A quick setup walk-through
Basic information
USB mics are designed to eliminate the need for an external sound card, and a significant portion of the cost of a USB mic is dedicated to its built-in sound card. There's no need to bypass the internal one and spend extra on external ones, like the SC8 or the previous model, SC3.
No, we're sorry that this SC8 audio mixer comes with the type-c to type-a cable and 3.5mm TRS to 3.5mm TRS cable.
Yes, the same as its predecessor SC3, this SC8 also has an XLR combo 6.35mm port, so you can use either an XLR or a 6.35mm mic with it.
⚠️But note that:
1️⃣Since XLR condenser mics need 48V power through the XLR connector, please make sure you use the XLR to XLR cables(⚠️not included) for connection.
2️⃣SC8 audio mixer provides 50dB gain, so when you use a dynamic mic that needs more than that and you think the audio is a bit low, you may need a cloudlifter to boost the gain.
Yes, definitely, it's one of the biggest changes from its predecessor SC3 model!
PS5✔️ for sure. But make sure you switch the mode to PS4.
Xbox❌ is a no-no. Third-party USB audio devices aren't allowed to work with Xbox, this SC8 is no exception.
Though if you only use it as an output device, with the equipped optical input, you can hook it up to your headphones or speakers.
Even with the software, we really don't recommend using it for that purpose, since the USB port on the SC8 only outputs the mixed audio. It's just not built for a dual setup in the first place.
But if you really want to try it out, it's also quite easy to set it up.
1️⃣Plug the mixer to the gaming PC through USB.
2️⃣Next, if your streaming computer is a PC, you can use the included audio cable to connect the line-out of SC3 to the mic jack of your PC.
3️⃣If it's a gaming laptop, then you still need to find a TRS to TRRS 3.5mm audio cable. And that's all.
But the problem is that when you're connecting your streaming PC with a line-out jack, you can't hear sound back from your streaming, like the Twitch notification or something. If you're connecting the mixer with a streaming PC through USB, you can send and hear audio back from it, then the problem is that you can't chat with your friends on the gaming PC or chat with them, but they hear the echo sound of the game.
1️⃣You need to connect the A40 headset to the SC8 headset port.
2️⃣And instead of using the included cable, you need to buy a TRS to TRRS cord to plug the TRS end to the SC3 line-out while the TRRS end to the Mixamp headset port. But please lower the Mixamp input volume.
3️⃣The setting of the Mixamp on PC or PS4/5 remains the same.
But we don't recommend buying the SC8 if you only want to use the change voice feature and already own a Mixamp. The setup will become so complicated and make not much sense.
As a rule of thumb, you can check if your headsets meet the aspects below to get an idea of whether the SC8 will work. If you're not quite sure, feel free to contact us at web@fifine.cc
✔️3.5mm Wired Headsets for sure. Just plug it into the headset port of the SC8.
3.5mm Wired Headsets with a DAC. In most cases, they should work as long as your DAC has a 3.5mm headset port as well as a line-in or AUX input.
❌Wireless headsets/❌Wireless headsets with a DAC/❌Wired headsets but no 3.5mm connector are all no-no.
Installation & Setup
1. Check if the SC8 mixer is set up as default input and output device in both systen sound and software audio setting.
2. Make sure that the mic is not muted, in which the RGB around the mic volume dial doesn't turn on red light, and the dial isn't all the way down to zero.
3. Turn on the MIC MONITOR. After that the button will keep solid white light.
4. If a headset is connected to the headset port while the mic is plugged into the XLR port, headset will take the priority of audio input. Thus, if you don't the headset mic audio, just plug the headset into the headphone port instead for listening purpose.
5. Check whether your mic need 48V phantom power or not. If yes, then turn on the phantom power with the 48V button, in which it will turn on white.
Just use the included 3.5mm TRS to TRS cable to connect between the headphone jack of phones or iPads. But make sure it must be the cable with two black poles on each end.
A. Recording Step. If you want to record audio:
1. Long press the button until the it turns on white light, means that recording starts.
2. Keep pressing and holding the button.
3. Release from the button to end the recording. Or the recording will automatically stop when it's over 15 seconds.
B. Playback Step.
If you want to playback the audio, short press the CUSTOM button. When the white light flashes, indicating that the customized recording audio is playing.
If the white light does NOT flash, indicating that there is no recorded audio to play.
Note: CUSTOM buttons have functions of recording and playback ONLY. They can NOT be set as any other functions, such as shortcut keys of the programs on the computer.
You can control the game/chat audio ratio on the sc8 when it's connected to a PS4 if your device has an optical output, you can follow the setup steps we provided in the product's guide. As for the PS5,its system already has this feature.