Hacking up a podcast functionality with the Behringer XENYX 1202FX. There are two pieces of functionality which I need from the Behringer XENYX 1202 FX.


Our podcast requires the use of Skype which means:


Skype-out must go to an input on the mixer
Skype-in should hear the other microphones but not the channel delerving Skype-out

We should have the ability to playing the Music to the output, while silencing the microphones from the mix.


Solving problem 1  was rather simple all I had to do was make Skype-In FX Out and turn FX on the non-skype channels up (Skype channel turn FX Off). In this case I'm not using FX In at all.

The second one however is a little tricky. However, in the manual I see the following:


  If you are recording a signal via the TAPE OUTPUT and wish to
  listen to this simultaneously via the CD/TAPE INPUT, do not use the
  CD/TAPE TO MIX switch. Doing this would create a feedback loop,
  since the signal would be routed, via the main mix, back to tape via the
  TAPE OUTPUT. To monitor the CD/TAPE INPUT, use the CD/TAPE TO CTRL
  switch to assign the tape signal to the monitor(s) or headphones.
  This will avoid the tape signal being routed to the TAPE OUTPUT.


I'm not sure I understand what they're saying. But, it sounds like it speaks to what I  want. Is there any way to accomplish my goal with the one 1202FX Mixer?
Why don't you do the music as a post.. Then you can just add the music track in the background and make it 'Duck' behind the voices. And if you really need the music to keep the tempo of the podcast conversation, you can just have it play on another device (iPod) and have it mixed into just the headphones, but not record it at all.. Or am I missing something?