Seperation of sounds for FS9

[manhattan]

I'm trying to configure esound to route sounds in FS2004. No luck yet. The manual is fairly clear, but I must be missing something. Has anyone here been successful with it?

Not sure what "Esound" is? can you enlighten me?


TONY

[rt72]

It's a .DLL module created by Peter Dowson that routes sounds to different sound cards on the same PC.

It won't route ATC chatter, since it's not a .WAV file in FS2004, but it will route the other sounds, so I'm trying to send everything BUT the ATC chatter to a second sound interface.

[Rodney]

I take it the goal or one goal to this thread is to have ATC sounds only through your headset. Easy, if you have a USB headset. Fire up FS9, then right click your sound icon, select Adjust Audio Properties then the Audio Tab. Change Sound Playback/Default Device to your USb heaset and close. Works just fine. If you have to close S9, then reset back to your soundcard prior to opening FS9, then do those steps again. In my 5.1 surround sound system, it would be great to have voice throught the center speaker only, but I don't want all the cost and tribulations of experimenting for something that may not work very well. Just my 2 cents of input.

[Daveanne]

I take it the goal or one goal to this thread is to have ATC sounds only through your headset. Easy, if you have a USB headset. Fire up FS9, then right click your sound icon, select Adjust Audio Properties then the Audio Tab. Change Sound Playback/Default Device to your USb heaset and close. Works just fine. If you have to close S9, then reset back to your soundcard prior to opening FS9, then do those steps again. In my 5.1 surround sound system, it would be great to have voice throught the center speaker only, but I don't want all the cost and tribulations of experimenting for something that may not work very well. Just my 2 cents of input.

Rodney, this is indeed a revalation, I had always been told that only FSX was capable of diverting ATC sound through a USB headphone set.
Are you saying that if I buy a USB headset I can divert the ATC sound only through to the USB headset?
You mention in the quote above "Fire up FS9, then right click etc.), do you mean the Audio tabs in FS9 or the one from your 5.1 surround system/drivers?
This problem had bugged me for ages, I have purchased the ATC module, but it is very poor in doing what I want, which is, to have full sounds of the cockpit interior through my normal 5.1 system speakers and have only ATC comming over the head sets.
Any help or advice would be greatfully received, also if this is true can you recommend a sutable USB headset?

best wishes

Daveanne

http://www.G-holt.co.uk

[rt72]

I can confirm. This works with Radar Contact. I haven't tried it with the default FS2004 ATC, but I assume it works with this too.

I also use FDC and this works fine too.

BTW, I don't have a USB headset, but a USB-connected sound interface.

[Rodney]

Rodney, this is indeed a revalation, I had always been told that only FSX was capable of diverting ATC sound through a USB headphone set.
Are you saying that if I buy a USB headset I can divert the ATC sound only through to the USB headset?
You mention in the quote above "Fire up FS9, then right click etc.), do you mean the Audio tabs in FS9 or the one from your 5.1 surround system/drivers?
This problem had bugged me for ages, I have purchased the ATC module, but it is very poor in doing what I want, which is, to have full sounds of the cockpit interior through my normal 5.1 system speakers and have only ATC comming over the head sets.
Any help or advice would be greatfully received, also if this is true can you recommend a sutable USB headset?

best wishes

Daveanne

http://www.G-holt.co.uk

No, the Auidio speaker Icon by the clock. A USB headset is actually treated as a sound device. I use VoxATC. I have not ever used the default ATC since FS9 first came out and I found that it was ridiculas in changing freq's for no apparent reason or stupid vectoring 2 miles to touchdown. The way I do it is ATC Sound ONLY through USB headset.

[Daveanne]

Rodney & RT72.

Thanks for your help, but you will have to give me a little bit more information, if you would?

I am using FS9 on a PC using XP (latest edition), The simulator is PMDG 800, I note that one of you is using a USB based audio device with RC4 and the other is using a USB headset with Vox ATC.

My computer has an onboard 5.1 surround card, which feeds the surround sound speakers fine.

If I buy (please let me know what manufacturers you have of both the USB audio device and the USB headsets), and presumeably they both come with some sort of software, does that software also provide you with the means to direct the ATC sound ONLY to the headsets? because I can't find anything at present to do that.

Please be patient with me, I have built a full size cockpit and getting a dab hand at cobbling things together to make them as good as the real ones, however this problem of directing ATC sound to separate head sets is realy bugging me.

So please be patient with me, and errrr explain things simply with all the details.

Many thanks in anticipation?

Daveanne

[Rodney]

My computer has an onboard 5.1 surround card, which feeds the surround sound speakers fine.

If I buy (please let me know what manufacturers you have of both the USB audio device and the USB headsets), and presumeably they both come with some sort of software, does that software also provide you with the means to direct the ATC sound ONLY to the headsets? because I can't find anything at present to do that.

Daveanne

Daveanne,
I use Logitech USB headset, and my Sound card is a generic pci 5.1 surround sound one. I have disabled the onboard sound card on my computer as it is only stereo and of no use to me.

http://reviews.cnet.com/headphones-h...-30399465.html

I am not sure, but a difference is that you are using onboard sound. May not make any difference at all.

Mine uses no software, WinXP finds it once plugged in and installs the driver for it. Like I said, WinXP treats the USB headset as an audio device, because it has a mic and stereo speakers. So when you "Right Click" your speaker icon by the clock, select adjust audio properties, fire up your sim, then change "Sound Playback" under the "Audio" tab, you have seperated ATC (in headset) and FS sounds through external speakers.

[rt72]

I use a Behringer USB audio device (No drivers needed) for ATC and a M Audio Revolution 7.1 PCI sound card for the other sounds. My onboard sound is disabled.

The key is to change the sound device AFTER you start up FS9.

[Tomlin]

This is really cool if it works as you say it does. I cant believe that no one else has ever mentioned this method before. I will definately try this out!