply by bruce on -
Hi Richard,
I think that the freeware program Audacity would work for you. I've used it a bit, and it's easy to learn, and I've also heard other people say good things about it. I'm no expert though.
Check out the site sourceforge.net
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Permalink Reply by Richard Nongard - NLPBoard.com on -
I have done it both ways, but I find that the headphones I can use binaural beat technology, I also find that it really deos help both me and the client, to block out the world around them. I find that with the headphones clients are happy and I am happy.
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Permalink Reply by Roxann Higuera on -
I've used Audacity to produce MP3 recordings from tape with good results. It has a nice noise cancelling feature that gets rid of tape hiss.
How would you use Audacity in this situation? Are you suggesting using a computer to generate the headphone feed? How would you work the ins and outs?
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Permalink Reply by John Bittner - Ocotillo Hypnosis on -
Windows PC's have a built in mixer application. You can access it by double clicking the speaker icon you'll find in the application tray. There'll be several volume sliders: Master Volume, Wave, Synth, Mic, and CD player, for example. If you don't see the Mic fader choose Properties from the Options menu. The actual appearance of the mixer application may vary depending upon who manufactured the sound chip for your PC, but the functionality should be roughly the same. Wave will control the level of the PC's media player.
No doubt Macs have something similer, but not being a Mac user, I can't help you there.
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Permalink Reply by Jill Semonin PhD- CHt on -
I went to radio shack and bought their 4 channel mixer. It has 4 inputs for microphone and/or other devices (cd) and only one output , but could easily be coupled. This device could be easily used for volume control for voice that is separate from music input. It's simple so it would do what you were doing. It's not that expensive either. I personally did this for other reasons (paranormal recording - voice box). Our local radio shack certainly still has a lot more than just cell phones. Sounds to me like you had a uneducated sales rep. It's only $29.00 here is link. Radio Shack 4 channel mixer
So if you like what you had, this should do the trick easily. May need microphone jack converter. It uses the large inputs. The output uses two RCA (red & white) type wiring. - Attachments:
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Permalink Reply by Roxann Higuera on
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Unfortunately, I think the capabilities of the audio interface depend on which sound board you use. Mine (NVIDIA) doesn't look like inputs can be mixed. Yours looks very nice.
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Permalink Reply by Richard Nongard - NLPBoard.com on
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Here is the solutions I came up with:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKUShV9Klvo
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Permalink Reply by Hugh Cole on -
Richard,
There is a little box called an Audio Buddy that musicans use to mix two inputs down to one... very high quality sound. I use it to record with and think it is one of the better mixers I have owned. I have also used it on my laptop when I was playing with binaural beats and such. It works great for mixing CD's in with my headmic. These days however I have abandoned the headphones in favor of some great background music and my natural voice. I am generally having my clients move around and do things and the headphones interfere with that.
Hugh Cole
Texas Tranceman
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Permalink Reply by obert brinley on -
I went to youtube, your solutions is no longer up. what is up my friend?
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Permalink Reply by Paula Duncan Nongard on -
Try again Obert - it's there - musta been some temp glitch.
~ Paula
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Permalink Reply by Richard Nongard - NLPBoard.com on
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Yes, if I do speed-trance or use certain phoneomea, clients need to move, and so headphones won;t work. But generally, I do. I have hear of audio buddy...
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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Altfeld on -
I know this will be pricey given the US dollar to the UK Pound right now... but I LOVE something called the "Soundboard." It does all the things you want, and has independent music volume, unique panning left to right, and creates a real private audio experience for you & the client (plus there's a gentle compression & warmth effect added to the therapist's voice). The entrepreneurs who made it are resellers of my voice CD-set, and I'm working with them to prepare some voice development work for their customers in concert with that device.
Incidentally, I will have that device with me for demo'ing at the "Irresistible Voice" workshop in San Mateo later this year, and also as one of many feedback systems for voice improvement.
The Soundboard
Seriously, Richard -- this device ROCKS for client work.
Regards,
- Jonathan
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