How can I have sidetone with in ear headphones and a standalone mic?

[Blackdima]

I need a mic to talk to friends when I am playing games, but I hate using over the ear headsets; for me, they are uncomfortable, they give me a headache, and they hurt my ears after a while. My problem is that over the ear headsets are the only way I know of to have a sidetone, I cannot use a headset without a sidetone. I would much rather use my earbuds/in-ear headphones.

 

My question is what do I need to be able to use in-ear headphones and still have a sidetone so I can hear myself? I tried to figure it out myself but I know absolutely nothing about this sort of thing. I don't really want to spend a lot on this, whatever is cheapest will be good enough for me.

[Macimoar]

Try this, It may or may not work, but I don't really see any reason why they wouldn't.

When they say, "Click the headset you would like to test" I think, in your case, you'd select your stand alone mic. When you apply the changes, it should pipe whatever your mic picks up into your earbuds.

 

[Blackdima]

5 minutes ago, Macimoar said:

Try this, It may or may not work, but I don't really see any reason why they wouldn't.

When they say, "Click the headset you would like to test" I think, in your case, you'd select your stand alone mic. When you apply the changes, it should pipe whatever your mic picks up into your earbuds.

 

The Windows sidetone has a delay and I have not been able to get rid of it. I tried some drivers that were supposed to get rid of the delay, but from what I understand it is not possible for me to get a 0 latency sidetone using Windows alone. I think I need hardware besides just a mic, so here I am.

[Macimoar]

What kind of microphone do you have? I know the Blue Yeti microphone has a 3.5mm port for mic monitoring, and from what I've heard there's not any latency. Maybe your mic has one too?

[Blackdima]

1 minute ago, Macimoar said:

What kind of microphone do you have? I know the Blue Yeti microphone has a 3.5mm port for mic monitoring, and from what I've heard there's not any latency. Maybe your mic has one too?

I am just using a logitech headset right now since it is all I have, but I don't like it. The Yeti mic monitoring is most promising thing I have seen so far, but I was hoping to avoid spending that much money. I will if I have to, but I feel like there has to be a cheaper way. Thank you for that suggestion