I actually own a Samson microphone that has a 1/4' jack. I bought this Singstar adapter to see if I could get it to work with Rock Band 3. Well this adapter and a 1/4' to 3.5mm adapter is all it takes for it to work. It works extremely well and sounds better than my USB mics!!
Hi. I'm currently using Turtle beach PX22's on a HP Pavilion dv5-1150us, on a free upgrade from windows 7 to windows 10. I like the direction it's moved, all of my programs work just fine...except for my headsets. The basic idea behind the diagram posted by the OP is the same for mine, except for a few key differences. For my specific laptop, windows is using IDT HD audio drivers.
Using the directions found at http://support.turtlebeach.com/entry/830517544/, I was able to set up my headphones to work flawlessly in windows 7.
When trying the same approach in windows 10, the 'chat' dial controlls *all* of the sound in Windows, be it my teamspeak 3 client, any video game I may be playing, and/or any music I may be playing, instead of just Teamspeak, for instance, which would normally only be included in the chat function. Mind you, according to the turtle beach support page listed above, this is specifically what it states will happen in windows 7 if the turtle beach headset is listed as default playback device. On a whim, I tried listing the headset as default device, with the exact same results.
I've noticed a few workarounds around on the internet, as I've basically been researching this every day since I've upgraded to see if there's a fix, but none of them work for me, as I don't have the specific audio drivers nor the hardware that they were using in their fixes, and they were fairly specific in their workarounds, not general enough to apply to my situation. The HP website is no help, they said any drivers I get will have to be through the grace of microsoft, as my specific laptop is old enough that they don't even support windows 8, only 7 and vista. I haven't put in a support ticket to turtle beach yet, as I no longer have the purchase information for these headsets, and I keep forgetting to call them during support hours, as they're an east coast company and their phone support is only open to 2pm locally, m-f. I'll set a reminder to call them on monday, and if they have anything to add to this conversation, I'll update then. I've got this page bookmarked, and will be checking in at least daily.
Using the directions found at http://support.turtlebeach.com/entry/830517544/, I was able to set up my headphones to work flawlessly in windows 7.
When trying the same approach in windows 10, the 'chat' dial controlls *all* of the sound in Windows, be it my teamspeak 3 client, any video game I may be playing, and/or any music I may be playing, instead of just Teamspeak, for instance, which would normally only be included in the chat function. Mind you, according to the turtle beach support page listed above, this is specifically what it states will happen in windows 7 if the turtle beach headset is listed as default playback device. On a whim, I tried listing the headset as default device, with the exact same results.
I've noticed a few workarounds around on the internet, as I've basically been researching this every day since I've upgraded to see if there's a fix, but none of them work for me, as I don't have the specific audio drivers nor the hardware that they were using in their fixes, and they were fairly specific in their workarounds, not general enough to apply to my situation. The HP website is no help, they said any drivers I get will have to be through the grace of microsoft, as my specific laptop is old enough that they don't even support windows 8, only 7 and vista. I haven't put in a support ticket to turtle beach yet, as I no longer have the purchase information for these headsets, and I keep forgetting to call them during support hours, as they're an east coast company and their phone support is only open to 2pm locally, m-f. I'll set a reminder to call them on monday, and if they have anything to add to this conversation, I'll update then. I've got this page bookmarked, and will be checking in at least daily.
Thanks for any and all help, even if it is just as a condolences. :/ Like I said, the headsets are at least functional, if barely. I can be heard on teamspeak, I can hear in-game voicechat, and I can have multiple things playing at the same time...I can just say, turn down game and music volume, while leaving chat volume high directly from my headset's control box, I have to manually set it from within the programs. Not saying that its infeasible, just more of a PITA when you've gotten used to doing it so easily otherwise.
Here you will find useful tools, utilities and diagnostics software for serial communication, including drivers and user manuals for all our products. |
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5 Steps for Selecting the Right USB to Serial adapter |
Free Useful Tools and Diagnostics Software for Serial Communication | |||
AccessPort 1.37 | COM port terminal software for Windows | AccessPort137.zip | 441KB |
Tera Term | Terminal software alternative 1 for Windows | TeraTerm.zip | 7.32MB |
Putty | Terminal software alternative 2 for Windows | Putty.zip | 444KB |
ZTerm | Terminal software for MAC | ZTerm.zip | 678KB |
RS232 Data Logger | RS232 Data Logger | RS232 Data Logger.zip | 780KB |
Portmon | Monitor Serial and parallel ports | Portmon.zip | 190KB |
Hercules | Advanced Multi port (TCP, COM) terminal software | HerculesSetup.zip | 567KB |
Mitty | (Multi-Threaded TTY) is an easy to use high performance RS-232 serial terminal program. | Mitty.zip | 21.9KB |
YAT | Yat (Yet Another Terminal), Serial COM terminal program | YAT.zip | 1.04MB |
Serial COM Player | This software records and plays back serial data from your computer's serial ports | Serial Player.zip | 160KB |
ezTerm | TCP terminal software | Ezterm.zip | 67.50KB |
Serial Null | Simulates RS232 serial ports connected via virtual null-modem | SerialNull.zip | 563KB |
Serial Remap | Remaps all data from one serial port to another | SerialRemap.zip | 375KB |
Serial Trace | Monitors, displays, logs and analyzes all serial port activity | SerialTrace.zip | 566KB |
SAL232 | Serial port analyzer and logger | Sal232.zip | 262KB |
COM Port Stress Test | Generates a serial stream of data with random comm. settings | Comstresstest.zip | 3.34MB |
COM Port Data Emulator | Emulates a COM port or an Ethernet device, that generates a serial stream of data. The program can create a data flow, wrap it to data packets (RS232, TCP/IP or UDP) and send to a port | ComEmulator.zip | 3.43MB |
RealTerm | Advanced Serial terminal capturing, controlling and debugging | RealTerm.zip | 860KB |
Acrylic WiFi | The Most Advanced WLAN Scanner | Acrylic_WiFi_scanner.zip | 4.21MB |
RemSerial | Virtual COM software for Linux (tested with BF430 and XS1000) | remserial.zip | 9.13KB |
Below are drivers and datasheets for most of our products
Serial RS232, RS485 and RS422 | ||||
Part no. | Description | Processor | Files | Size |
XS202 | RS232 to RS422 port-powered | MAX491 / Philips HEF4093 | Datasheet.pdf | 155KB |
XS201A | RS232 to RS485 port-powered | MAX485E / Philips74HCT14 | Datasheet.pdf | 127KB |
XS203 | RS232 to RS485/422 port-powered | Datasheet.pdf | 134KB | |
XS216 | RS232 to RS485/422 Industrial | Datasheet.pdf | 145KB | |
XS503 | RS232 to RS485 / RS422 Ext Pwr, Iso | Datasheet.pdf | 130KB | |
AN232ISO | RS232 Optical Isolator 3-wire | TLP521 / ICL7660 | Datasheet.pdf | 124KB |
XS2112 | RS232 Optical Isolator 8-wire | Datasheet.pdf | 135KB | |
XS202 | RS232 Repeater | MAX491 / Philips HEF4093 | Datasheet.pdf | 155KB |
USB to Serial RS232 | ||||
Part no. | Description | Processor | Files | Size |
ANU232Mi | USB to RS232 Mini | Prolific PL2303 | Drivers / Datasheets.zip | 4.16MB |
XS882 | USB to RS232 - Mini PRO | FTDI FT232BL | Drivers / Datasheets.zip | 4.16MB |
ANU232STD | USB to RS232 Standard | Prolific PL2303 | Drivers / Datasheets.zip | 4.16MB |
XS8801 | USB to RS232 Professional | FTDI FT232BL | Drivers / Datasheets.zip | 11.0MB |
XS880 | USB to RS232 Ultimate | FTDI FT232BL | Drivers / Datasheets.zip | 11.0MB |
Y-106 | USB to 2 x RS232 | MosChip MCS7820 | Drivers / Datasheets.zip | 8.48MB |
UMC-104 | USB to 4 x RS232 | FTDI FT232BL | Drivers / Datasheets.zip | 11.0MB |
USB to Serial RS485 and RS422 | ||||
Part no. | Description | Processor | Files | Size |
US485MIO | USB to RS485 Mini | SilLabs CP2102 | Drivers / Datasheets.zip | 11.5MB |
MWE820A | USB to RS485/422 Mini | SilLabs CP2102 | Drivers / Datasheets.zip | 11.5MB |
XS885 | USB to RS485/422 Mini Indust. | FTDI FT232RL | Drivers / Datasheets.zip | 11.0MB |
XS850 | USB to RS485 / RS422 Standard | Prolific PL2303 | Drivers / Datasheets.zip | 4.16MB |
XS890 | USB to RS485/422 Professional | FTDI FT232BL | Drivers / Datasheets.zip | 11.0MB |
SN-060519 | USB to RS485 Compact Pro | FTDI FT232BL | Drivers / Datasheets.zip | 11.0MB |
U485G | USB to RS422/485 Isolated | FTDI FT232BL | Drivers / Datasheets.zip | 11.0MB |
MWE820B | USB to RS232/485/422 Isolated | SilLabs CP2102 | Drivers / Datasheets.zip | 11.5MB |
Wireless Serial | ||||
Part no. | Description | Processor | Files | Size |
WA-232B | Serial WiFi Adapter | Broadcom BCM4390 | Utilities + Manuals.zip | 7.52MB |
YSC10U | RS232 Wireless RF 1600 FT | SP232 / LPC922F / CC1101 | Drivers + User Manual.zip | 1.46MB |
YSC30L | RS232/485 Wireless RF 9800 FT | SP232 / LPC921F / CC1101 | Drivers + User Manual.zip | 1.24MB |
UCBT232B | Bluetooth to Serial Adapter | CSR BC04 | User manual + Tera Term.zip | 8.56MB |
UCBT232EXA | Bluetooth to Serial Adapter, Industrial | CSR BC04 | User manual + Tera Term.zip | 8.56MB |
BL34 | External Bluetooth Dongle 100ft | Conwise CW6626 | Drivers Win 98, 2000, XP.zip | 157KB |
ES-388 | External Bluetooth Dongle 300ft | Drivers XP, Vista (32/64-bit).zip | 1.09MB | |
Bluesoleil v.2.3 | Bluetooth admin software. 98/2000/XP/2003, 32-bit. Full | Bluesoleil 2.3.zip | 27MB | |
Toshiba BT Stack | Bluetooth admin software. XP, Vista, 7, 8, 32/64-bit. 30 day Trial | Toshiba BT Stack v91001.zip | 77.9MB |
Serial over Ethernet | ||||
Part no. | Description | Processor | Files | Size |
XS1000 | 1 x Serial to Ethernet Server STD | IC+ IP210T | VCOM + Datasheet, all OS.zip | 18.94MB |
BF430 | 1 x Serial to Ethernet Server PRO | RDC R1610-G | Toolbox.zip | 13.7MB |
HL-SE02P-V1 | 2 x Serial to Ethernet Server Dual | ARM7 | VCOM + User Manual | 5.13KB |
PCI and PC Cards | ||||
Part no. | Description | Processor | Files | Size |
ANPCI232X2 | PCI Serial Card 2 x port | Moschip MSC9865 | Drivers / Datasheets.zip | 3.28MB |
PCIEX2P | PCI Express Serial 2 x port | Moschip MCS9922 | Drivers / Datasheets.zip | 4.78MB |
ANEXPSS1P | Serial ExpressCard 1 x port | Prolific PL2303 | Drivers / Datasheets.zip | 4.16MB |
ANPCM232 | PCMCIA Serial 1 x port | Oxford OXCB950 | Drivers / Datasheets.zip | 1.14MB |