Gaming headset and external mic

[feelippines99]

What's up everybody

So I'm kind of on a budget for a gaming headset and my most legit option is Siberia 200

however the mic on that thing is absolute garbage, it comes with a splitter by default, so if I don't connect the 3.5mm jack dedicated to headset's mic to the splitter and instead plug an external mic's 3.5mm jack into it, will it work both in calls and games?


what if I don't use the splitter at all, and just plug in the headset's 3.5mm audio into the mobo and do the same with the external mic's 3.5mm or USB

So the reason for having an external mic is that I work from home for a company that requires me to speak and report to the team and managers every single day, I need a decent microphone

In case my mobo or setup matters and/or makes a difference :

Ryzen 5 1600
Rx 470
B350 gaming pro carbon (alc1220)


Sorry for the dumb question but this hit me when I saw streamers use their headset's mic for in game communication instead of the higher quality ones that they have, so I thought maybe external mics don't work with headsets like that for some reason

 

[Ralston18]

You should be able to use the splitter for headset audio and a separate microphone for speaking.

Just used the following link in another post:

http://blog.mklec.com/trrs-and-trs-plugs-and-sockets-explained/

All the splitter does is take what is probably a 3.5 mm TRRS plug on your headset and breakout the connections as applicable to go to the two ports on your computer. One TRS port (audio/stereo), and second probably TS port (microphone/mono).

From the computer's viewpoint it is receiving incoming audio via the microphone and does not really know or care about how the signal got there. Splitter or no splitter.

Audio out to the headsets could be direct but unlikely with the headset plug being TRRS, and the audio port TRS.

Just look at the plugs being used. Match the splitter's microphone plug to that of other free standing microphones. Test as necessary.

 

[feelippines99]

Thank you for the detailed answer, I really appreciate that