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MassDerp
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Jul 5, 2016
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DigitalRonyn
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Creative Labs
Jul 8, 2016
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MassDerpHey MassDerp, I'm curious what settings you're talking about in regards to the modes. If you get some time please fire us a mail at socialmedia@creativelabs.com with any info...I can have the driver / engineering folks look into adjusting this or at the very least getting a reason as to why these limitations are in place. We've made several feature additions and adjustments based on feedback from here as well as Headfi.org, etc so I'd love to get any additional feedback you might have over to the engineering team! Thanks!
MassDerp
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Jul 9, 2016
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DigitalRonynAh, it's not as confusing as I thought. I have my audio going into the X7 LE via USB and when using the Direct Mode, the Audio gets a lot quieter and more "clearer"(less distortion) from the source. Adding the SPDIF in turns off the microphones (which now a hover state explains.) When using skype or looking at outputs there's several labels that aren't explained. (Like what SPDIF does, thought that might be user error on my part.) Microphone input is also confusing with the various choices. Sometimes I'll think I've got the right setup and Windows will forget the setup or I'll have to switch audio sources again in the menu.
So like I said, 20 mintues of fiddling.
The other thing that was confusing was that I couldn't seem to use the LE's included high power supply with the E-MU's recommended resistance setting. (there's no reasoning as to why, fiddling with it manually to 4 and turning the high power setting off made a noticeable drop in volume.)
I guess my "Cons" were mostly feeling that the directions were more of coddling than respectful. "Do it this way because we told you to" instead of "Don't do that because it's moot."
Either way most headaches on my part were resolved with just challenging my own user error.
So like I said, 20 mintues of fiddling.
The other thing that was confusing was that I couldn't seem to use the LE's included high power supply with the E-MU's recommended resistance setting. (there's no reasoning as to why, fiddling with it manually to 4 and turning the high power setting off made a noticeable drop in volume.)
I guess my "Cons" were mostly feeling that the directions were more of coddling than respectful. "Do it this way because we told you to" instead of "Don't do that because it's moot."
Either way most headaches on my part were resolved with just challenging my own user error.
MassDerp
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Aug 1, 2016
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HypoxisSorry for the late reply (summer vacation) I haven't really gotten the headphone mode to work. And Direct Mode alone for the speakers also turns off the built in Dual mics. So I'm banking that doing Direct Mode for the headphones will have a similar effect.
MassDerp
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Aug 31, 2016
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HypoxisHey! Sorry about not replying sooner.
To answer your question:
No. The mic does not pick up anything in direct mode for either Speakers or headphones. From my experience with the x7 Limited edition, you need to turn off direct mode (both of them) to use the microphone.
To answer your question:
No. The mic does not pick up anything in direct mode for either Speakers or headphones. From my experience with the x7 Limited edition, you need to turn off direct mode (both of them) to use the microphone.
rhenom
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Sep 18, 2016
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MassDerpI got this product in a previous drop and I wasn't aware that the direct mode disabled the mic in. Naturally I was confused when I went to use the mic in later and nothing happened. Good that it works now, the mic control options are quite robust. This thing is basically the swiss army knife of audio solutions. Still very satisfied.
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This deal was the best I could find for US for this particular product, and the Limited Edition came with more of a boost to the audio. (It comes with the higher end power supply too) After installing the appropriate drivers into windows 10, hooking up the x7 via Usb to micro, and fiddling with the software to say it was using the E-MU XM7 Speakers, I have to game at 2% output from the computer, 4% is kinda loud when playing DOOM and 8% results in my ears ringing...
I'm kinda afraid to crank it past 20% in this configuration, let alone 100% and I look forward to listening to this with the Purpleheart Fostex. I'll update and try to respond to responses that want to know more about this product now that I own and actively use it on my computer.
Edit: My only gripes are the settings, there's a few things that are unclear with the manual: For example you can't use certain modes in conjunction with others. Like boosting the quality of the speakers and being able to use the microphones at the same time. They have to be set back to a more defaulted setting if you want to use the speakers and microphone at the same time for a VOIP call.
Also there's several outputs on this device that the computer will display and choosing the right one gives different options in the software as well. So that also can get confusing. That said, after about 20 minutes of fiddling you can get something that sounds really impressive.