There is probably an easy solution to this cos it seems like a really dumb question:
I want to use headphones to check my mixes. My monitors are connected directly to my PC soundcard (M-Audio Audiophile 2494) but theres no goddamn headphone socket on the card!!
Is this the case with all 'music' soundcards? I mean, even bog standard inbuilt soundcards have a headphone socket.
Am I missing something here? Why has my soundcard not got a socket for headphones?
dumb studio question
Very common for soundcards.
My suggestion is to get a quality external mixer or a monitor switcher with a headphone jack.
My suggestion is to get a quality external mixer or a monitor switcher with a headphone jack.
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I've had this card in all my PCs for I dont know how long.
A cheap unit to buy for headphone input and controlling the volume of your monitors is the Samson C-control. Its a monitor control unit so you can control up to 3 sets of monitors and a set of headphones. You can A-B a track instantly on a few sets of monitors and if you work in the box its a handy little unit for quickly changing the volume. If your lucky you can pick them up off ebay for anything between £20-50.
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep03/a ... amsonc.htm
As other people have said the other option is a cheap DJ mixer.
A cheap unit to buy for headphone input and controlling the volume of your monitors is the Samson C-control. Its a monitor control unit so you can control up to 3 sets of monitors and a set of headphones. You can A-B a track instantly on a few sets of monitors and if you work in the box its a handy little unit for quickly changing the volume. If your lucky you can pick them up off ebay for anything between £20-50.
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep03/a ... amsonc.htm
As other people have said the other option is a cheap DJ mixer.