You may have tried switching your playback device (output) in Windows and noticed that it always reverts back to FxSound Speakers when our software is running. Switching your playback device in Windows will actually swap to that device, but it must pass through our app so that we can process the audio on your device.
If you want to change your playback device, it’s best to do so through the FxSound app.
Changing Playback Devices with Keyboard Shortcuts
1) Ctrl + Shift + D or Ctrl + Shift + A
That’s it! I told you it was easy. If you want to switch back. And if you want to continue cycling through playback devices, press Ctrl + Shift + (A or D) until you get to the playback device you’re looking for.
Changing Playback Devices in FxSound
1) Open FxSound
2) Click on the playback devices drop down
3) Click on your desired Playback Device
Changing Playback Device in the System Tray
1) Open the System Tray (up arrow usually at the bottom right of your desktop.
2) Right click the FxSound Icon
3) Hover over “Playback Device Select”
4) Select your playback device
In the latest release v1.1.26.0 a new feature to select preferred output device has been added.
The preferred output device can be selected from FxSound settings. It can also be selected by passing the device name through command line option --output. For example
FxSound.exe --output="<speaker name>"
The preferred device feature functions as follows,
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If preferred device is selected and it is connected during FxSound launch, then audio playback will be through the preferred device.
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If preferred device is selected but it is not connected when FxSound launches, then audio playback will be through any available device. Once the preferred device is connected again, audio automatically switches to the preferred device.
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When FxSound is running, if the preferred device is disconnected, then audio playback will switch to an available device. Once the preferred device is connected again, audio automatically switches to the preferred device.
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If the preferred device is “None”, then audio disconnecting the selected output device will switch the audio to the next available device. Connecting any audio device will not automatically switch the audio playback.