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greg
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Posted: 04 January 2005 at 11:22am \| IP Logged

I'm not hoping for any luck but here goes.

I'm looking for some sort of connection block which will take an audio input and split it to separate sources, which also has its volume control.

I want to output the sound from my pc to this block if it exists, then run that to my amplifier and my headphones. I have my pc plugged into the amp so I can play all my music through my stereo, but the amp unfortunately doesnt have a headphone socket (if only i'd considered my cs needs when i bought it...). If I'm using headphones for CS I have to unplug the line out, turn the windows vol right down, plug in headphones, find a suitable volume (pain in the arse) then play, then change it all back again afterwards (also pain in arse).

Are there any other solutions other than buy a sound card with a 5.25" front control panel, or use normal computer speakers (not doing that), or buy a new amp (no chance!).

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Posted: 04 January 2005 at 11:24am \| IP Logged

i pondered the idea of using my onboard sound just for CS/vent output, but thats also a pain because I dont always bother with headphones, and I still have the problem of having to adjust the volume in windows which i find irritating to get just right.

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Posted: 04 January 2005 at 11:53am \| IP Logged

wow just to make it seem like I definitely AM having a convo with myself....

...i found what i need i think. trust do a multimedia hub also maplin do the same sort of thing for a tenner.

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Posted: 04 January 2005 at 12:55pm \| IP Logged

Ummmm.

glad we can help

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Cereal_Killah
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Posted: 04 January 2005 at 10:21pm \| IP Logged

yeh thats about right
/me whispers wtf is he on? coco pops?

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Richie
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Posted: 05 January 2005 at 2:40am \| IP Logged

i was gonna just say you should have headphones with a sound control on them, saves the whole windows adjust, but you look happy enough :) plus i wasnt really reading the whole thing

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Posted: 05 January 2005 at 7:14am \| IP Logged

we rock

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cannedfool
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Posted: 05 January 2005 at 8:00am \| IP Logged

yea i just split mine with a little 50p sterio splitter then get good headphones ;)

greg
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Posted: 05 January 2005 at 8:35am \| IP Logged

what so you always have the output split between headphones and speakers? dont you headphones get a huge volume through them when using speakers?

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Posted: 05 January 2005 at 9:28am \| IP Logged

not if like mine they have a volume controller on the wire

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Posted: 05 January 2005 at 12:16pm \| IP Logged

I have the speakers coming out of the digiatal jack and have me headphones out the normal jack, and use the voulme buttons on my keyboard to put the volume down.

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Posted: 05 January 2005 at 12:42pm \| IP Logged

if only every customer was this happy with so little effort

wp all of us

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Posted: 06 January 2005 at 2:59am \| IP Logged

see so many solutions to one little problem

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Posted: 06 January 2005 at 11:54am \| IP Logged

im wiv moof i have headies with a vol cont on the wire

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Posted: 08 January 2005 at 3:42pm \| IP Logged

i actually bought a sidewinder GameVoice... the unit takes an output from the pc and has a split for external sound system... and just has a button to switch between the two as well as a volume control on the unit to turn down if needed... but like everyone else i have volume on my headphones :P

my external is 7.1 surround sound which is funky cause the way it's hooked up i get voice thru my headphones but i can keep the rest of the sound thru the surround so only the centre is on headphones which is vent and game comms.

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Posted: 10 January 2005 at 2:42pm \| IP Logged

well... if were comparing, i used to have an audio switch which would select either my speakers, headphones or TV when i hade vid out. Now I just use my surround sound headys on the gamer and my speakers on the server... 2 pcs always makes choice of sound options easier...

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Posted: 11 January 2005 at 12:55am \| IP Logged

I normally have the sound from my second computer going into the line in of my main so I get sound from it.

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ScotzMan
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Posted: 11 January 2005 at 5:12pm \| IP Logged

2nd pc has tv card in it and is hooked to the stereo, VCR & DVD player -> TV Card -> Stereo

heh :D love my other setup tho is just good hearing you guys on headphones yet other sounds in cs are in 7.1 ... just great for maps like D2 just turn up the volume and listen to where everyone is lol. i still suck at cs tho

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Posted: 12 January 2005 at 1:04am \| IP Logged

well I now have those funky 5.1 headphones, which comes with it's own amp, so I can set the volume of them seperate.

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Posted: 13 January 2005 at 6:39am \| IP Logged

ive been doin that for years mate... ive always said cs is about sound... womble has FINALLY agreed with me last night since he got headys... there is NO WAY that ANYONE (inc you griz) should be using speakers in CS.

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