Here is a little guide for an economical Sim Vibe setup:
First, Here is a sound card-
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001D1PWGM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Works fine with win 7- anything else I don't know.
The outputs are even color coded to coinicide with Simvibe software. Industry standard.
There is a lot of options out there but sabrent has been around for along time and the
drivers are usually pretty good and I have spent more on breakfast.
Here is an amp:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lepai-Lepy-..._Audio_Amplifiers_Preamps&hash=item258c4c9019
Nothing special but well designed low signal to noise and durable, have used in several applications and it's the price of 7 beverages.
Here are the mini transducers:
http://www.parts-express.com/dayton...source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=pla
They are 16 ohm so if you tie all 4 of the positive leads together, then tie all the negatives together you have and put to one channel it will be
4 ohms.
This is called parrallel wiring. I would suggests them for wheel, pedals, shifter.
They are wired together but spread them out.
Here is the bigger transducer:
http://www.parts-express.com/aurasound-ast-2b-4-pro-bass-shaker-tactile-transducer--299-028
It is 4 ohm and I would recommend it for the seat.
Now if you notice We have a group of mini transducers (about the size of a hockey puck)
that equal 4ohms and 1 large transducer (about the size of mini pizza) that has 4ohms. they have equivalent resistance so you
can put the small group of transducers on one channel and the large transducer on the other channel of a stereo amp.
They don't require a lot of power, in fact they don't like to be over driven so a large amp will do you no good. It is better to under power these than over power them.
I would suggest buying two amps at that price so you have more control.
I have run these little amps only running one channel and it does not effect them and they are so cheap I have tried some pretty silly things with them and they won't burn up LOL.
You need a little speaker wire and a couple of 1/8" male to male cables
The sound card comes with a usb cable.
You can set these up as a
four corner if you want but you have to have a pretty accoustically designed rig to get positional transduction
and more amps.
I would suggest going for engine vib and bumps, curbs etc.
We can do another thread about acoustically proper surfaces for mounting on another day.
We can also do another thread on Setting the Freqs in simvibe to get the best experience.
But here is a hint they don't make drum heads or or accoustice guitars out of 10ga metal or 3/4In wood. HEHE
After you read this and go ahead and ask some silly questions
Edit: yes you can buy the sound card, one amp, and one large transducer or one set of mini transducers to get started.