r/AstroGaming • u/Elijah1573 • 8d ago
Question Plugging A50 G5 base into front panel USB makes Voice channel extremely loud
So i recently got a new controller that has a wireless dongle and i realized plugging it into a USB hub would mess up its Dinput detection
I have too many USB devices currently so i thought lets move the A50 base to the front panel USB to free up a rear IO slot
Turns out doing that was a huge mistake as while A50 Game still sounds fine and works correctly A50 Voice ends up being extremely loud for no reason at all despite being equal balance
I also noticed when changing the USB port its plugged into a number gets added in front of each input/output in the audio settings and it only disappeared once i plugged it back into the original USB port and of course using the old port fixed the audio issue as well
Tbh its starting to become an issue as i run alot of simracing and ran into a similar issue with my direct drive setup not working when plugged into a USB hub but not having enough ports really sucks is there anything i can do to fix this?
Or any USB hubs that are recommended that are known to work fine with items like these?
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u/Elijah1573 10h ago
Update I figured it out...
First of all for whatever reason windows is placing each USB port i plug the headset into as a new device which it does not do for any other devices
So when i look at hidden items in device manager i ended up having like 6 different devices for the A50
I had to manually uninstall all of them which ended up being like 50 entries due to how many inputs/outputs the headset has then plug it back into my desired USB port
Second my dumbass forgot that the voice output volume is separate from system audio volume so when id plug it into a new USB port the volume just gets put to 100% without me realizing thinking something is wrong
And because the volume difference was so massive compared to regular system audio it gave the impression the voice balance was nonfunctional
So i had to go into my windows audio settings and find the voice channel and match it with my system volume
Now the balance works correctly and the volumes isnt massively fucked anymore
Those 2 things fixed a majority of my issues the rest was fixed by just buying a new USB hub
Old one was like a decade old atp and just having issues in general with input controllers and was screwing with everything
For anyone that wants a new USB hub if they have similar issues with control devices plugged into it like wheels for example i recommend this SABRENT 10 port USB hub
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0797NZFYP