Stereo Mono splitter

[Guest Rufus2468]

After hours of searching, I've finally decided to consult a forum.

I have a computer, and a Yamaha keyboard, both with stereo outputs/headphone jacks. 1/8" and 1/4" respectively. I need to run them both to my mixer, which takes 1/4" L/R mono. I currently have one of these (http://www.rubbermonkey.com.au/Hosa-Tech/Hosa-CMP-159-Mini-to-1%604-Breakout-Cable-10ft) running from the computer, and just a single mono cable from the keyboard. The keyboard does use stereo sampling, so I'd much prefer another stereo splitter like I have from the computer.

Can anyone recommend a better quality cable? The Hosa one does the job, but hisses quite a bit when I amp it up.

[surprisetech]

After hours of searching, I've finally decided to consult a forum.

I have a computer, and a Yamaha keyboard, both with stereo outputs/headphone jacks. 1/8" and 1/4" respectively. I need to run them both to my mixer, which takes 1/4" L/R mono. I currently have one of these (http://www.rubbermonkey.com.au/Hosa-Tech/Hosa-CMP-159-Mini-to-1%604-Breakout-Cable-10ft) running from the computer, and just a single mono cable from the keyboard. The keyboard does use stereo sampling, so I'd much prefer another stereo splitter like I have from the computer.

Can anyone recommend a better quality cable? The Hosa one does the job, but hisses quite a bit when I amp it up.

 

I doubt that it's the cable causing the hiss. From my experience the hiss is probably already in the Computer's analogue output.

 

You could check this by connecting a portable music player or something to the mixer using the Hosa cable.

 

You could also try using a good quality adapter (1/4" stereo plug to 1/8" stereo socket), so you can use the Hosa cable with the keyboard to see how it sounds before you make a decision on the cable.

 

If it turns out that the computer analogue output is the problem, then a USB DAC might be the solution so that the Digital to Analogue conversion is not done inside the computer.