• Midnight Wolf@lemmy.world
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      I can’t, not on this machine - not yet at least. I’m disabled and use a logi g903 that has side buttons on either side that I use to play fps games (I’m left handed only, so finding an ambidextrous gaming mouse with enough side buttons, that I can remap buttons per-application is like 3 options, before adding 🐧 compatability to the list); and I have two sound blaster cards - one for system and game, one for voice chat - that, with either of them in 5.1 mode, the rear, center, and sub channels are incorrect. No fix worked for me :(

      So here I sit, broken hearted, tried to shit but only farted switch but only [got] frustrated 😞

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          Basically, you can’t do 5.1 surround sound (3x 3.5mm) and stereo (headset) + microphone (2x 3.5mm) on the same card. I’ve been using sound cards since like, 2005? And I hate on-board audio chips. I don’t particularly trust the quality (both sound and physical build quality, longevity) of USB-based audio/headsets. Thus I disable the on-board mobo chip and run the two add-on cards.

          I’m like an audiophile but on a shoestring budget, so I work with what I have :p

          It’s the SB AE-5 and SB Z, I’d you’re curious.

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            Thanks for the reply! Thats indeed interesting, and yeah the built in stuff is… not great. The dac itself might be alright but then so much ends up garbage anyway.

            I have a g600 and run Linux, hah, but I had set the mouse to onboard memory and then just… can’t change it now. I was looking at how to do that because windows is dead to me for sure.

            The sound card stuff is certainly a blast from the past. Haven’t thought about sound blaster in many years!

            Linux is ready and great for most people I think, but yeah to your point, the stranger the setup, the more difficult a time you are set for!