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Questions tagged [usb-audio]

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Cannot get sound through my USB headset

The headset I have is wired but it has a USB connector (am not very good at IT) I put the USB connection into my PC and I couldn't seem to find any way to get sound through my headset Please help. I have Realtek HD audio manager and I have windows…
user216768
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Headset microphone far too quiet while at max

I'm running Windows 8 Pro x64 using an official Microsoft Xbox 360 wired headset which is plugged into an Afterglow Xbox 360 controller, connected to my computer via USB. The computer recognizes that it is a headset device, listed under Sound, video…
Cora
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USB Sound Card with no "native" sound card

On a PC (HP ML110 G60), with no soundcard, Can I achieve sound/microphone plugging a USB sound card? Runnning Linux.
jacktrades
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Logitech USB headphones detected and selected in Debian Squeeze but sound still coming from speakers

I have a pair of Logitech wireless USB headphones that work with Ubuntu Natty but aren't working in Debian Squeeze. When they are selected as the default audio output, the sound comes out of the speakers instead of the headphones. I have rebooted…
Matt Alexander
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Scratchy sound with ALSA and USB Sound card

Since frying my onboard soundcard, I'm trying to get a new USB sound card to work with ALSA. Everything looks fine too: [oliland@olidesktop ~]$ lsmod | grep '^snd' snd_seq_dummy 1455 0 snd_seq_oss 28052 0 snd_seq_midi_event…
oliland
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Alsa USB-Audio hotplug

My new USB audio speaker appeared as the second device in Alsa. I managed to make it the primary one: $ cat /proc/asound/modules 0 snd_usb_audio 1 snd_hda_intel $ cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [Speaker ]: USB-Audio - uBoom Q Speaker …
kolypto
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USB 2.0 DAC amp will not work on USB 3.0 hub but it will work on USB 2.0 keyboard hub connected to the same USB 3.0 hub

The problem setting involves 4 devices: Lenovo X1 Carbon Type 20BS Anker 7-Port USB 3.0 Hub Schiit Fulla USB 2.0 DAC amp Das Keyboard Model S Professional Mechanical Keyboard I have tried the usual uninstall everything and system restart…
Bradley Nielsen
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usb audio interface 'disappears' on windows 7 wakeup

Most nights I fall asleep listening to music - sometime during the night, my computer goes to sleep. When I wake it up the next morning, my external audio device (M-Audio Fast Track Pro) get 'lost' somehow. It doesn't appear on the list of available…
Matt Lohkamp
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Windows XP - why is my usbaudio.sys in capitals?

I'm trying to diagnose a problem with a USB MIDI input device not working on WindowsXP. I've noticed that my usbaudio.sys In /Windows/System32/Drivers/ is actually named USBAUDIO.sys. My question is - why the capitals? Other drivers are not named…
UpTheCreek
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zen 4 ok but zen 5 causes usb/audio issues?

ok I have two computers.. AM5 DDR5, one has a 8600g and one has a 9700x my setup uses USB Audio speakers (Kali Audio LP-UNF) attached via USB. Both have windows 11 with all windows updates. with the PC with AMD 8600G, everything is great! with a…
8steve8
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Laptop Audio: Buzzing sound while charging and using Headphone Jack or USB C adapter

Whenever I plug-in USB-C PD Charger, I hear a constant buzz in my earphone irrespective of whether I use Headphone Jack on Laptop or I use Apple USB-C to 3.5 mm Headphone Jack Adapter. I am surprised as I thought that the whole purpose of using…
Porcupine
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USB audio input is only picking up left channel and treating it as stereo

I have an old mixer/USB audio interface combo (specifically, a Behringer Xenyx QX1622USB) that I am trying to record with. Flow: instrument -> mixer/audio interface -> laptop The mixer part of it has stereo output, and this should be also output…
Darryl Noakes
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Automatically restart USB audio device after return from standby

I have a speaker system with a built in USB audio interface connected to my PC. When the PC returns from standby, audio output is not working, even though the device is shown as audio output. To get audio output again, I have to manually select…
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Do usb sound cards need driver

My onboard sound card is gone and my mobo have no place for new pci slot. So I've decided to buy a new usb sound card instead. I am using windows 8.1 so the main problem would be driver support. Do usb sound card need just usb driver or need…
Min Naing Oo
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USB Speakers for Desktop: A Good Idea?

I'm not a good at hardware questions and often bought stuff and that seemed useful in the description but turned out to be less than optimal. Recently, my old PC-Speakers started humming quite audibly when connected to the power, louder than the…
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