tony46113 wrote:Actually I think it has more to do with the driver than the card. I found some people who had no problem using the What You Hear input with WinXp, but not in a WinVista or Win7 machine using the same card that I have.
I had a lot of problems with my card when I got a new machine with windows 7. it wouldn't accept my old creative card which I loved, (A lot!!) so I had to get a new one, the X-FI. Once installed, G-force wouldn't see it until I enabled it in the recording tab and set it as the default windows audio card.
It's a shame that microsoft messes shit up with each new OS. It should be easier to work with not harder.
After following this thread, and I must say a big thanks to juxtiphi. Am I to understand that the problem is NOT with G-Force, but the Creative card or Microsoft or both?
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After following this thread, and I must say a big thanks to juxtiphi. Am I to understand that the problem is NOT with G-Force, but the Creative card or Microsoft or both?
Hi BTT
I would say its definitely not caused by G-force. There are some options and different software for Creative audio cards so its mostly due to the way Windows 7 does things.
I think I may have found a solution that will work. Here is a breakdown of my setup ...
-(2) speakers from channel 1/2 on car audio amp to "front" input on sound card.
-(2) speakers from channel 3/4 on car audio amp to "rear" input on sound card.
-(1) sub woofer from channel 5 on car audio amp to "center/sub" input on sound card.
*I STILL HAVE A LINE IN AND MIC INPUT THAT ARE BOTH OPEN*
If I put a splitter on the line running to the "front" input on my sound card and split it between "front and line in", will this diminish the audio in any way or cause any other issue?
The reason I ask is because when I look in "recording devices" I see the line in. When I plug something into it and then set it as the default recording device in Windows, it shows up as a audio source in Gforce.
I ordered the splitter yesterday, so I'm eager for it to get here so I can test this out, but I wanted to ask others if they see a any sort of problem with what I'm going to do.
After following this thread, and I must say a big thanks to juxtiphi. Am I to understand that the problem is NOT with G-Force, but the Creative card or Microsoft or both?
Hi BTT
I would say its definitely not caused by G-force. There are some options and different software for Creative audio cards so its mostly due to the way Windows 7 does things.
I agree. My first thought was that G Force just wasn't seeing the card or any of the inputs. Now that I see that G Force will see the line in and mic inputs as audio sources if there is something plugged into them and either is set to the default recording device in Windows, my opinion has changed.
The missing "Stereo Mix" or "What U Hear" recording device is something that just isn't an option with the mix of my card/driver/os.
None of that is a flaw in the G Force software.
Thank you all for your help on this. If anyone knows the answer to my question in the post above about splitting off the "front" input, so I can reach the line in and use that in G Force, let me know.
tony46113 wrote:I think I may have found a solution that will work. Here is a breakdown of my setup ...
-(2) speakers from channel 1/2 on car audio amp to "front" input on sound card.
-(2) speakers from channel 3/4 on car audio amp to "rear" input on sound card.
-(1) sub woofer from channel 5 on car audio amp to "center/sub" input on sound card.
*I STILL HAVE A LINE IN AND MIC INPUT THAT ARE BOTH OPEN*
If I put a splitter on the line running to the "front" input on my sound card and split it between "front and line in", will this diminish the audio in any way or cause any other issue?
The reason I ask is because when I look in "recording devices" I see the line in. When I plug something into it and then set it as the default recording device in Windows, it shows up as a audio source in Gforce.
I ordered the splitter yesterday, so I'm eager for it to get here so I can test this out, but I wanted to ask others if they see a any sort of problem with what I'm going to do.
I see what you are trying to do but don't think it will properly.
The mic in line uses a much lower signal than the line in so the audio wont match. It could ruin the mic jack outright by overloading it and thus possibly killing your card in the process.
You may be able to run the audio out from your comp via the 2 channel stereo output into your receiver and then using the headphone jack to run the audio back to your line in jack. To do this you need an audio cable with 2 male ends that fit the jacks.
I am not completely sure but there is a possibility of a feedback loop if the settings in your card are not set right.
Set your cards default output to your line out option and in the recording options set the default to line in.
I'm not talking about using the mic jack. I was saying that I have an open line in and an open mic jack on the card.
What I was wanting to do was use the open line in jack.
Channels 1/2 from the audio amp are going to the front channel on the sound card via 3.5MM plug.
I want to split that 3.5MM plug into two and plug one into the front channel and one into the line in on the sound card.
OR ...
Something else I thought of is not splitting anything at all. I can plug a microphone directly into the mic jack and leave the microphone inside my jukebox. If it picks up enough audio, that might be better than the first idea.
tony46113 wrote:I'm not talking about using the mic jack. I was saying that I have an open line in and an open mic jack on the card.
What I was wanting to do was use the open line in jack.
Channels 1/2 from the audio amp are going to the front channel on the sound card via 3.5MM plug.
I want to split that 3.5MM plug into two and plug one into the front channel and one into the line in on the sound card.
OR ...
Something else I thought of is not splitting anything at all. I can plug a microphone directly into the mic jack and leave the microphone inside my jukebox. If it picks up enough audio, that might be better than the first idea.
Sorry I thought you wanted to split the left and right channels into both inputs which seemed weird to me.
So your main source for music isn't your computer? Does the jukebox have a line out option? if so that's your best bet.
I do think you can run the audio out from your comp into your stereo receiver and then back to your audio input by running it from the headphone jack.
I'm using a car audio amplifier in my jukebox. It's connected to the pc that I'm running the jukebox software on. So from the amplifier ... Channel's 1 and 2 (front left and right) go into the "front" input on the sound card, Channels 3 and 4 (rear left and right) go into the "rear" input on the sound card, and channel 5 (sub) goes into the center/sub input on the sound card.
tony46113 wrote:The pc in my jukebox is the main source of music.
I'm using a car audio amplifier in my jukebox. It's connected to the pc that I'm running the jukebox software on. So from the amplifier ... Channel's 1 and 2 (front left and right) go into the "front" input on the sound card, Channels 3 and 4 (rear left and right) go into the "rear" input on the sound card, and channel 5 (sub) goes into the center/sub input on the sound card.
I think you may have to forego the surround sound.
If you port the left and right main channels into the line in on the soundcard with an adapter it should work. But you will only have stereo sound.
