mcnach Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 I did. Well, not normally. But there are two situations that come to mind when I do/did: One, simply at home. I may want to play along to the output from my laptop, or an mp3 player, or... But that one, at home, has a simple solution. I actually have a small mixer where my PC and various other things plug into... I can get electric guitars through a V-Amp, microphones... whatever I wish. But, you know, sometimes you may want to take your little amp somewhere, and a little mixer would be handy. Two, and this is the real one, out in the wild, without possibility to plug in. I was looking at the PJB Briefcase, and it looks great, battery operated and all, but only one input. I use a much cheaper solution (and of course, not as good sounding, but it works) for busking, in the shape of a small 10" powered speaker thingy, sold as a mini PA system. It came with a terrible terrible wireless microphone, but it is small, light, more than loud enough, and battery life is pretty good. Sometimes I would have liked to let my drummer, playing a cajon, be amplified through my amp. He has a wonderful sounding minicajon, clearly a studio thing, barely any volume at all... three acoustic guitars drown him, let alone my bass. And trumpet. And another trumpet. And a sax. I found this: and it's great! All the inputs you could wish for, and it can operate on 9V batteries! Maplin, for the cost of a very cheap pedal. I didn't even know these things existed!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I had one of these and I may have been using it wrong but it distorted everything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted May 21, 2015 Author Share Posted May 21, 2015 [quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1432189496' post='2778926'] I had one of these and I may have been using it wrong but it distorted everything? [/quote] Hmmm, mine works just fine. Tried it with mp3 player, couple of basses, electric guitar through a V-Amp, all into the MarkBass combo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I've got something similar to this (and a spare) which I use at home so that I can also run a drum machine into my amp. Cost a tenner on ebay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mixer-4-Channel-Mono-Mic-Microphone-Instrument-Mini-Mixer-170-201-01310-/201352292527?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2ee18828af Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted May 21, 2015 Author Share Posted May 21, 2015 [quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1432224060' post='2779413'] I've got something similar to this (and a spare) which I use at home so that I can also run a drum machine into my amp. Cost a tenner on ebay: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mixer-4-Channel-Mono-Mic-Microphone-Instrument-Mini-Mixer-170-201-01310-/201352292527?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2ee18828af"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2ee18828af[/url] [/quote] Yeah, you can get a 4-channel mono version of the one I got for about £10 too. I just went for the one that has twice as much because it was only slightly larger and you can never have enough inputs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Best tenner I ever spent - and I've spent more than a few.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mep Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Had a Boss Bx-4 for years. Much the same thing and great for the same purpose. I use a tascam basd trainer now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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