#Two audio outputs into one input android

We normally run some backing tracks (mostly synth pads) off of one of our band memberвЂ™s iPhone. We were playing at a large outdoor picnic and using our own PA system. I learned this the hard way when gigging with my band. At worst, over time it can actually cause damage to your equipment. At best, this can cause signal loss, audible distortion (popping and clicking sounds), and weird phasing effects. You should never tie two audio outputs directly together! If you do, each output tries to back-feed into the other, and drive the very low impedance of the other output, forcing both outputs into current-limit. HereвЂ™s the rule: outputs are low impedance, and must only be connected to high impedance inputs. A Y-cable used to MIX or COMBINE two signals into one input is being abused, and may even damage your equipment!

If youвЂ™re anything like me, youвЂ™ve probably done this, but what you may not know is this: a Y-cable or stereo-to-mono cable used to SPLIT a signal into two outputs is being used properly. Or maybe you were mixing a song in your home recording studio and needed to check your mixes in mono on a single вЂњgrot boxвЂќ, like the Auratone or one of its clones (Avantone Mix Cube, Behringer Behritone C5A, C50A, etc.).

Or maybe you needed to sum a stereo signal to mono for connecting to a single subwoofer.

#Two audio outputs into one input android

Have you ever used a stereo-to-mono вЂњY-cableвЂќ or TRS (Tip/Ring/Sleeve)-to-TS(Tip/Sleeve) cable for combining two audio outputs together, or for summing the Left and Right channels from a single stereo output to mono? For example, maybe you wanted to connect the stereo outputs of your computer, CD player, iPod, iPad, Android tablet or phone into a single 1/4вЂі input channel on an audio mixer.