Of Lenses, Tap Chats and Firmware… Digitalronyn’s Blog

Hey there again folks,

First off..I just wanted to apologize for my lack of repsonding to several comments! I just now found out how I can easily see these in a list and can hit them up easier. So expect me to respond much more quickly on the comments moving forward (yay for online tutorials!).

And also…

Some quick updates for all of you World of Warcraft headset owners (or future ones!) out there.
Tap Chat

The artist formerly known as the Sound Blaster World of Warcraft Voice Tap will now be known as the Sound Blaster World of Warcraft Tap Chat. We convinced him to not use the bizarre symbol that he was planning to. You never know what’s going to happen with those diva foot pedals..but we’re assured the name will forevermore be Tap Chat.
And speaking of Tap Chat…the million dollar question..when will it be available (and where!??).

The Tap Chat will be appearing at the beginning of May on Creative.com and Blizzard.com.

Class Lenses

The class lenses are well into production and will be debuting in late May. All 10 classes will be available (except for Priests..since I can’t seem to find one anymore for my raids and it makes me sad…ok…kidding on that one…Priests WILL have a lens to). These will also be debuting on Creative.com and Blizzard.com so you’ll be able to customize your headset to another soon. I expect to see pics on the Facebook page!

Firmware Updates!

In response to the potential issue that some of our users have brought up with mic sensitivity. We will be releasing a firmware update for both the Wired and Wireless headsets within the next couple of weeks that will adjust the gain boost at the firmware level of the headset. This should help those that feel they are getting too much background noise over their headset mic.

Mac Driver update

And lastly, as I’ve noted a few times on the Facebook page we’ll also have a Mac driver that addresses latency issues on the Mac side. This will also increase performance overall. We’re still looking into the .kext installer issue. In the vast majority of cases the .kext error that displays for some Mac users is a false error and the driver installs correctly..but we have a few reporting after they see the error they cannot access the control panel. We’re working with individuals that have reported this..if you are seeing this error please contact me in the comments here if you want to help us continue to track this down. We’ve made some great progress but it’s a rather tricky bug to nail down.

Ok I know I said lastly but…

The Future

I’ll also be talking about some additional headset accessories coming up this summer as well as more of the Sound Blaster headset and sound card ranges here. So stay tuned!
As always..much more to come!

Ryan (AKA DigitalRonyn)

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