How do i hook up an Ipod to the amp?

[Loel]

I'm contemplating getting an Ipod for play along
through my amp;so how do i hook this up to my amp,
adaptors,special cords

I use Mark Bass Little Mark-Avatar sb 112..

thx
HD/

[seanm]

I would get a cheap mixer. Behringer makes some that are cheap and good enough for practice.

[Loel]

Originally Posted by seanm

I would get a cheap mixer. Behringer makes some that are cheap and good enough for practice.

Do you realy need a mixer,can't you just hook them up direct
with an adaptor or something,using a mixer kind of takes out
the portabillity..

So i guess what i'm asking are there Ipods that can be hooked
up directly to the amp.

[TeeMartin]

http://www.radioshack.com/sm-buy-the...i-2062468.html

Any electronics store should have them.

[Loel]

Hey Tee thx for the link,
if thats all it would take to get a signal
to the amp that would work,i'll be looking
into some Ipods for sure..

[T-Bird]

Hi.

Don't know about the MB connections, but that ST/ST adapter will or won't work depending of the circuitry.

1 It will work in a dedicated stereo in.

2 It most probably will work in a dedicated mono in/FX return.

3 It most probably won't work in a swtching jack and can actually fry the other channel in the mp3 player if a certain kind of RS switching is used.

I still think that the mini-mixer is the way to go, or a stereo mini-plug to RCAs adapter with mono RCA/6,3mm phono plug in the desired channel. Also possibly required would be a shield or a cap of a some sort to prevent the unused RCA male from shorting.

Just my 0.02€
Sam

[Loel]

Well i guess using a mini mixer would work best,
i would think that maybe using an EQ pedal may
serve the same purpose,Ipod>EQ>Amp>Return,
is this a possibility?

[seanm]

Originally Posted by HooDoo

Well i guess using a mini mixer would work best,
i would think that maybe using an EQ pedal may
serve the same purpose,Ipod>EQ>Amp>Return,
is this a possibility?

I'm a bit confused now about what you want to to. I assumed you wanted to plug both your bass and an ipod into a bass amp so that you could play along to mp3s. Is that correct?

If so, the problem you have is that you want to mix a stereo input (ipod) and a mono input (bass) of different levels into a mono input (amp).

[Pilgrim]

Geez, just plug a stereo-to-mono adapter into the headphone jack, and plug the other end into a jack on the amp. Adjust volume very low on the iPod and do the amplification in the amp to avoid distortion. Just get the right connectors on the cable you use from adapter to amp input.

I do this all the time with a boom box...headphone jack Out at low volume to treble input In on my old blackface Bassman. In my case I use a Y-cable to combine the channels into mono, but that's because I had all the cables in my stash o'stuff.

Rocket surgery it ain't....and the adapters will cost you about $4.

[Loel]

Originally Posted by Pilgrim

Geez, just plug a stereo-to-mono adapter into the headphone jack, and plug the other end into a jack on the amp. Adjust volume very low on the iPod and do the amplification in the amp to avoid distortion. Just get the right connectors on the cable you use from adapter to amp input.

I do this all the time with a boom box...headphone jack Out at low volume to treble input In on my old blackface Bassman. In my case I use a Y-cable to combine the channels into mono, but that's because I had all the cables in my stash o'stuff.

Rocket surgery it ain't....and the adapters will cost you about $4.

This is very cool info.

thx
HD/

[seanm]

Originally Posted by Pilgrim

Geez, just plug a stereo-to-mono adapter into the headphone jack, and plug the other end into a jack on the amp. Adjust volume very low on the iPod and do the amplification in the amp to avoid distortion. Just get the right connectors on the cable you use from adapter to amp input.

Yup, if all you want to do if plug an ipod into a bass amp, and nothing else, a 1/8" stereo to 1/4" mono plug is all you need.

[Pilgrim]

K.I.S.S.

We thanks ya.