JACK Audio Connection Kit AlternativesTop Audio Routers and other similar apps like JACK Audio Connection Kit
JACK Audio Connection Kit is described as 'JACK is a professional sound server daemon that provides real-time low latency connections for both audio and MIDI data between applications that implement its API. The API can be used through either JACK1 or JACK2' and is a popular Audio Router in the system & hardware category. There are more than 10 alternatives to JACK Audio Connection Kit for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and iPad apps. The best JACK Audio Connection Kit alternative is VB-Audio VoiceMeeter, which is free. Other great apps like JACK Audio Connection Kit are PipeWire, Soundflower, BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver and Virtual Audio Cable.
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26 VB-Audio VoiceMeeter alternativesVoicemeeter is Audio Mixer Application endowed with Virtual Audio Device used as Virtual I/O to mix and manage any audio sources from or to any audio devices or applications.
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application types
Country of Origin
France
EU
Platforms
- Windows
VB-Audio VoiceMeeter Features
VB-Audio VoiceMeeter VS JACK Audio Connection Kit
6 PipeWire alternativesPipeWire is a project that aims to greatly improve handling of audio and video under Linux. It provides a low-latency, graph based processing engine on top of audio and video devices that can be used to support the use cases currently handled by both PulseAudio and JACK.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Country of Origin
Belgium- EU
Platforms
- Linux
- Linux Mobile
PipeWire Features
PipeWire VS JACK Audio Connection Kit
Comments about PipeWire as an Alternative to JACK Audio Connection Kit
20 Soundflower alternativesSoundflower is a Mac OS X system extension that allows applications to pass audio to other applications. Soundflower is easy to use, it simply presents itself as an audio device, allowing any audio application to send and receive audio with no other support needed.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Mac
DiscontinuedThe project seems no longer developed. Last version, 2.0b2, released in December 2014, can be still downloaded from GitHub.
Soundflower Features
Soundflower VS JACK Audio Connection Kit
Comments about Soundflower as an Alternative to JACK Audio Connection Kit
Ian DorfmanDespite being exclusive to macOS, Soundflower serves the same core functionality of connecting audio streams from one application to another on the same device.
18 BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver alternativesBlackHole is a modern macOS virtual audio driver that allows applications to pass audio to other applications with zero additional latency.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
- United States
Platforms
- Mac
BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver Features
BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver VS JACK Audio Connection Kit
18 Virtual Audio Cable alternativesVirtual Audio Cable is the definitive audio routing tool for Windows that lets you redirect audio streams between applications and devices on your computer. It enables you to do things like record your speaker output, send an audio stream from a DAW software to a video editor or...
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
Country of Origin
Russia
Platforms
- Windows
Virtual Audio Cable VS JACK Audio Connection Kit
23 VB-Audio Virtual Cable alternativesVB-Audio CABLE is a Windows Audio Driver working as a Virtual Audio Cable. After installing the VB-CABLE driver, a new playback device appears in the audio device list and can be set as default device. VB-CABLE can be set as the default device, just like any regular audio device.
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application type
Country of Origin
- France
- EU
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
VB-Audio Virtual Cable Features
VB-Audio Virtual Cable VS JACK Audio Connection Kit
Comments about VB-Audio Virtual Cable as an Alternative to JACK Audio Connection Kit
Ian DorfmanVB-Audio Virtual Cable, despite only working on DirectX-built applications, still serves the same core functionality of connecting audio streams from one application to another on the same device.
Only works DirectX applications (DirectX is a dead system for pro audio, replaced since years by ASIO, WDM-KS and WASAPI)
21 Loopback alternativesConfigure advanced audio routing by creating virtual devices on macOS, supporting up to 64 input/output channels. Customize and mix audio from multiple sources, including hidden ones like Siri. It offers Pass-Thru for direct sound transfers and full accessibility via VoiceOver, ideal for audio processing.
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
Country of Origin
- United States
Platforms
- Mac
Loopback VS JACK Audio Connection Kit
Comments about Loopback as an Alternative to JACK Audio Connection Kit
Loopback is a very user-friendly app with a clear, easy to understand GUI. I was never able to really understand the settings in the JACKAudio app or get it to work correctly. Whereas Loopback has worked right away after I installed it.
16 Synchronous Audio Router alternativesSynchronous Audio Router is a software-based audio routing driver for Windows. You can create any number of Windows audio endpoints, either playback or recording, and route them using any digital audio workstation software which supports ASIO, all with low latency.
DiscontinuedThe last version (0.13.1) was released in April 2018. Many issues in the repository going unanswered.
Synchronous Audio Router Features
Synchronous Audio Router VS JACK Audio Connection Kit
12 Dante Via alternativesAudio routing software seamlessly connects applications to the Dante network, transforming PC and Mac inputs and outputs into sharable network resources, enabling integration with professional Dante gear and inter-device audio sharing through Dante audio over IP solutions.
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
Country of Origin
Australia
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
Dante Via Features
Dante Via VS JACK Audio Connection Kit
Comments about Dante Via as an Alternative to JACK Audio Connection Kit
claudeyoungEasy to set up and use! Totally worth the cost of admission!
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
Helvum VS JACK Audio Connection Kit
6 Dante Virtual Soundcard alternativesDante Virtual Soundcard turns your computer into a Dante-powered workstation, seamlessly integrating your PC or Mac with Dante audio devices on your network. Dante doesn't require a special ethernet interface, you probably aleready have all you need.
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
Country of Origin
- Australia
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
Dante Virtual Soundcard Features
Dante Virtual Soundcard VS JACK Audio Connection Kit
19 AudioBus alternativesWith Audiobus, the revolutionary new inter-app audio routing system, you can connect your Audiobus-compatible music apps together, just like virtual cables.
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application type
Country of Origin
United Kingdom
Platforms
- iPhone
- iPad
AudioBus Features
AudioBus VS JACK Audio Connection Kit
PipeWire is a seamless drop-in replacement for JACK (and JACK2) that also handles PulseAudio applications at the same time.