Comments on: Audio in WoW: How I Listen to Two Sound Feeds

By: Naissa

Naissa — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:41:07 +0000

Ooh, that’s handy! Thanks for the idea!

By: Faust

Faust — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:03:49 +0000

Yea, doing this on a mac is just flat out ezmode

By: Softi

Softi — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:11:42 +0000

That’s how I have mine set up too – not really sure how I managed to do it, but it does tend to just work when I plug in my headset with it’s usb adapter.

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By: Syrana

Syrana — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:11:22 +0000

That’s how I had my audio set up with my Logitech headset. It was nice not having to make a decision between music or vent.

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By: Llanion

Llanion — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:50:09 +0000

It takes a bit more setting up sometimes but, yes, we Linux nerds can do the same thing. I had (in a previous laptop) a Soundblaster Audigy 2 Notebook (great little PCMCIA soundcard) for my game sounds, using the built-in sound card for voice chat. Llanion last blogged about “Heroes”

By: Perrin

Perrin — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:54:58 +0000

I use the USB dongle from a Logitech headset, which has a mic and output jacks on it, to which I’ve plugged my favourite Sennhiesier headset (great way to get a normal 3.5mm headset on a USB plug).

Logitech Premium Notebook Headset (where the dongle came from)
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/webcam_communications/internet_headsets_phones/devices/223&cl=US,EN

On a Mac I just then set the WoW sound to Built In, and set the main Mac sound to the USB headset.

I also explicitly set my Vent to the USB instead of default because I want to be able to play songs out my main speakers and use the headset for clear Vent.

By: Kestrel

Kestrel — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:22:56 +0000

Incidentally, while I didn’t mention it, my settings in Ventrilo select the Sennheiser explicitly as both the Output and Input devices. I also have “Use Direct Sound” checked for both channels. Hardware Input Mixer is Microphone (Sennheiser).

By: Kestrel

Kestrel — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:20:43 +0000

Ouch. That’s the product of too little sleep, I hope. Fixed in both places; thanks.

Every once in awhile, I need to reset Vent to the USB headset, and also I occasionally have a problem where I can’t hear in Skype, although I can see the faux-VU meter bouncing along merrily. Only solution to that problem is a reboot.

By: Andris

Andris — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:08:40 +0000

“discrete”

But yes, I have a similar audio setup, and it actually causes a few fits if I need to re-install or re-setup Vent for some reason, as Vent tries to use the audio feed from the built-in sound card (which has nothing attached) before using the USB mic.

The USB mic is quite loud and clear, though — It came from a copy of IBM ViaVoice for Mac so it’s distinctly dorky and 2001-iMac-ish, but it works much better than the other headset that I have which is supposed to plug into a sound card.