Windows 7 by design does not support multiple audio output and that is the limitation that many Windows 7 users are not happy with. Some people may want to play sound simultaneously to both speaker and earphone but that is not possible. Once you’ve plugged in the earphone, Windows 7 automatically recognizes it and routes all sound to the earphone. For more complicated scenarios such as wanting to output the sound from a computer game to the earphone while the main speakers plays music from a media player, then it would seemed even more impossible.

Mar 22, 2018 The button will illuminate and report a status of Mic On. Clicking Press to Talk (or Lock Talk) will take the mixed Skype audio from Virtual Cable 3 and run it through SAM Broadcaster out to your encoder and your stream. And that’ll do it. We hope you have fun with your new Virtual Audio Cable software and Skype integration. Bring live callers onto your live broadcast, by integrating your Skype. account with MIXXX. Virtual Audio Cable and Skype phone number required. FREE MOBILE APP. Get your own mobile app, branded with your logo and customized graphics, free of charge, with our Enterprise plan. So i was wondering how i could use skpe on my computer to hold interviews and get the audio through it to broadcast over my live stream? Is it possible to use Voicemeeter Audio Cable to route the audio from Skype into MIXXX and broadcast it live? I am using Voicemeeter as a virtual mixer for my microphone with MIXXX and it works brilliantly. May 02, 2016  1- Skype is using the same device as microphone than Mixxx. So you could try to select Voicemeeter VAIO (not AUX) for Skype microphone to see if it makes a difference note in this case, Sjype will get audio from BUS B1 (think to switch ON B1 button to your mic and other source you want to send to Skype).

Thanks to Virtual Audio Cable, it offers multiple possibilities on how you want to transfer the audio streams between applications and/or devices. Before immediately scrolling to the bottom of this article to download and install Virtual Audio Cable, please be noted that this tool does not work alone just under operating system control. It requires configuration and also must be worked together with audio applications.

The official website of Virtual Audio Cable contains a lot of text and jargon which makes it difficult for any non-audiophiles to configure and use it. After spending some time trying out VAC, I personally believe it is best to try to get it working on one or two scenarios to understand how it works, then only configure it to work with your situation.

Scenario 1: Output audio from Windows Media Player to both speakers and earphone.

1. Download and install Virtual Audio Cable. By default Virtual Audio Cable already creates 1 virtual cable. You can verify this at the Virtual Audio Cable Control Panel. There is no need to touch any of the settings at the VAC control panel.

2. You have to configure Windows Media Player to use the Virtual Audio Cable as the default audio device for sound playback. You can either set this globally by going to Windows Control Panel > Sound > set Line 1 as the default device OR individually at Windows Media Player Tools > Options > Devices tab > select Speakers, click the Properties button and set Line 1 (Virtual Audio Cable) as the audio device. Which method you should use depends on the software if it allows you to set the individual audio device for the program. We’ll use the global method in this scenario.

3. After setting Line 1 as the default audio device, playing any music from Windows Media Player won’t have any sound because we haven’t configure the Line 1 to output to which device. Now run Audio Repeater (KS) shortcut from Start menu. The most important configuration here is the wave in and wave out. Wave in will be Virtual Cable 1 and Wave out as HD Audio Headphone/Speakers, then click the Start button. This audio repeater will now route all sound from Cable 1 to your earphone.

4. Run the Audio Repeater (KS) shortcut AGAIN from Start menu, select Virtual Cable 1 as wave in , HD Audio Speaker as wave out and click the Start button. You may have already guessed it, this repeater routes Cable 1 to your speakers as well.

5. Play any music at Windows Media Player and you should hear the audio on your speakers and earphone as well.

Scenario 2: Output music from Windows Media Player to speakers and Plants vs. Zombies game sound to earphone.

1. Download and install Virtual Audio Cable. By default Virtual Audio Cable already creates 1 virtual cable. You can verify this at the Virtual Audio Cable Control Panel. There is no need to touch any of the settings at the VAC control panel.

2. We will configure Windows Media Player to use the speakers as sound playback. Go to Tools > Options > Devices tab > select Speakers, click the Properties button and set Speakers as the audio device.

3. Since Plants vs. Zombies doesn’t allow us to select which audio device to use, we are forced to set Line 1 as the default audio playback device so that we can use Audio Repeater to route the game sound to the earphone. Go to Windows Control Panel > Sound > and set Line 1 as the default device.

4. Run Audio Repeater (KS) shortcut from Start menu. Select Virtual Cable 1 as wave in, the Earphone as wave out and click the Start button.

5. Now you can play music from Windows Media Player which will output the sound to the speakers but the sound from Plants vs. Zombies will be sent to your earphone.

For more examples, you can view the Examples content from Virtual Audio Cable help file. Virtual Audio Cable supports Windows XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008/Win7 platform (32-bit and 64-bit). The trial version supports up to only 3 cables and adds female voice reminder each several seconds. The full version of Virtual Audio Cable cost $30 USD.

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If you’re lazy like me, you can create a batch file and have two instances of the program open along with your windows sound control panel shortcut to change (this may difffer based on OS, but you can search for it). Open a new text file and put in the following, changing your paths to the appropriate locations of the audiorepeater.exe:

control mmsys.cpl
TIMEOUT 0.5
start “” “C:LocationToTheVirtual Audio Cableaudiorepeater.exe”
TIMEOUT 1
start “” “C:LocationToTheVirtual Audio Cableaudiorepeater.exe”

Save the file and rename it whatever.bat, now create a shortcut to it where ever you want and when you run it the Sound control panel will open to change the default device and you can specify both Repeaters, etc.

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Hi Jack! Do you know how to split the audio into LEFT (browser1) and right (browser2) at a time?

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Good day

How would I use this program to output both my VLC media player (music) and microphone (mic) simultaneously (into a chatroom)

Thank you

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Hi, just to let you know that your tutorial made my day. Followed the Scenario 1 on Windows 10 creator edition x64, to output audio to 2 wireless headphones with both their own respective usb dongle (we’re a couple watching movies on a htp during the evening), the only difference at setup was to installthe x64 .exe and instead run 2 instances of audio repeater MME (not KS)

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I followed your instructions exactly, but every time I open the Audio Repeater KS and click “start” this blue screen appears saying error with your recent installation and forces me to force-shut down my computer used the keyboard button. If I try and use skype before your Audio Repeater KS step (just setting AC Line 1 as my default playback, etc.) then I hear this horrific screeching noise and my skype caller doesnt hear anything! Please help?! I have a 64bit computer (not sure what that means, but I think it is relevant?).

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Thank you very much for this tutorial ! It worked perfectly with my Samsung HD TV ! ! I have been searching for a solution for quite some time !

Cheers !

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I’m trying to set this so when I play a game, my other audio sources automatically output from the other speakers. The point of this is to be able to watch youtube walkthroughs as I play without losing sound from one application.

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For Ubuntu or Other Linux Distros, there is Jack ! Patchage + QJackCTL or Cadence from KXStudio :D

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You Sir, are a god amongst men. Thanks very much for the guide, very intuitively written. Will definitely recommend this site.

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where to buy the cable???

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As already mentioned, sometimes VAC have latency through its audio channel. Also from what I felt when I tried it, the sound quality degraded a bit. So unless you’re totally in need to have two audio outputs running at the same time, I wouldn’t recommend it.

Thanks

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Only for win 7?

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Morning All:

What if you don’t have Windows Media Player?
I Use VLC.
Can I use this seemingly nice software with VLC?

Voicemeeter

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Really cool stuff

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Wow, really cool, again you amaze me :)

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Asio4all

Cheers Raymond, I always wondered how to do this!

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VAC is a nice solution but it introduces a little latency/delay for the audio. Not a big problem though. Microsoft should never have redesigned the audio stack in Vista with this limitation. They also took away hardware acceleration of audio/MIDI and surround sound in games.

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I was looking for something like this…..

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Audio Routing Tactics using VirtualAudio Cable- by Scarboy

Virtual Audio Cable is a programcreated by some jerk that creates fake audio devices on your computerand allows you to mirror audio between them using a program the guywrote called Audio Repeater. It's pretty low latency (lag betweenwhen the sound happens and when you hear it), at least low enough forour purposes. The trial version repeats the word 'trial'out of the sound device every few seconds which is fucking annoying,so buy it once you get your setup working properly. After you installit, make at least 2 Virtual Audio Cables (VAC) and turn VolumeControl on for VAC1 in the VAC Control Panel (Start -> Programs ->Virtual Audio Cable -> Control Panel).

To mirror the sound you need to runseveral instances of Audio Repeater (Start -> Programs ->Virtual Audio Cable -> Audio Repeater). When I say something likeVAC1 -> VAC2 that means the Wave Input is VAC1 and the Wave Outputis VAC2. Buffer length and Buffers are clearly labeled so I won'texplain that, just use what I tell you to use.

This shit may seem difficult at firstbut don't worry, once you set it up once it'll take five seconds foryou to do again.

Things you'll have to do/know no matterwhat the case

This stuff can be found in ControlPanel -> Sound and Audio Devices -> Sound Tab

Sound Playback Default Device: VAC1

Sound Recording Default Device: Yourmicrophone

All Audio Repeater instances shouldhave 200ms latency and 16 buffers (try 100ms latency first, but ifyou notice skipping go up).

Case: You want to record Skype audio,emulator audio, microphone audio (assuming you can't explicitly setyour audio device in the emulator)

This stuff is found in Skype Properties-> Sound Devices

Skype Input Device: Your microphone

Skype Output Device: VAC1

Audio Repeaters:

VAC1 -> Headset/Whatever yourheadphones are plugged into (what your Windows Output Deviceoriginally was)

VAC1 -> VAC2

Microphone -> VAC2

Diagram of what this would look like inreal life with cables:

Summary

Google Chrome Web Speech Api

You should be recording from: VAC2

The product of VAC2 is your Speakeraudio and Microphone audio mixed together. You can set that as yourrecording device in Camtasia/Audacity or whatever and get greatquality audio of everything. The VAC1 -> Headset is so that youcan actually hear what is playing out of skype and your emulator orwhatever. You can change the volume of VAC1 in the windows soundmixer, however, unless you want a slightly more complicated solution,this will also change the volume of your guests on skype.

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Case: You want to record youremulator/speaker audio alone but can't (with a simple step to addmicrophone!)

With default audio out device set to VAC1, and default audio in device set to VAC2-

Audio Repeaters:

VAC1 -> Soundcard output

VAC1 -> VAC2

[Optional Step if you want to recordmicrophone also]

Microphone Device (whatever yourdefault recording device is in Sound and Audio Devices) -> VAC2

Summary

You should be recording from: VAC1

The first Audio Repeater is open simplyso you can hear what is playing through your system audio. Thereshould be absolutely no latency when you record like this except forvery minimal if you add your microphone to the mix. This is theconfiguration you want to use to get everything if you don't haveguest commentators. In the last case we repeated VAC1 -> VAC2 sothat they would not hear themselves in the Skype conversation.

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Stuff to note:

You will want to restart all programsthat you expect to get Audio from after this. In Camtasia, you willwant to set your recording device to whichever one I recommend in thecase and then click Manual Input Selection and choose Line In.

If you find that the latency is badafter you record, try shifting the sound over in Camtasia by 200ms orso.

When you are done recording don'tforget to set your Windows and Skype sound devices back to normal oryou won't be able to hear shit.

If you are confused about any of thisor want me to make some more cases (for example, I use 3 VACs andrecord Skype/Microphone audio and Emulator audio on seperate tracks)just feel free to ask.