Need Help!! Two Pc's One Headset

Baden

Baden

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So, i have two pc's. the main pc has a Creative Sound Blaster Z sound card and the other just has on board.

I have Astro A40's.

What i'm trying to do is get sound from both pc's through the one headset.

Have googled the hell out of it and can't find a good answer.


Anyone have any advice?
 
Largely, it depends on whether you have just an A40 headset with the analogue 3.5mm connection to the PC, or whether you use a Mixamp with it.

It also depends whether you are tying to get sound from both PC's simultaneously, or whether you want both connected to the headset, then just be able to select which one is sending audio to the headset.
 
I have the headset in the sound card via 3.5 jack. I'm happy to use the mix amp if I need to via optical cable.

I want to have both sounds at the same time!

Thanks.
 
3.5mm to 3.5mm jack cable, connect line out of 2nd pc to line in/mic of main pc is what i have done, enable 'listen to this device' in sound properties.
 
currob said:
3.5mm to 3.5mm jack cable, connect line out of 2nd pc to line in/mic of main pc is what i have done, enable 'listen to this device' in sound properties.
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The only problem I would have is that the in/mic is been used on my sound card for my mic on the headset. Unless I connect it to the onboard sound if that would work?
 
currob said:
3.5mm to 3.5mm jack cable, connect line out of 2nd pc to line in/mic of main pc is what i have done, enable 'listen to this device' in sound properties.
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Never mind I'm a doofus. So that's it working but I'm getting really bad static from the second computer. Any thoughts?
 
Baden said:
I have the headset in the sound card via 3.5 jack. I'm happy to use the mix amp if I need to via optical cable.

I want to have both sounds at the same time!

Thanks.
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Using the analogue connection will work, but using the Mixamp won't. It can only decode one incoming signal. Someone tried this with PC and a console. It didn't turn out too good.

Using line out from one PC to the line in on the other, is a way to do it, but the reason you are getting static is likely to be a ground loop issue. You could try a ground loop isolator.

Other way would be to use a 3.5mm splitter. You'd need two 3.5mm jacks to one female 3.5mm socket. You'd probably need 3.5mm extension cables as well, so it will reach both PCs more easily.
 
Are you using 2 devices playing audio simultaneously though?

It's one thing to have various devices connected, but use each one in turn, and another to use 2 devices at the same time.
 
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