Routing Sounds To Other Devices

[Str][ker]

Hello,

I like to record my flying sessions and separate the various sounds to individual audio channels via virtual audio devices. I noticed an issue when trying to route the sounds from DCS to a different sound input. I can get all of the in-game sounds (aircraft, weapons, etc) to play through my desired sound input with the exception of the in-game voices (things like the player calling inbound to a carrier and the responses from ATC). It seems that these sounds only play out the default device. I've verified the setting in DCS AND the Windows audio playback device per application to ensure that DCS is to use only the specified device.

So when I add the various audio channels (I use separate ones for Voice Attack (Vaicom Pro chatter), SRS (separate for SRS main communications and one for my voice), and DCS) I hear everything as it should be but no in-game voice communications from the game. The only way to get this is to record the default audio but I don't want other desktop audio traffic to be recorded. Is this something which can be looked at?

So, I have all settings in DCS and Windows to use Cable A for output but only in-game voice comms from the player and computer don't get routed through it.

[Str][ker]

While playing around with this, I noticed that there are additional sounds not getting routed to the configured sound device. While in the cockpit, no voice warnings and no warning sounds go to the requested sound device. So it's just engine sounds and weapon release sounds so far which go where I want the sound to go. It seems that the setting in DCS with the select sound output doesn't really do much for some reason. The missing sounds do show up on the default sound device though (i.e. desktop).

[Str][ker]

I found the answer here (link to other thread below). Specifically what was happening is the cockpit warning and voice sounds were being routed to my headphones and not to the desktop because I had the headphones set to my actual headphones. I didn't understand what this would do as I thought it was asking what device were my headphones.

Once I modified this to also feed to my virtual audio cable, the sound is now being recorded as I wanted.

 

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Check your DCS audio settings for what device is set for 'Headphones.' Certain audio that routes to a pilot's helmet can be separated from world audio.

 

 

 

Edited September 7, 2022 by Str][ker