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This isn't usually something done by a cable alone, what you're looking for is a Audio Mixer, think a mini version of a recording booth panel that takes multiple sources and merges the signals.

Something like this but in stock: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0824Q3WY8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glc_fabc_ZBJDK946WH7DE5EXWEK8

Depends on what input / outputs you need. I've never needed one so can't be more help than just pointing you in the right direction.

Voice going to the PC might be a seperate issue. A seperate cheaper standalone mic could work.

This eventually won't be a problem though. Sony just announced a major investment into Discord, and Discord will be intergrated into the PS Operating System next year. Until then a mixers probably your best bet.

Throwing this here since I can't make a thread for it

I'm hoping to find a way to have both my Switch when its docked and my laptop's audio come through my headset (Logitech Pro X). I'd like to be able to use Discord while playing Splatoon 3 when that drops.

Has anyone found a way to do this well? Since my laptop only has one 3.5mm jack port, the "plug into the mic port" trick simply wont work.

I was looking at one of these mixers but I've never used one before, If anyone has used them before, is there a good product you would recommend?

I blew out the audio port on my laptop using passive mixing like this. Worked fine for a year though.

There are USB audio ports that are almost passthrough.(need one handshake to tell the system which protocol to use)

Used the USB audio port until I got a cheap-ish active mixer Maker hart Just Mixer S. Battery mode had a buzz even below 100%(I think the dials go to 200%?)and the "Out" port didn't seem to do anything, but USB power fixes the buzz and headphone icon out port work great.

If you see another active mixer with the same features for the same price I'd recommend trying that. A higher quality one would be ideal but they get expensive.

Maker hart Just Mixer S - 3 Channel 3.5mm Stereo Input/Output Mini Audio Mixer Battery/USB Powered Portable Pocket Audio Mixer https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0824Q3WY8/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_A192NPK2CX06RGEQPYTW?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

I use this for my volcas

This is the way people: one headset with multiple inputs.

Maker hart Just Mixer S - 3 Channel 3.5mm Stereo... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0824Q3WY8

Buy three male to male 3.5mm jacks to go from 3 different computers into one headphone set. Individual volume controls allow me to listen to three meetings at once.

I also bought three lapel microphones with their own mute button. Simple, and more importantly, separate.

WAY smaller than that. Like I said. It's just for monitoring. Don't need it or want it to do more than rhat.

I found this on Amazon and it's really all I need but for $35 it looks cheap as hell. It's all I've been able to find though.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0824Q3WY8/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?_encoding=UTF8&aaxitk=507fa096a3a499adc84a4c68bfdaf4d5&hsa_cr_id=2207748590501&pd_rd_plhdr=t&pd_rd_r=e6123260-10db-4ed4-95f8-ebe9d9842c50&pd_rd_w=hzdO0&pd_rd_wg=...

I think your description is a little muddled. Headphones are sound only, nothing to do with a microphone/calling. A headset is both speakers and a mic. What kind of jack is your headset?

Typically a mixer is what you're looking for, if you just wanted audio only. Something like this has 3 inputs and one output, meaning you could hear sound from your laptop and phone but doesn't help with the mic situation. For that it gets more complicated and we'd need to know what kind of headset you're working with realistically.

https://www.amazon.com/Maker-hart-Just-Mixer-Portable/dp/B0824Q3WY8/ref=sr\_1\_1\_sspa

I used to use a little mixer like this one. The amp goes in one channel, the PC audio into a second channel, then you mix them together to listen through the headphones.

A little stereo mixer like this would do the job.

Connecting through the line-in port on your mobo should work as long as you enable 'Listen to this device' and choose your DAC in the 'Playback through this device:' dropdown, but that often adds a little delay, which you probably don't want.

You're not getting audio through DisplayPort when you're using the Fiio e10k connected to your monitor, you're getting audio through USB.

Since the Switch isn't connected via USB to the monitor's built-in USB hub, no USB device connected through the monitor's built-in USB hub will ever be available to the Switch.

The easiest option would be to eliminate the e10k, start using DP for audio on the PC, get an amplifier with a line input, and connect it to the headphone port on the monitor. When you switch sources on the monitor, the audio from the selected source will play through the headphone port, and in turn through the amp and your headphones.

You could also use a stereo mixer like this. Connect the headphones to the output port on the mixer, and connect cables from both the headphone port on the monitor and the headphone port on the e10k to two of the input ports on the mixer. You'll still only hear audio from the Switch when the HDMI input is selected, but you'll probably always be able to hear PC audio, and you'll be able to adjust volume for each source independently.

Yeah sure. You just need to get a mixer, you can get a standard 1/4" audio mixer and buy the adapters to go from 1/4" to 3.5mm or you can get something like this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0824Q3WY8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_BERSM1VM5Z6E7Y6WZMFX it's already 3.5mm standard. So you'd just 2 aux cords, 1 going from your pc to your mixer and 1 going from your controller to your mixer. Both of those would plug into the "audio in" ports and then you just plug your headset into the "audio out" or "headset" port. If you get any feedback from doing this you will need to get what's called a ground loop isolator. Then you'll be able to hear both simultaneously and still chat in party

would this work?

Grab this and you can combine your laptop audio and PS4 audio into one while being able to adjust the sound level of each source. You will need to split your mic and audio from your laptop before they go into the mixer then reconnect the mic and audio with another splitter after the mixer using a coupler.

A micro mixer will give you the best results and can be found fairly cheaply.

I use this one, it's tiny and works great:

Maker hart Just Mixer S - 3 channel 3.5mm stereo input/output Mini Audio Mixer Battery/USB Powered Portable Pocket Audio Mixer https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0824Q3WY8/

As others have stated, you can also route the switch audio through your PC and get decent results.

Awesome, good to know. Thank you. One last thing if you don’t mind, could you give me some examples with like amazon links? Just so I don’t end up purchasing the wrong thing?

Would this work?

Maker hart Just Mixer S - 3 channel 3.5mm stereo input/output Mini Audio Mixer Battery/USB Powered Portable Pocket Audio Mixer https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0824Q3WY8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Kr1CFb738WYD3

You mean like an audio mixer?

https://www.amazon.com/Maker-hart-Just-Mixer-Portable/dp/B0824Q3WY8/

Audio mixer. multi-input to one output

https://www.amazon.com/Maker-hart-Just-Mixer-Portable/dp/B0824Q3WY8?ref_=ast_sto_dp

this is a basic one, there are others with more bells and whistles.

What you're looking for is a mixer. Note: I have not tried this. on my setup, I have an audio interface and an XLR microphone, which sounds like it's more expensive than what you want to do. Maybe try something like this?https://www.amazon.com/Maker-hart-Just-Mixer-Portable/dp/B0824Q3WY8/ref=sr_1_8?crid=5GMLUR6UMGOP&keywords=8mm+mixer+2+input&qid=1647883705&sprefix=8mm+mixer+2+input%2Caps%2C107&sr=8-8

She's using the splitter incorrectly and may have damaged one or more of the devices. Splitters are for taking the sound from one device and playing it on two devices, e.g. speakers and headphones, or two pairs of headphones. You should not be using a splitter to take sound from two devices and send it to one device. The appropriate tool for that job is a mixer. There are active mixers, which include an amplifier and can raise or lower the audio level from individual devices, either to match the output volumes or just to your preference. There are also passive mixers, which don't require power, but can only reduce the volume from each source for matching.

Also something like this would work.

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Maker-hart-Just-Mixer-Portable/dp/B0824Q3WY8?ref\_=ast\_sto\_dp

I think you're looking for something like this.

The simple version would be to get a 3.5mm mixer

Hart Just Mixer S

A audio mixer would be an easier setup.

Just plug all your devices into this or this, and then plug your headphones into the output port.

A 3.5mm cable from the Switch to something like a 3.5 to USB-C adapter could work. But you would need some sort of audio software to mix your new input with the normal laptop speaker output going to your headphones.

> An in-between adapter to fix any looping/static noises?

For this you would need some kind of ground loop isolator.

If you're using wired headphones, a stereo mixer like this is the correct solution. If you're using wireless headphones, you'll have to find a software solution to pull audio from one PC to the other, or you could wire both devices into the mixer and then use a bluetooth transmitter to connect your headphones.

Microphone is another question, might be easier or more complicated depending on your microphone. You can use a simple Y cable if you have a headset with a separate microphone plug. For headsets with combo plugs, you'd probably have to use a combination of mixer, headset splitter, and Y cable. Bluetooth headset will pretty much require some software solution.

Thanks! That post was quite instructive.

Actually, it was for balanced lines. I'm not sure how that would work with consumer-level 3.5mm stereo jacks.

I've found this one product that would work (it's just a very small active mixer): https://www.amazon.com/Maker-hart-Just-Mixer-Portable/dp/B0824Q3WY8/ref=pd_rhf_se_p_img_8?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=FJ54AZNBJYC4KKK3V74A Maker Hart Just Mixer S.

However, since I've already gone halfway through the process, I'm still curious about any feedback on the op amp solution.

Found one that seems reasonable: https://www.amazon.com/Maker-hart-Just-Mixer-Portable/dp/B0824Q3WY8/

You need a mini mixer. Hart makes a few different options.

The correct tool for this job is a simple stereo mixer, e.g. https://www.amazon.com/Maker-hart-Just-Mixer-Portable/dp/B0824Q3WY8.

Over the network? Not really without some delay and I've never seen it really work. But you said it's on the desk next to your gaming computer. You can wire the raspberry pi audio out into the computers audio in. Or buy a little 2 channel stereo mixer to put before your speakers. https://www.amazon.com/Maker-hart-Just-Mixer-Portable/dp/B0824Q3WY8/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=2+channel+stereo+mixer&qid=1618457220&sr=8-9 or the like.

If you wire the pi into the PC you'll have to turn the audio input on and use the computers mixer (or an additional mixer app) to get it to play while you're playing a game, but it is doable with the right software.

The MS is great, but probably not recommended as headphone amp.

What I use is the Maker Hart Just Mixer S, which is a tiny battery or USB powered 3x2 stereo channel mixer. It's a bit pricey new, but I picked up one on Ebay for about half price. It sounds great provided you give it a decent power supply via battery, USB powerbank or a quality isolated supply. It has 3 x 3.5mm stereo inputs and separate output and headphone outs.
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Maker-hart-Just-Mixer-Portable/dp/B0824Q3WY8/

Problem is likely that the audio jack on the dock lives on a USB sound card that's separate from the Realtek audio controller built into the laptop. Easiest solution is probably to just move that cable from the dock to the combo jack on the laptop, tell Realtek that jack is for 'line in', and be done.

As an alternative solution that's more complicated but lets you keep the aux cable in the dock, you could try to get Virtual Audio Cable working.

My preferred solution is to make it as janky as possible and not mess with software at all, instead using a cheapo hardware stereo mixer like this one.

You're thinking of an audio mixer. Here's a cheap one I found on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Maker-hart-Just-Mixer-Portable/dp/B0824Q3WY8/ref=sr_1_10

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Also, if your PC has a line-in jack(not mic-in) you can plug your PS4 audio out into that and then use the Windows audio mixer. (Though you may need an RCA to 3.5mm adapter)

(Budget $20-$50)

Hello, so I want to use my arctis 7s with my PC and my tv at the same time, Pc to play games obviously and the TV so I can watch stuff in the background. The solution for this would to simply get an audio mixer but the transmitter for the arctis 7 needs a USB to connect it would it be as simple as buying a mixer and a 3.5mm to USB adaptor or would it be more complicated than that? I only need 3 inputs

Mixer I am looking at (open to suggestions)

adaptor I am looking at

I am not sure if these will work together but I am making sure

(both of the inputs need to be 3.5mm)

Habe you considered using a portable mixer? Example.

You need a small mixer like this

Behringer do a similar one. Google “3.5mm mixer” and you’ll be golden.

Something like this Maker Hart mixer would likely be ideal for your situation.