January 30, 201412 yr I have a question I'm hoping someone can give me an answer to. Is there a way to split the audio output in FSX to separate the signals going to both my Buttkicker and 5.1 Sound System. Currently I'm using a splitter plugged in my motherboard Legacy Audio Output. Some people suggest buying a Creative Go Pro USB card, but inside the FSX program you have to choose one device for 'voices' for which I use USB headphones for ATC, and one device for 'sound'. Of course my selection is the Legacy Audio. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Scott
January 31, 201412 yr Hi Scott - not exactly sure what you're trying to achieve, but you may like to check out a product called Virtual Audio Cable and see if that helps. I use it to send my general sounds to two USB outputs, one for my headset and one for the Buttkicker, but it does other stuff too. Search AVSIM for further discussion.
January 31, 201412 yr Author Thanks for the quick reply. I heard of that product and will check it out. Just to clarify what I'm trying to do. At times I have sound issues (excessive humming/clipping?) and don't know if it's because I''m splitting the audio output from my legacy audio output (on the motherboard). I send one side to the Buttkicker and the other to the Front Speakers of my sound system. I thought this might be the problem and maybe even a ticket to better sound quality.
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January 31, 201412 yr Not only a weather engine, but also a generator fot the Buttkicker ... I had some really great turbulence effects in my flight today from EHAM - LOWW with my buttkicker! It's just amazing! Robert
January 31, 201412 yr Author Did you take a lookat Opus ? Not only a weather engine, but also a generator fot the Buttkicker ... Actually just purchased OPUS and this may even be causing more issues with the audio. I'll continue to experiment.
February 3, 201412 yr I suffered quite a bit of crackling when I ran the main sounds from my onboard sound card to a headset and the BK. I was told that it was probably due to the sound card sharing the same Bus as other activity. That's why I went down the USB external soundcard route. My problem then was that I couldn't assign FSX sounds to a USB headset and a USB sound card for the BK. VAC solved that problem. It sounds like the new BK driver capability of Opus could be an alternative solution. I have Opus, but I haven't tried that function since I'm very happy with what I have and don't want to rock the boat ! .
February 3, 201412 yr I bought VAC for this purpose as well, but unfortunately I get a ton of sound corruption when using it. Crackling, delays, etc... for me it was wasted money. - Aaron
February 4, 201412 yr It took me a while to get the noise down to an acceptable level when using VAC. But then I discovered I could actually send FSX Aircraft Sounds to two USB sound devices (not theoretically possible) without it. VAC is still installed, but I'm not (consciously) running it. The magic formula seems to be to define one USB sound card as Default Sound Device in Windows, and select the other for Aircraft Sounds in FSX. I have no idea how or why this works, but it does on my system. And no pops and crackles at all.
February 5, 201412 yr Author I had sent an email to Creative about their USB card and they confirmed that using it would not solve my problem of wanting to split the audio. I'm pretty confident this is something I just have to live with but I do appreciate the reply's.
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