Ohai

So after many dollars spent on various sound systems, I have come up with an issue I myself am incapalbe of solving.

 

So, I have a generic surround sound sound card, which told me when I brought it it was 7.1, yet it is without a sub input.

I have two mini-systems hooked up to the front and rear, and my bass amp hooked up to nothing.

Today, I go out and buy a 3.5mm to dual 3.5mm adaptor, much like this one:

http://www.cablegiant.com/ProductImages/251-134-Dual-3-5mm-Stereo-Jack-to-2-5mm-Stereo-Plug.jpg

My mate told me that it may be possible to have both the amp and the front mini-system plugged into the front output on the sound card. I tried that, and since the bass output is a mono, it shorts out the sterio giving me one signal.

My query is, Is it possible to have the front speakers plugged into the "7.1" sound card and the bass plugged into the onboard front output?

Dont think so, pretty sure it works like onboard graphics. You plug in a discrete card and that disables the onboard automatically. Happy to be proved wrong tho (o:

Id hook an output of that dual, into the mic in of the second soundcard... and then take the output of that second card, into the bass speaker. i don't think you can use two soundcards at once, for playback of the same thing.

(Disclaimer - possible thread hijack)

 

So I've been trying to do the same thing for slightly different reasons. I want the SPDIF 7.1 output to go to the surround amp via TOSLINK and the stereo output to go to a dedicated 2 channel stereo amp. No success in getting both outputs active so was wondering about a USB DAC as the stereo output.

 

Anyone know if the on-board sound card will still work if you plug in a USB sound card?

Anyone know if the on-board sound card will still work if you plug in a USB sound card?

I *think* it is possible, my cousin had some headphones with a built in USB sound card and was using that for BF2 as well as his 5.1 plugged into his onboard.

 

What i cant recall was whether he had audio piped through the headset (was definitely through onboard) but he was using the mic on the headset.

was probably doing all his teamspeaking on headset, to eliminate echo/feedback, and to get a good mic, while getting all of bf2's sound happening in the 5.1

No, the front audio ports on a PC case can not be used as a port for the 7.1 to be achieved.

If the card is 7.1 it will have 5 ports on the back.

- Front Left and Right

- Left and Right

- Rear Left and Right

- Centre and Base

- Line in/Mic - This is empty unless using a mic

 

If your sound card does not have this many ports on the rear than it is not a 7.1 card unless it is 7.1 by Optical output only which it shouldn't be but might. Optical out is a single cable that you plug into a digital speaker system that handles all the processing of audio out to individual speakers (only the expensive ones).

 

I run 2-3 sound cards.

- I have my Asus Xonar DX 7.1 for 5.1 surround - Game sound, music etc.

- My Logitech USB headset - Teamspeak, Mumble, and sometimes in-game voice if the game supports it over a seperate device.

- I have my motherboard on-board sound which I don't normally use, it could be used the same as my Logitech for a non USB headset.

 

This way I get all the room shaking base etc. and can still hear people clearly over any in-game sound (As long as they are not talking on in-game voip - Damn ArmA and BF2 to hell).

Every time someone on TS says "I can't hear you over the tank" I just Lol.

Edited September 10, 201113 yr by Tactical_Kiwi

So with the "Centre and Base", is that a stereo jack that has the center as one chanel and the bass is the other?