Easy Selection of the Default Sound Device in Win7

[Astarael]

So i recently bought the Logitech G930 headset, which I'm pretty impressed with so far, however I also have a pretty nice set of speakers connected to my PC, so depending on mood or what I'm doing I like to be able to switch between having the main sound come out of the headset or the speakers.

I was wondering if anyone knows of a tried and tested method of easily switching the default sound device without going through all the control panel bullshit each time. Or if I can get my setup working a different way through windows setup?

I attempted a google, but only found some dodgy looking apps that I found pretty dubious.

[rezn0r]

writing a script in AutoIt will do it. for the same reason i have two shortcuts tied to key-combos on my desktop "Headphones" (ctrl-alt-H) & "Speakers" (ctrl-alt-S). it works perfect. if you want I can send you the compiled script, it should work on your system, but I guess we have no way of knowing until you tried it.

the shortcuts are setup like this:
Headphones
"D:\Users\[my account]\My Documents\toggle_playback_win7\toggle_playback.exe " 2
Speakers
"D:\Users\[my account]\My Documents\toggle_playback_win7\toggle_playback.exe " 3

(the number argument tells it which device to pick from as listed on your system)

actually i found the link of where i learned this, it's not hard at all if you want to try it yourself. if you want the compiled file just ask too.
http://superuser.com/questions/22996...ayback-devices

[Dranio]

I just put a shortcut to the sound options on my desktop (have the same headset as you). But rezn0r's method would probably work just as well, if not much better.

[Caiyuo]

if you really want to get lazy, you can always set the headphones as the default audio device and just remove the headphones whenever you want the speakers so it reverts to the only other option, yet switches back to the headphones whenever they're plugged in. I like rezn0r's idea much, much more though.