Posts by Sandra Long77

Thanks for the tip. I finally got both the mic and the headphones working together. Just like you suggested, I switched the input device in Voice Memos and everything clicked. Man, I wasted so much time fighting with a single microphone. I honestly thought switching to USB would make things plug-and-play simple, but clearly, I was wrong.

Thanks again.

The headset connects via USB, and I have speakers plugged in too. In Windows, I disabled the default device settings and manually set the headset as the primary. When I switch back to using the default device, my headset mic goes completely dead—I can't hear anything, even when testing through Voice Recorder. To make matters worse, I can't hear any audio through the speakers because the system insists on routing everything to the headset. Strangely enough, if I record something via Voice Recorder, I can hear the playback through the speakers, but not through the headset itself.

Hi,
My question might be a bit off-topic, but it’s closely related to the main thread.
I picked up a Creative USB headset Fatal1ty, but I'm hitting a wall trying to get both the headphones and the mic working together. I've scoured every forum tip out there, but nothing sticks. Right now, the system recognizes the mic—so I can record audio—but I can't hear any of it through the headset, only through my speakers. Even the recordings I make won't play back through the headphones. My setup is running Windows XP with a Realtek HD sound card; my ATI chip is disabled, and I'm using a Biostar TP43D2-A7 motherboard. Any advice on how to force the headset to actually play the microphone input?

Thanks.