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@hazeyez Sorry for the late reply, but you do need a TRRS to TRS splitter, like the one @keskparane linked, in order for everything with your headset to work properly. It won't work right with the one you linked in your original post.

@hazeyez Loudness of the mic could be affected by an improper connector. But for now, let's assume it's correct. You'll want to right click the speakers icon on your computer and then either click on recording devices or sounds then switch to the recording tab on the window that pops up. Right click on where your headset's microphone is listed and then click properties. Then switch to the levels tab and see if you can raise the levels slider or number any higher. If it's already maxed to 100 or the volume of the mic is still too low, then you probably need a different connector. It may also be that your headset's microphone is defective If the above didn't help, it would help to know your specific model of headset if you can list that, or show a picture of it and its plug. Even knowing it has 2 ears, I still can't deduce whether it's a TRS headset or TRRS.

You may want to try unplugging some things to see if the static goes away, and if it does, try plugging it elsewhere.

Well the obvious thing to say would be PowerPoint or perhaps Prezi, but I suppose maybe you're looking for something free. Prezi can be used free if you don't mind the presentation being public and you'd be limited to 100MB of resources You could get a free trial of a program called SongShowPlus or ProPresenter, but after the trial is up, you'll have to either pay for the software or have a watermark over the presentation. SongShowPlus has a lot of effects to use. ProPresenter doesn't have as much, but can still make something nice, and with less effort. There's also Google Slides, but I don't know if that can do any impressive transitions like you're hoping to create, but worth looking into if you haven't already.

I don't own one, but it seems after looking it up that it needs to be plugged into a USB 3.0 port. So just to be sure, is it plugged into a USB 3.0 port? And if so, have you tried plugging it into a different USB 3.0 port you might have and/or unplugging other things connected to a USB 3.0 port?

I'm afraid I can't think of anything else that is likely to be the issue since it seems it's just an audacity issue. But if it doesn't work, you could try right clicking on your audio icon and choosing sounds, then go to the playback tab, then right click on your speaker/headphone device and select properties, then click on levels, and then click on the balance button and make sure the numbers are equal for both Left and Right. edit: also check the recording tab and check your recording device balance levels as well, this probably should be checked first instead of playback device.

Whether it's set to mono or stereo, it should still play out of both left and right speakers. Make sure the pan is set in the center:

I think the issue here is whether your headset was made to have stereo audio or if it's just a 1 ear headset with just 1 chanel or mono audio. Saying it was a Turtle Beach Headset wasn't specific enough. Headsets that have a speaker for each ear instead of just one ear, typically have a TRRS connector so that it has stereo audio. But a 1 ear headset just might use a TRS connector. To have full functionality of 2 ear stereo headset, then you would've needed a cable with a female TRRS connector, otherwise a 1 ear headset might work fully with a cable like the one you have.

Voicemeeter Banana & Equalizer APO They don't offer real time sound effects or key/octave changes like Realtek Audio Manager does, but for audio routing and equalizer, these two programs do it well.

Alternatively, you can buy a bunch for cheap from Monoprice with the expectation that they're gonna break sometime.

I'm not certain that this will help, but on your computer try setting your playback and recording settings for your device to the highest bit rate and sample rate that it supports (which seems to be 24bit/192kHz), or something higher/different than what you currently have it set to. I have heard some noise or strange things can occur with a DAC when its playback/recording is left on the default 44100 Hz and it supports a higher sample rate. Another thing thing you might want to try is disconnecting other things plugged in via USB, or plugging your interface into a different USB slot. Your processor/mobo might not be able to handle all the particular USB connections very well at the same time.

Right click the volume icon in the system tray and select playback devices. Then find where your DAC is listed and right click it. Click on Configure Speakers, and you can choose mono or stereo from there.

This alone might be good enough depending on your headphones: UCA202: https://www.amazon.ca/Ultra-Low-Latency-Interface-Digital-Output/dp/B000KW2YEI/ For more details about whether the headphone out would be a good pair for your headphones or not, you can read this review about the UCA202 here: http://nwavguy.blogspot.com/2011/02/behringer-uca202-review.html Could pair with this if the headphone out from the UCA202 doesn't or won't sound right with your headphones: Lepy LP-2020A: https://www.amazon.ca/Lepy-LP-2020A-Class-D-Amplifier-Supply/dp/B00V9AYMZ4/ edit: Woops, just read that you said it shouldn't have an amplifier inside, so the next best thing might be the cheapest compact mixer you can find to pair with the UCA202, or get another UCA202 and get an rca to 3.5 mm adapter.

Microsoft mouses are better than Logitech's when it comes to similar price points.

I think Cinebench is his favorite game.