ART SPLITMix 4 Four Channel Passive Splitter/Mixer

I play a variety of instruments at our church, but our stage snake and FOH board don't have enough available channels to patch them all in directly. I looked as a small mixer board, but that was more functionality and complexity than I needed -- plus it would require yet another power supply. But this little passive mixer allows me to plug in my electric guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo and mandolin and set their relative levels -- sending a single signal to the board. Since I can only play one at a time, it's a perfect solution. And I don't have to rely on batteries or an extra power outlet. It has also come in handy in a pinch when we needed to premix some stereo inputs or breakout a signal to multiple monitors. Really an ingenious product.

Easy way to not only ADD a subwoofer to any type of speakers to your PC, but also added value of being able to control the volume of the subwoofer. Downside is you loose about 12db , i ended up sending this back and getting the HeadAMP4 by ART also, gives you 8 headphone amps, and works like a preamp for your monitor and sub, while still powering my headphones.Almost exactly the same, but instead of line in mixer you get 8 outputs with either 1/4 or 3.5mm. Totally recommend this also if its in your need. Great built. FYI My setup is presonus E5 and a Orbis SubMini.

This little mixer is passive so it's quiet. I mix bass guitar and keyboards with the bass full and the keyboards about halfway, unless I use a preamp on the bass guitar to balance the input levels.

I use this to blend in my iPhone with my guitar playing during headphone practice and it works great. However since it’s passive and requires no power you do get some signal reduction. The upside is no added noise so that’s something of a benefit. The pots all work smoothly and it seems like high quality overall

I bought this unit to add volume controls to an Apogee Element 88 audio interface. The Element has two headphone out channels (1/4" stereo jacks). Normally, you connect two sets of headphones to these and control volume in the Element's accompanying Element Control software on your computer (or iPad or iPhone). While this all works fine, when volume is too loud, it sure is nice to have a physical knob you can grab quickly to turn things down! That's why I bought this ART device. I have owned other ART equipment. It is all well designed and built like a tank. The design of this unit attracted me because it is one of the only devices I have been able to find where you can feed multiple (up to 4) stereo signals into the unit and have control over each separate signal with an associated volume knob. The problem? The unit is a gain killer. As other reviewers have noted, you must feed a pretty hot signal into this unit because it is going to eviscerate the gain before it even gets to the unit's volume knobs. I had to set the signal coming out of the Element device to full-tilt boogie (wide open) to make my application work and as anybody who works in audio knows, you never want to max any volume setting/knob—it always produces signal-path noise in the form of hiss, etc. ART has a great design going in this unit (the option to pass four separate stereo signals directly through a volume knob); they simply need to make an active version that maintains/passes through the originating sources' signal levels and allows one to turn things up or down from there. A clarification on my star rating: If what you plug into this unit has a lot of gain, I would rate this unit five-star. If it does not—no stars—it simply isn't an appropriate tool. Average these at 3 stars.

I set out to find a reasonably priced solution to an annoying problem but this was the answer. I needed an audio splitter to send out a single audio signal from a small mixer (Yamaha 6 channel Mixer) to 4 sets of speakers around the venue. I have searched online but could not find a product even close to the ART SPLITMix4 in existence so hats off to the designers at Applied Research Tech (ART). Try it yourself - just do a search for speaker splitters. Nothing has it's compactness and portability. Berringer makes a model which has more channels out to more speakers and a few tweaking features but it's rack mountable (not really portable). This unit is literally around 4 inches wide and can fit in any backpack or small carrying case. It's use is as simple as it come - there is no power supply needed. Had it out of the box and working perfectly in 3 minutes. Just plug in from your mixer (1/4" audio line) to the input and and plug out to (up to) 4 sets of speakers from the 4 outputs - all with separate volume controls for zoning. That's it. It's durable with rubber feet to stay still on a flat surface and the only other accessories you need are the 1/4" audio lines: 1 from your mixer to the unit and one for each output (4 available but each can go to sets of speakers - not just one). This was the perfect solution for our needs. I highly recommend this for a restaurant, home or small venue scenario where you want to ZONE sets of speakers around a venue or in separate rooms with controllable volumes for each zone. For the price, it can't be beat. NOTE: We're talking professional live / DJ speakers with 1/4" inch jacks and connections - not home theater equipment. ART SPLITMix4 Four Channel Passive Splitter/Mixer

We are using one of these as a passive mixer in an audio cabinet. We have deployed about 10 units so far and they work great. The design is quite unique as with a simple change of plug positions, it becomes a splitter as well. No power required so you need to make sure you have enough line current already at the inputs as there is no amplification.

I use it for my guitar pedal board. I can arrange a parallel pedal train, and then mix all effect into one output. I can keep the dry guitar signal, and mix with chorus, reverb , delay. Surprisingly it is no noise, and don't need any power supply. Totally passive. I did not hear the volume drop. I found that the overall volume is increased after combined different guitar effect. I also plan to arrange a stereo board, as this mixer can be mono or stereo, subject to what cable i use. but the split function is not quite useful for me. because the signal can be split by the guitar pedal, or by a simple signal splitter.

honestamente es tirar el dinero a la basura en estos productos de mala calidad. baja mucho el volumen, baja la calidad del sonido, no tiene todas las caracteristicas que anuncia, ocupa espacio. al final no lo uso.

Ich habe den SplitMix bestellt, um die Stereosignale von drei elektronischen Klangerzeugern auf unkomplizierte Weise vor den Monitorlautsprechern zusammenzuführen. Das Gerät ist preiswert, aber dennoch top verarbeitet. Das Metallgehäuse ist schön schwer und kippelt nicht, die Potis laufen gleichmäßig und angenehm schwergängig, die Kabel sitzen stramm in den (Stereo-)Buchsen. Nebengeräusche oder Klangverluste sind aufgrund der passiven Schaltung nicht zu befürchten und auch nicht in Erscheinung getreten. Alles in allem also volle Punktzahl! Da ich die Splitter-Funktion (neudeutsch für "Verteiler") nicht benötige, hätte ich mir lieber zwei Mono-Buchsen pro Mixerkanal gewünscht. Gegebenenfalls muss man sich passende Kabel oder Adapter besorgen, was den günstigen Preis wieder relativiert. Leider ist der maximale Pegel eines der beteiligten Instrumente relativ niedrig, so dass der durch die passive Ausführung bedingte Lautstärkeverlust dann doch zu hoch ist und der Einsatz eines passiven Mixers bei mir keinen Sinn macht. Schade, denn das Produkt hat mich vollständig überzeugt.

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Good little mixer. It actually cleaned up some noise on my speakers as well. I guess it was a grounding issue and since everything is plugged into this it went away.

Ottima qualità costruttiva, le manopole con movimento denso e preciso, l'ho usato come switch controllando ogni volume della singola uscita dedicata, ma funziona anche come mixer, qualità audio eccellente...il tutto senza alimentazione, ripeto ... un gioellino!