One pair of headphones into 2 devices?

[Jborkdugan]

Hey guys,

I have a pair of noise-canceling headphones I plug into my Macbook, but unfortunately I sometimes can't hear my phone ringing right across from me, which is pretty annoying
Is it possible to plug one pair of headphones into two devices, so that it will receive audio from both my macbook and phone? I don't really know how the wiring works but are there splitters that go from 1 female plug to 2 male plugs?

Thanks

 

[ChrisA]

Hey guys,

I have a pair of noise-canceling headphones I plug into my Macbook, but unfortunately I sometimes can't hear my phone ringing right across from me, which is pretty annoying
Is it possible to plug one pair of headphones into two devices, so that it will receive audio from both my macbook and phone? I don't really know how the wiring works but are there splitters that go from 1 female plug to 2 male plugs?

Thanks

A simple y-cable will not work very well. The simplest thing that can work is a "passive mixer". These are just some jacks and a few resistors. But they cut the sound volume
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SplitMix4

The ideal thing would be a "real mixer" Mixers allow you to plug in multiple sources and set a volume for each of them and then monitor the mix using headphones. I used this setup to practice electric guitar and listen to a metronome. I plugged the guitar mini-amp into the mixer and the metronome. What a mass or wires but it works
do NOT buy a cheap mixer, audio quality is not good and they will have a lot of self noise (hiss) one of these is not bad.
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/402VLZ3/

But wouldn't it be easier to set the phone to flash or vibrate?