Soundflower Alternatives

Soundflower is described as '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' and is a Audio Router in the audio & music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Soundflower for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and BSD apps. The best Soundflower alternative is JACK Audio Connection Kit, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Soundflower are VB-Audio VoiceMeeter, Loopback, BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver and VB-Audio Virtual Cable.

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Soundflower alternatives are mainly Audio Routers, but if you're looking for Audio Recorders or Volume Control Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows, Mac, Windows + Audio Router, Audio Router and iPad. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Soundflower.
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  1. Wave Link icon
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    Wave Link is the audio mixing software for the Elgato Wave microphones. Together with the Wave microphone, up to eight other audio sources can be mixed together and two separate outputs; a monitor mix and a stream mix are created.

    5 Wave Link alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  2. qpwgraph icon
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    qpwgraph is a graph manager dedicated to PipeWire, using the Qt C++ framework, based and pretty much like the same of QjackCtl.

    6 qpwgraph alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Flatpak
     
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    Dante 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.

    6 Dante Virtual Soundcard alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  4. PulseMeeter icon
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    A frontend to ease the use of pulseaudio's routing capabilities, mimicking voicemeeter's workflow.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    GroundControl virtual audio drivers allow applications to pass audio to other applications with zero latency.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. Helvum icon
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    GTK-based patchbay for pipewire, inspired by the JACK tool catia.

    11 Helvum alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. AudioBus icon
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    With Audiobus, the revolutionary new inter-app audio routing system, you can connect your Audiobus-compatible music apps together, just like virtual cables.

    19 AudioBus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
    • Most users think AudioBus is a great Soundflower alternative.

    • AudioBus is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Soundflower.

    • AudioBus is Paid and ProprietarySoundflower is Free and Open Source
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    Audio monitor dock and filter for OBS Studio.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • OBS Studio
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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    Usually, all programs send their audio output to your soundcard independently. With Virtual Audio Stream you can route the output signal of any application to be the input signal of any other application.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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