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Author: Kevin Brown
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Hardware question
Computer related, but not really OS specific.

I have several systems in a room together and I'm looking for a way to
integrate their sound outputs together with some external mixer device.

Basic idea requirements (minimum)
4 inputs (1/8" preferred to avoid signal loss from adapters)
2 outputs (again preferred to be 1/8" stereo jacks)

Each input and output needs its own volume slider so that I can kill an
output by just pulling the slider all the way down (same with each
input). I don't care if it is a passive device (no power input) or an
active one (AC input).

The purpose is that I want to be able to have all the systems hooked up
to one set of speakers and a set of headphones without having to reach
behind any of them to adjust jack connections and want to be able to
have them all connected together since I have music or movies coming
from any one of the systems as well as games. It was suggested that
Creative made something like this, but the few things I saw on their
site seemed to require a sound card in the system for those boxes and
were more for mixing audio sources (MIDI, keyboards, and other
instruments). I'd rather it had no dependancy on a card in a system or
on any OS (e.g. no USB connections or software or drivers to control).
This is because none of the systems are always up.

Thoughts? Suggestions? Links?
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