Headset simulator!

I was so excited to see a new mod on the TO, that provides a headset simulation (with 3 variations; Full ANR, Passive, and Light), in any aircraft.

It works really well and I think, sounds good!

It's not up there with the absolute best of headset simulations (that goes to COWS), but it's certainly better than the mediocre headset simulation in the FSW Sierra 2024, and the downright poor job in the Got Friends A32 Vixxen.

Set up is a little tedious (and involves installing one free dependency; an app called "V-Cable") but only needs to be done once. After that, just run the app before starting MSFS and hit Ctrl+Shift+H to toggle the headset on or off, and Ctrl+Shift+1, 2 or 3 to select the three modes.

There is one step missing in the set up instructions but if you read the item's comments, you can see the exact steps to take to set it up:-

• Install the "V-Cable" app (link in the mod's description)

• Start MSFS

• With MSFS running, open Windows Sound Mixer, and change MSFS's sound output to "V-Cable".

• Back in MSFS, open settings, go to the Sound page and change MSFS's sound output, also to "V-Cable".

That's it. Keep the Headset Simulator app running and press Ctrl+Shift+H (or click on the button in the app) to activate/deactivate Headset mode.

https://flightsim.to/addon/118262/headset-simulator-anc-aviation-headset-sound-for-msfs-2024

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Edited November 2Nov 2 by JYW

Too much faff. Apart from TDS, I don't want to have anything else running in the background at all. Most of the aircraft I fly have headphone simulation and it's good enough. Headphone simulation in the Cows is fine, except for the normal click sounds when using any of the switches. Activating the headphones makes no difference to that at all. The TBM was the last one for me which didn't have it and really needed it but now works well with the sound addon.