Game sounds when using Ventrilo

[puller]

When I key up Vent, my game sounds are loud and clear to everyone...now not necessarily all of them...as I have things like engine sounds and such that can be totally overwhelming turned down to where I can hear them...just not very loud...

In a fight if I key up to scream break to someone and I get shot (I have the gun sounds and hit sounds at a level where I know I'm being shot at) the sound of me getting hit is so loud and clear that the other guys think they are being shot...

Was on the ground the other day BSing and the vulch was on...the sound of the hits on the ground around me and the bullets that hit me, made JD break so hard he augered...

I have messed with every setting that I possibly thought would stop this...(not that I am some sort of computer guru) to no avail...

I don't have my headset turned up all that loud...and I don't have the mic inside of the earpiece...

Help....

Oh...yeah...my headset is cheap...but good...I'm poor...

[Bizman]

I've never used Ventrilo, but based on what I've learned about other voice messaging programs here's some ideas:

First a question: Is Vent always on, triggered by sound or triggered by a tangent?

If Vent controls the input sound level automatically it tends to increase the mic gain during silent moments. Then when you start speaking it takes some time for it to readjust for your speaking level, causing even a whisper being heard loud. Or in this case a hit sound.

Depending on your headphone design and the level of the hit sounds they may leak to the microphone. My headphones are semi-open and although I don't play them too loud my kids say they can hear them in the other room! So when the channel is open every sound that can be heard in that room will go into the mic. Another explanation is that your cheap headset resonates the hit sounds from the ear cup to the mic boom, especially if the mic side speaker element is a little bit loose inside the ear cup. And yet another explanation is that there's something wrong with the internal wiring of your headphones.

[puller]

I have a button that activates it...

It's possible it is bleeding through to the mic...that's what I have been telling myself anyway...I cannot test this theory due to being poor and unable to buy a better set....although this is the second set of these headphones (headset) I have bought...they sound great and the mic is clear...the first pair crapped out because the cord would wrap around my stick and my knee, when I moved the cord would go tight and nearly jerk them off my head (made sure with this set I fixed the issue  )

Also I didn't have the Vent server for us during the lifespan of the first set...

The input level is a set parameter...turning it down only makes me softer and the games sounds that bleed through to be softer...I could just do this but me talking louder to the strangers on the computer only increases the lethality of the wife ack   

[Bizman]

You can try some very affordable (read: free) methods to test if there's bleeding through structural issues.

Every Windows version has an app called Sound Recorder. Up to and including Win7 it's under Start>All programs>Accessories>Sound Recorder but the Search function works too. Anyhow, start recording. Say what you're doing in your normal gaming voice, like "Left ear cup" and then tap the said location with an increasing force pattern. Repeat for the other cup, the head band, the mic boom and even the cord. Listen to your recording to find out if there's a problematic area. Very rudimentary, but that should tell you if there's something fishy with the wiring or a loose speaker element (that can be fixed by opening the ear cup and adding some hot glue or epoxy).

[puller]

Awesome Bizman....I will try this....

[morfiend]

Puller,

  I'd check the vent settings,you might be able to "mute" the back ground sounds. It's been awhile since I've used vent but I seem to recall several check boxes,like whisper mode or the link and it would stop the mic from picking up game sounds.

   I could be wrong but it would hurt to check....