Simple audio mixing

[Cyberus]

As has already been alluded to, an audio mixer would be one of the easiest electronics projects you could ever undertake. I remember the first practical piece of work I ever had to do for my electronics class was build a dual input microphone mixer. Honestly, you could get a schematic and build one in an afternoon (even taking into account the fact you may not have soldered much in the past)

[Cyberus]

I bought a nice new shiney soldering iron a couple of weeks back, to replace the massive thing I normally use.. and for 3 days I forgot I had left it powered up !!! Didn`t burn anything luckily, but I knackered the tip..

You know, I bought a soldering iron a couple of years back from Maplin. I bought the one that said 'suitable for occasional soldering work, not suitable for assembly line work/prolonged use'. The friend I leant it to left it on for three days and the tip was buggered and the whole shaft discoloured ...grrr :-x