We tempt fate every time we start up FSX.

It's like a ticking bomb.

One day......"boom."

 

Ain't that the truth !

 

I discovered another wrinkle to this. I lost the Buttkicker again, and after some experimentation, I found the magic combination of settings was:

 

FSX Settings/Sound: Voice and Aircraft set to Plantronics Headset

W7 Control Panel/Sound: Mic Default set to Plantronics, Speakers Default set to (USB sound adapter driving) the Buttkicker.

 

Again, not sure how specific this is to my config or the fact that VAC is installed (though I'm not explicitly using it). I'm guessing that the fact that both the Plantronics headset and the Lindy USB adapter are both plug and play (and therefore probably using the same driver) may also be a factor.

 

One interesting side effect of these settings though is that one of my other addons which supplies co-pilot voices etc now literally talks out of my Butt ! :rolleyes: Tweaking that now . . .

Well, I tried the settings posted in your guide and I still get some crackling and popping, although maybe slightly lesser so, but it does indeed seem to be related to performance. The heavier areas tend to cause it more readily, but it's passable. Still worth the money, and actually works fantastically in all my other games. Train sim is particularly impressive.

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Yep, I had VAC for quite some time now...intending to use it didn't have as clear and understanding of it is you do.

My situation as that I have an amplified old Logitech 4.1 plugged into my green plug and I want That available too.

 

Any suggestions?

Use a stereo jack splitter?

We test our ButtKicker Gamer 2 audio control plugged directly into the headset output of a dedicated Sound Blaster X-Fi Go PRO USB sound card (about the same size as a USB pen) with absolutely no problems at all. Simplicity itself. See our OpusFSX_ButtKicker.pdf document available on our website. The Sound Blaster provides an ideal low cost audio option for our ButtKicker audio control signals.

 

http://www.opussoftware.co.uk/opusfsi.htm

 

Stephen

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