Erron
08-16-2007, 10:04 AM
What are some ideas for what to do with sound from Multiboxes?
In a Multibox set up do most players only use sound on their main machine? I've been playing around with looping the sound out from one in to the input to the next and chaining them into the main computer. But this seems less than ideal due to the strange mix of computer sound cards I have (they are not all the same). I get odd hums and feedback along the way.
In the game I am multiboxing I've grown custom to the audio combat clues for reactions/chains and specials unique to a class. And without those audio clues I am much slower in taking advantage of them.
I also use Ventrilo and listen to music in the background - which sems to be a difficult bit of tweaking to get the sound levels balanced with 5 computers looped into one another. Without Ventrilo I'd be lost, no way I can type/chat with other groups/guild members and multi-box. Heh, I might need another couple arms. (Makes me wish I could have been conjoined twins, *sigh*)
And on a side note, I think somehow I have fried one onboard sound input this way. Maybe got something plugged in wrong along the chain during a recent renovation and zapped it somehow with too much input. (theory: too much amplification of line level input).
What do you do with sound?
In a Multibox set up do most players only use sound on their main machine? I've been playing around with looping the sound out from one in to the input to the next and chaining them into the main computer. But this seems less than ideal due to the strange mix of computer sound cards I have (they are not all the same). I get odd hums and feedback along the way.
In the game I am multiboxing I've grown custom to the audio combat clues for reactions/chains and specials unique to a class. And without those audio clues I am much slower in taking advantage of them.
I also use Ventrilo and listen to music in the background - which sems to be a difficult bit of tweaking to get the sound levels balanced with 5 computers looped into one another. Without Ventrilo I'd be lost, no way I can type/chat with other groups/guild members and multi-box. Heh, I might need another couple arms. (Makes me wish I could have been conjoined twins, *sigh*)
And on a side note, I think somehow I have fried one onboard sound input this way. Maybe got something plugged in wrong along the chain during a recent renovation and zapped it somehow with too much input. (theory: too much amplification of line level input).
What do you do with sound?