Listen to one, play another?

[JonPyle]

Lonman on KaraokeScene said there was a way to hook up a second sound card and headphones to listen to a song while another is playing. Can someone explain in detail what I need to do inorder to do this?

[Roy Dennis]

First of you have to have a second sound card attached, I have a sound blaster usb card. After attaching the card open Hoster/tools/Audio Control, in the dialog is a playlist audio card showing should be your standard windows card, under that is a search audio card selection, you select the 2nd audio card here and press OK.

After doing the above when you open the search dialog you should see another volume slider and play button appear, if you have a pair of headphones plugged into your 2nd audio card you should be able to hear the selected song in the search dialog playing using these controls. Be prepared to wait a short while as it does not utilize the RS and you have to wait for the silent intro part to pass before you hear anything.

[JonPyle]

Sweet, thanks...Very handy when doing DJ. I don't suppose theres a way to mix that in without having silence. Really It's the only drawback we have with Hoster...

[Roy Dennis]

If they are just mp3 then they usually play right away, it's karaoke files that sometimes have quite intro part.

[JonPyle]

I was Looking at the Syba USB Stereo Sound Adapter. Would that work also?

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Syba-USB-2...ngMethod=rr#rr

[Roy Dennis]

Sounds alright, I suppose at that price it's worth a try. Let us know if you get it, I might try one myself.

[a2kmike]

Originally Posted by JonPyle

I was Looking at the Syba USB Stereo Sound Adapter. Would that work also?

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Syba-USB-2...ngMethod=rr#rr

I have a couple of these...they work fine...but I would check online for a better price...as I remember I paid somewhere around $8 or $9 even w shipping it's still cheaper than walmart...plus it's delivered to your door...


look here...@ cyberyguys......http://www.cyberguys.com/product-det...roductid=36380

[JonPyle]

Well I got it today, installed the card, it shows up in the sound playback window, but Hosters search audio card window stays gray even after a reboot...What am I missing?

Jon

[Roy Dennis]

When you view it in the Windows Sounds Playback tab does it show as "Ready or Disabled" ? if disabled right click it to enable but don't make it the default device.
You have to start Hoster after installing it. It won't initiate in the Hoster Audio sound card window if Hoster is enabled while you plug it in.

[JonPyle]

Ok I got it, next problem. Why don't audio tracks play? My karaoke tracks play fine...

Jon

[Roy Dennis]

Are your audio tracks imported into Hoster or are you using the audio button ?

[JonPyle]

Their imported into Hoster, numbered 8000 thru 8435.

Jon

[Roy Dennis]

I rarely use the feature myself but I'll hook it up and try it, may take me an hour or so as I have it fixed up in my rig that I don't use indoors so have to go and dismantle it from there.
Check back in an hour and I'll let you know if it works on my audio files.

[Roy Dennis]

You are right, just tried it and only works on karaoke tracks. I thought it worked on audio as well. Perhaps it did at one time, have to see if anyone else can answer that point.

Might be worth submitting a New features request.