I seem to remember this subject coming up before, but cannot find it searching the fourms.Does anyone know if there is a way to add a PCI soundcard without diabling the onboard sound card? I would like to push ATC stuff to the PCI card and headset while keeping engine stuff etc on the onboard 5.1 sound card. The second reason is part of my panel is a hacked Saitek X36 which is a gameport connection. I just upgraded my MB and it of course is USB only. The second soundcard would give me a gameport connection as well.Thanks!

I have both onboard 5.1 sound and an Audigy 2 Pro (also 5.1)... Can use them at the same time for different things, without special software!

>I have both onboard 5.1 sound and an Audigy 2 Pro (also>5.1)... Can use them at the same time for different things,>without special software!Great. Was it a simple install and then choose what device is used under control panel? I was always under the impression that a PCI card would automatically disable anything onboard. Also, were you able to separate just the ATC stuff (TAC tuner, Roger Wilco, etc) and send it to just one card?Thanks

In my old P4 1.7 with an ASUS motherboard, i could have both PCI Creative and the onboard sound card.In the current P4 3.0ghz with a Gigabyte m/b when istalling the Creative PCI card it disables the onboard one. So maybe the chipset does not accept both sound cards.I also asked before 2 months to buy a second PCI, for the same reason with you but they told me that none common sound card can work together with another PCI, only when buy something pro (like these they used audio studios etc :-(Eddie ArmaosAthens-Greece

These vendors just wanted to sell you something expensive.The good news is that you can have as many sound card as you want, including the board integrated sound hardware.The bad news is that there is no way in FS to specify the sound device you want to use, even less to specify different devices for engine and ATC. FS will use the default (the one selected in the Sound and Audio control panel).You can do that if you fly online (IVAO or VATSIM), because online ATC uses a different program where you can specify the output device.Eric.

Eric,i have installed and now use a Creative Live PCI card and the onboard is disabled :-(When asked Gigabyte's support they replyed with a negative answer in dualr sound card support. Maybe my motherboard or chipset? Maybe i don't know !So that's why i also asked for a second PCI to use there the different ATC s/w (not Fs of course)regardsEddie ArmaosAthens-Greece

What do you mean by the onboard is disabled? How is it setup in the BIOS? Is it Auto, On, or Off? Make sure it is On.Also, I'm talking about Windows XP. To the OS, the PCI sound card is just another device and it handles it like any other device.And yes, I had that at home using an MSI board with the speakers, and an SBLive 5.1 board with a headset that I used for online ATC sound.Eric.

There is a problem with certain onboard sound chipsets that can't find free resources to use and thus get disabled.It happens because either their P'n'P information is limited to just one configuration (and for this the motherboard manufacturer is to blame) and/or they can't support IRQ sharing with other cards.I have had the same problem on an older PC and changed the add-on card's IRQ and base address, disabled "Old Soundblaster support" in the BIOS for the onboard card, and it worked. Make sure you have the newest drivers too.It is posible to connect as many sound cards as the free PCI ports you have.Eddie call me for more info ;-)

A completely different solution...GoFlight has a module that somewhat separates the speech of atc and the rest of the sounds. It will cost you about $150, but should get you closer to what you want! :) Haven't tried it myself, though.http://www.goflightinc.com/order/product_i...&products_id=33As you can see it also has a knob/switch for selecting menu options in the atc windows.

From what I read at the link that you supply I don't think it works this way."Front panel connectors on the GF-ATC bring your computer's audio connections within easy reach, allowing for fast connection of your favorite headset and/or microphone."The only difference is that "Analog filtering circuitry in the GF-ATC routes an "optimized for voice" signal to your headset, while passing the original audio through to your computer's speaker system".So what it does in my opinion is that it extends the soundcard's outputs and mixes the microphone with the output before it goes into the soundcard.

Maybe, but I interpreted the text like this:The frequencey at which the default atc voice and any "real" voice operates on is separated by the analogue filter and sent out through the headset output and the rest, original audio, is sent out through the regular line out. I assume the filtering isn't a 100% effective, so some other noises that operates on the same frequency are probably sent out in the headset as well.It is probably best to drop GoFlight a mail and ask them how it really works!Best,Roger

Unfortunately the final result is that my motherboard does not support simultaneously the onboard and another PCI card :-(Even it was i high-end motherboard when i bought it this is an unacceptable problem.

Thanks for all the comments. I put the second card in last night and everything is working great. AVC pushes the ATC to the headphones (hooked to the second card), and everything else goes to the onboard card and out the speakers.Now I just have to figure out the gameport issue. It is recognized, but when I connect anything it says "not connected". I am going to try a gameport to USB adapter, but I am not holding my breath as those do not have great reputations for working.Robert

http://www.schiratti.com/dowson.htmlESound was a program that allowed you to send ATC to a separate sound card or headset, I believe.