Soundcard plus onboard?

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Basically can i use onboard sound with my X-Fi also installed?

Why do i want to do this?

Well basically i produce tracks of myself using the Audio Creation Mode on my X-Fi. I like all the control i have over the mic effects with echo etc. Ive tried several other soundcards including the newer AE5 card and nothing gives me the same features as the X-Fi

I also play fortnite with the kids and the wife daily but a Fortnite update back in may broke compatibility with the X-Fi. At first i thought it was a problem with Windows but testing proves the issue only occurs with Fortnite.

Sound in Windows and other apps / games it works fine.

So basically is it possible to enable the onboard sound and have Fortnite play its audio via the onboard? Id also plug in the front panel header into the onboard sound and use the headphones for Fortnite leaving the speakers plugged into X-Fi.

Would it be as simple as switching audio devices in Windows before launching fortnite and switching back to the X-Fi afterwards?
 
You should be able to just switch audio devices, yes.

I run a sound card and use my onboard audio to feed Sim hub software for transducers on my racing Sim. During setup, I had audio trying to play through the transducers and simply switched audio device so that I could get on with the transducer setup in sim hub.
 
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