Personally i want to have all my stuff connected without changing cables.
I use a Nedis 3 channel stereo mixer because when i bought it in 2019, i wanted to connect my Macintosh LC475, the Roland MT32 and the Apple external cd rom drive. In 2020 i bought more stuff and i changed my setup.
Now, i have three computers, two Macs and one PC, five midi devices and one pair of speakers. I need totally 8 inputs. What i have done?
The sound blaster is connected on one of the input ports of the mixer.
One of the two Macs is connected on the second one. When i want to use the other Mac, i have ready the RCA cable to be connected on the mixer.
A four port audio switch is connected on the third port of the mixer. Four midi devices are connected on the audio switch and the 5th one remains out but also i have an RCA cable behind all this stuff ready to be connected on the mixer 😀.
So, for one set of speakers i have 8 sound inputs but i can have simultaneously connected 6 of them right now. Two remain out.
I would like a 8 channel mixer but I guess it would be expensive. The audio switch do a nice job.
- Macintosh LC475, Powerbook 540c, Macintosh Performa 6116CD, Power Macintosh G3 Minitower (x2), Imac G3, Powermac G4 MDD, Powermac G5, Imac Mid 2007
- Cyrix 120
- Amiga 500, Amiga 1200
- Atari 1040 STF
- Roland MT32, CM64, CM500, SC55, SC88, Yamaha MU50