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Title: USB speakers
Post by: jackpilot on January 29, 2018, 12:48:45 PM
USB headsets are seen by the PC as a specific sound card
Is it the same with a pair of USB speakers.
If yes ATC sounds  could be diverted to those speakers without an extra sound card
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Title: Re: USB speakers
Post by: Bob Reed on January 29, 2018, 05:20:07 PM
Yes Jack, that is how it would work.
Title: Re: USB speakers
Post by: jackpilot on January 30, 2018, 05:11:54 AM
Thanks Bob
I have checked also USB sound cards (stick) as an alternative if they can drive a speaker.
Title: Re: USB speakers
Post by: jackpilot on February 24, 2018, 08:29:16 AM
Would that work as it channels audio from two different PCs into one speakers system.
Title: Re: USB speakers
Post by: crazydunc on February 24, 2018, 12:13:30 PM
Jack,

Depending on your Amp, you may need a Channel mixer between the Two outputs from the computers and the Amp. But I will let a far more qualified person confirm.

Dunc
Title: Re: USB speakers
Post by: jackpilot on February 24, 2018, 05:44:37 PM
The amp is a regular PC speakers thing.
Title: Re: USB speakers
Post by: crazydunc on February 26, 2018, 02:01:05 PM
Quote from: jackpilot on February 24, 2018, 05:44:37 PM
The amp is a regular PC speakers thing.

Hi Jack,

In that case I'm pretty sure you would need a audio mixer to amalgamate the inputs to a single output via a single speaker set.

There are a few on Amazon etc.

Regards,

Dunc
Title: Re: USB speakers
Post by: Trevor Hale on February 26, 2018, 02:26:42 PM
If you use a "LINE OUT" and a "LINE IN" You won't have any issues mixing sound channels from 2 separate computers.  If you use headphone out and MIC in, you may have some noise issues..

Trev
Title: Re: USB speakers
Post by: jackpilot on February 27, 2018, 01:10:31 PM
Would that work ?
Title: Re: USB speakers
Post by: Trevor Hale on February 27, 2018, 01:27:42 PM
If I were you, I would have put a y splitter on the line out - 1 to surround and 1 to the line in on the avionics machine. Although what you are doing will work and as long as you click the checkbox "listen to this device" in the recording devices on the avionics you will get FS sounds in the avionics machine. Only issue is you also need to have your headset microphone go into the avionics machine and the speaker out goto your headset.


Trev
Title: Re: USB speakers
Post by: jackpilot on February 27, 2018, 01:32:58 PM
Duly noted
I ordered also this small Gizmo (10$)  :P
Could be even simpler as the sound quality does not have to be top.