Headset volume :/
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16 Oct 2008, 15:52
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Got myself a steelseries 5H something headphones (for free lolz), everything was fine when i used to green and red connections, but i decided to switch to usb so i wouldnt miss out on anything but now i cant seem to get my mic up. Any ideas?
Miss out what ?
btw steelseries' 5H software is different from windows' sound software, so you gotta change that one
Erm did you use the test hardware in sounds, try that and fiddle with the settings, that should eventually work.
"I dunno lol" :P
tried disabling that stereo mix? Also maybe uninstall the drivers and get the newest ones from the homepage if you haven't already done that .. :o
going to bed now, im beat. Nn!
roffled. USB < Sound Card connection :/
Your issue doesn't sound too serious to be honest. Unplug the USB card, then re-plug and go through the sounds and audio devices properties. Click voice and then test hardware. Or, if you spot that the recording device isn't the Steelseries USB device, switch to it and then apply.
Remember, you've to switch your sound settings in ventrilo as well.
That should sort any 'easy' issues.
edit: I can't believe I was that accurate lol. I don't even have Ventrilo installed at the moment.
1) 3.5mm jack headphones can be used in any audio appliance (ipod etc)
2) headphones plugged into the sound card will benefit from the sound card hardware and driver i.e. better sound quality
3) USB headphones/sets have shitty basic built in audio cards and use default XP sound driver = FAGGOT SHIT NIGGA
4) Since they have to have SHITTY GAY "IM A HOMO" sound cards in the connection wire you loose sound quality at the connection cause of the homo-boy quality of the cable and connection, and this area always breaks (hence "omg i can only play ET when i cellotape my volume control to my anuz"
If you really want very high quality sound you really need to get a seperate sound card (external USB or internal PCI), personally I bought a soundblaster (M-Audio is beter but woteva) I bought audigy 2 ZS model from ebay for practically nothing because soundblaster released a new series (X-FI) so every1 is selling old (perfectly good) models for nothing now (infact the cheap X-FI range is hardly different to the old ZS 2).
I'm sure whatever you buy will sound just fine. I'm very picky about sound, I have very expensive headphones and used to listening to music on my hifi friends 4000+eu headphones or 12,000+eu modified speakers so im a picky fucker ;P
"In fact the cheap X-Fi range is hardly different to the old ZS 2".
If you think the X-Fi range is "hardly different" from the old Audigy's I'd advise you to get a pair of ears. They improved everything. Even USB 'equipped' X-Fi's trounce dedicated Audigy platinums for sound quality.
You sound like a show-off with too much money and no clue. Please do show me these 4000+ euro headphones, though!
2. Meaningless point as proven by the above. But, you're wrong. I could list a number of decent USB headsets - I've used a number of Beyerdynamic headsets which are very good. You've to remember that USB is just an information transport bus. Just like PCI or PCI-e (which 99.99% of dedicated sound cards will use). Each has its strengths and weaknesses.
3. Again, you base every argument on a failed assumption. Yes, most USB sound cards use the same driver; it's called a standard and it has its advantages. The USB card in question provides its own driver, though. (It's still shit but that's besides the point).
4. I doubt you've ever used a piece of decent sound equipment so discussing the quality of cable on gaming headsets is a waste of time for me.
he has this pair: http://www.carltonaudiovisual.com.au/?q=node/view/115
and this pair: http://www.audiojunkies.com/blog/778/stax-sr007-omega-ii-mkii-headphones
And neither he nor I are rich, he is a sound engineer and sony studio gave him those headphones. His stereo stuff is also from studios etc. Often gets broken expensive stuff given to him and fixes it.
As for the X-FI stuff you said, to quote:
So in other words, like I said the budget XFI is actually WORSE than the ZS 2 and about the same as the audigy SE. The other X-FI are defiantely better than the old ones, but I wasn't talking about those.
I won't disagree and say the Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio is good. Its not. But, your comparison is ridiculous: why not compare the top-end X-Fi card to the lowest Audigy (which also does most of the work 'in software')? Creative have done the same on all their ranges; every technology company does.
You still missed my point (and the context of the actual journal – USB vs. dedicated sound-cards). “The other X-FI are defiantely better than the old ones, but I wasn't talking about those.” No one was. I said “even USB 'equipped' X-Fi's trounce dedicated Audigy platinums for sound quality.” You actually concede this point but never mind.
It's nice how you ignore what I actually said, and go off on a tangent to legitimatize your quotation. How the sound-card processes information is irrelevant theoretically. As long as it doesn't influence system performance – which it obviously does at the moment.
“Sound hasnt improved since then incase your wondering.. analog is still better”. All sound is “digitized” when it comes into contact with humans. Our body process sound like that, and any reproduction – including vinyl – digitizes the source at some point. Even if the format itself is “analog”. It's unavoidable.
We haven't got a mass media-format with a large enough capacity to adequately contain the full sound spectrum at the moment. Digital systems represent the only feasible solution at the moment, and also the future. Analog and digital will co-exist for a long time, though – trust me. Neither is better than the other; both have their advantages and problems.