On Xbox the game chat mix is built into the console. What the headsets can do is to send the balance / fader information to the Xbox. In Penrose X, the default mode for the roller button was mic gain. If you click and rotate it will adjust the balance.
With Maxwell, this behavior has been modified based on feedback. The default behavior of the rotary button is to adjust the game-chat mix.
The Xbox (and also Playstation version) dongle on Maxwell has a switch in addition for use with PC. When you plug the dongle in a PC, it appears as two different end points. i.e. it appears as two audio devices on PC and Mac. The first one is Maxwell Game and the second one is Maxwell Chat. The applications can choose either of the two audio devices to playback. The rotary button adjusts the balance between the two audio devices/end points.
In short: Game/Chat balance on Xbox is simply done by adjusting the lower wheel (chat/communicattion wheel) up and down. On Penrose, you had to click the wheel in and then adjust, because we used to have microphone output volume as the default action. This is no longer needed on Maxwell because it utilizes automatic gain control (adjusts microphone volume automatically).
With Maxwell, this behavior has been modified based on feedback. The default behavior of the rotary button is to adjust the game-chat mix.
The Xbox (and also Playstation version) dongle on Maxwell has a switch in addition for use with PC. When you plug the dongle in a PC, it appears as two different end points. i.e. it appears as two audio devices on PC and Mac. The first one is Maxwell Game and the second one is Maxwell Chat. The applications can choose either of the two audio devices to playback. The rotary button adjusts the balance between the two audio devices/end points.
In short: Game/Chat balance on Xbox is simply done by adjusting the lower wheel (chat/communicattion wheel) up and down. On Penrose, you had to click the wheel in and then adjust, because we used to have microphone output volume as the default action. This is no longer needed on Maxwell because it utilizes automatic gain control (adjusts microphone volume automatically).
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