Vonduck Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Guys, I am endevouring to help my daughter get involved in online flying with Vatsim so she can assist with the ATC communications or flying the aircraft while i communicate with ATC etc... So... currently i have my mic/headset (just a cheap MS one) attatched via 3.5mm jacks to my Logitech G510 keyboard.... works well.. the big questioon is... how do i get another headset/mic to work with it? I have looked for some kind of hub but cant find any... splitters dont seem to cater for both inputs (one is for headphones the other for mic) Would 2 x wireless headphones work? Appreciate any ideas the gurus may have Thanks as always Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Yeti101 Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 One could use the 3.5mm and you could get another headset using USB? With my setup I have VATSIM on one computer and FS2Crew on another so I need my mic plugged into both. I use a simple splitter for the mic and it seems to work fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek McAllan Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 You could use two splitters. One for the headphones line and the other for the mic line. It's possible that the mics may interfere with each other on the same line, so ptt switches may be needed? Would certainly add some realism Cheers, Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonduck Posted July 18, 2013 Author Share Posted July 18, 2013 Thanks guys... Derek... I had thought of that funnily enough... my keyboard has 2 jack inputs... one for headphones the other for mic... i guess is could try and find splitters that cater for both? I I wonder if the mic out needs a special kind of splitter.. in that i havent seen one that is dedicated to mics... then again it should be generic i assume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice_King Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 IMHO I would NOT use any sort of spliter and especially for the Mic as this can create terrible distortion AND WILL pick up from both and does not allow the Pilot and Co-Pilot to be on separate freq's at the same time. The preferred option would be run two USB Headsets because this is seen by the PC as being separate Sound devices and thus can be on Teamspeak or Vatsim audio etc on separate channels at the same time. You can also use something like Virtual Audio Cable that can also be used to sync multiple audio sources to the one output or input. Hope that helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Mason Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 I agree with Mozz. I have experience in fitting out commercial helicopter sims and that is the way we did it (Separate USB headsets) you can also hook it up so that you both have an open channel just like in a real aircraft so you can hear each other and then code the PTT keys for ATC comms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonduck Posted July 25, 2013 Author Share Posted July 25, 2013 Thanks Maurice and Ryan... looks like the way to go! Much obliged to you both Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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