I am in a garage-band-ish type of thing (i.e. no pro here). I play
bass, and am starting to get involved in backup vocals. In practice we
have no real PA, just headphones. I struggle to hear my vocals over my
lead singer, and thus--along with being new to singing--often waft out
of key. I am interested in controlling my personal monitor mix to boost
my vocals (but obviously not effect the main mix). In a live situation,
I would like a similar control with a powered mixer.

I was looking for a device that mixed one XLR (my Mic) with a standard
unbalance (the Headphone mix coming from the board). I was hoping to
plug my headphones into "that mix".

Is there such a device; and/or how is this typically addressed within a
reasonable bludget?

I appreciate your assistance!

Spammy

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I am in a garage-band-ish type of thing (i.e. no pro here). I play
bass, and am starting to get involved in backup vocals. In practice we
have no real PA, just headphones. I struggle to hear my vocals over my
lead singer, and thus--along with being new to singing--often waft out
of key. I am interested in controlling my personal monitor mix to boost
my vocals (but obviously not effect the main mix). In a live situation,
I would like a similar control with a powered mixer.

I was looking for a device that mixed one XLR (my Mic) with a standard
unbalance (the Headphone mix coming from the board). I was hoping to
plug my headphones into "that mix".

Is there such a device; and/or how is this typically addressed within a
reasonable bludget?

You're probably looking for something like this:
http://www.fullcompass.com/Products/...920/index.html
or
http://www.fullcompass.com/Products/...351/index.html

There are other models. Good luck.

//Walt

Yes, that would be the device!

Thanks!!
Spammy