Micro Mixers

[caLLous]

Hi

Basically, I want to take the audio output from 2 soundcards and feed it through a micro mixer to one set of speakers. Now:

1 - is a micro mixer the best way to do this?

2 - is it possible to do this with digital output or would I have to use analog and a seperate slider/knob for front and back speakers?

I'm terribly confused, I know very little (read: nothing) about non-pc audio hardware and connections so any help (no matter how patronising ) is greatly appreciated. For the record (if it matters), both the soundcards are Creative (an SB Live 5.1 and an Audigy 4 Pro) and the sound goes into the back of a Cambridge Soundworks DTT3500 amp.

Thanks

 

[Danya]

Why not feed the output one soundcard into the line in of the other and then connect the output from that directly to the speakers?

 

[caLLous]

That would work, but it would rely on one computer being on so I could hear things on the other, which I'd rather avoid.

 

[Gat_Decor]

something along the lines of

Mixer

would work