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    Duel sound cards

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    by vonhaase9 ·

    I have Realtek sound on the motherboard and an Audiology sound card. How can I get headphones to work with one and speakers to work with the other simultaneously?

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    • #3001974

      Clarifications

      by vonhaase9 ·

      In reply to Duel sound cards

      Clarifications

    • #3001973

      Change your prefered devices

      by slayer_ ·

      In reply to Duel sound cards

      Go to Audio device settings in control panel.

      And change the preferred playback and recording devices.

      I need to know what OS your running to give more detailed instructions.

    • #3001957

      How many ears do you have ?…

      by older mycroft ·

      In reply to Duel sound cards

      It’s just that most humans only have 2 ears. 😀

      • #3001941

        but what if I want to

        by the scummy one ·

        In reply to How many ears do you have ?…

        listen to TROLOV in one ear and iTunes in the other?
        And just to throw it out there, add the television online in another (now I need another card), and oh no, also need the youtube items :0
        Ok, how to manage 4 cards and 3 sets of speakers and 1 set of headphones properly — please tell

        • #3001933

          Mmm – Sonja Thompson set to music …

          by older mycroft ·

          In reply to but what if I want to

          Which particular iTunes gem are you going to utilise for this fetishist item?

          Or – are you going to download TROLOV then edit the music into the video, in the basement of Scumm Towers in the dead of night?

          [i]I might settle for Bachmann Turner Overdrive![/i]

          If you are as much of a tightwad as you are of a fetishist, you can stream BTO without spending any Scumm-notes.

          http://www.last.fm/music/Bachman-Turner+Overdrive/The+Very+Best+of+Bachmann+Turner+Overdrive

          Now that we’ve got your ears sorted out – what are you gonna do with your third eye? :^0

    • #3001855

      Re: Dual sound cards

      by lyletaylor ·

      In reply to Duel sound cards

      Do you want the same audio to go to both, or do you want one program going to the speakers and another going to the headphones? For example, do you have your speakers hooked up to the Audigy and your headphones hooked up to the onboard sound, and you simply want to be able to either plug your headphones in or turn on your speakers without having to switch the selected audio device in Windows?

      • #3001477

        Duel sound cards

        by vonhaase9 ·

        In reply to Re: Dual sound cards

        I am running Vista 32, and yes that is exactly what I want. I have a volume control for the speakers and I want to turn them down and listen to headphones without having to go to the back of the computer, under the desk, and unplug the speakers and plug in the headphones.
        I just want to listen to the same audio on both.

        • #3001465

          Perhaps if you gave us the Specs of both …

          by older mycroft ·

          In reply to Duel sound cards

          Both the make/model of the Sound Card and the make/model of the Computer – we might be able to give a more detailed answer. 😉

        • #3001437

          I think what you need

          by jamesrl ·

          In reply to Duel sound cards

          is a Y cable, or a sound card with more than one output.

          Check your Audigy, I know mine has more than one output so can handle speakers and headphones at the same time. The manuals are usually available online if you don’t have one handy. Then you can use the volume on the speakers to turn it down and then listen to the headphones.

          The other alternative – there are some speakers with a headphone jack in them – as soon as you plug headphones into them, it mutes the speakers and redirects output to the headphones.

          James

          James

        • #3002360

          Small Mixer

          by lyletaylor ·

          In reply to Duel sound cards

          I think the others are correct. I don’t believe you can configure Windows to send the same audio to two different sound cards. It’s possible that you could find a piece of software that looks to the system like an audio output device that lets you route audio to more than one real output device, but I’m not aware of one.

          With that, you’re best off looking for a solution that will let you plug your headphones and speakers both into your Audigy. If the Audigy supports that directly like one of the other posters suggested, then you should pretty much be set. In my case, I have multiple sound cards that I use for different purposes and hook them all up to a mixer that I then have my speakers and headphones hooked up to. If you wanted to take a route like that, you can get small mixers for pretty cheap. For example, Behrenger makes good mixers and their smaller ones are pretty affordable. There are many others as well that might work well for you.

        • #3003377

          Not to mention a simple splitter

          by slayer_ ·

          In reply to Small Mixer

          We used to use em all the time, a long time ago, turns one headphone jack into 2. Just stick that into your computer, plug speakers into one, and headphones into other.

          The 2 dollar solution :).

        • #3003330

          Thats what I said – Y cable

          by jamesrl ·

          In reply to Not to mention a simple splitter

          James

        • #3003679

          Duel sound cards

          by vonhaase9 ·

          In reply to Not to mention a simple splitter

          I agree. A splitter seems like the simplest solution.

          Thank You All!

        • #3003444

          Where’s the thumbs?

          by slayer_ ·

          In reply to Not to mention a simple splitter

          Lol

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