Soundflower Alternatives for Windows

Soundflower is not available for Windows but there are some alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows alternative is JACK Audio Connection Kit, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Soundflower and nine of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Soundflower are VB-Audio VoiceMeeter, Virtual Audio Cable, VB-Audio Virtual Cable and Synchronous Audio Router.

Soundflower alternatives are mainly Audio Routers but may also be Audio Recorders or Music Production Apps. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Soundflower.

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Soundflower

Free • Open Source
Audio Recorder

Soundflower is a Mac OS X system extension that allows applications to pass audio to other applications. Soundflower is...

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JACK Audio Connection Kit
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Free • Open Source
Audio Router
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
18 JACK Audio Connection Kit alternatives
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.
- - JACK Audio Connection Kit is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Soundflower.
- - JACK Audio Connection Kit is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Soundflower.
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JACK Audio Connection Kit Features
1. Support for MIDIJACK Audio Connection Kit includes MIDI hardware and software support to record and import audio.
Virtual Audio Cable
Connecting audio streams
Sound drivers
Multi Channel
Low Latency
Native application
Macro Recording
Comments about JACK Audio Connection Kit as a Alternative to Soundflower
Some users think JACK Audio Connection Kit is a great Soundflower alternative, some don't.
David
JACK Audio is much more complicated and requires actually starting up the server for routing to take effect but it fundamentally addresses the same issue of routing which Soundflower does.
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Guest
jack is much too complicated. soundflower was so simple, just so buggy. how has nobody made a good copy of it yet...
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Guest
jack audio doesn't seem to stream screen sharing audio
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VB-Audio VoiceMeeter
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Free • Proprietary
Audio Router
Audio Recorder
Windows
25 VB-Audio VoiceMeeter alternatives
Voicemeeter 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.
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VB-Audio VoiceMeeter Features
1. Music LooperVB-Audio VoiceMeeter supports a grid of musical loops and phrases that you can trigger and manipulate in real time.
Virtual Mixer
Multi Channel
Virtual Audio Cable
Autostart
Mix Music
Advanced volume mixing
Virtual Audio Cable
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Paid • Proprietary
Audio Recorder
Audio Router
Windows
17 Virtual Audio Cable alternatives
Virtual 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...
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Virtual Audio Cable Features
1. Live PerformanceListen to and adjust your music productions with Virtual Audio Cable based on incoming audio in real time.
2. LightweightVirtual Audio Cable consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. Music LooperVirtual Audio Cable supports a grid of musical loops and phrases that you can trigger and manipulate in real time.
Optimal performance
Connecting audio streams
Comments about Virtual Audio Cable as a Alternative to Soundflower
Some users think Virtual Audio Cable is a great Soundflower alternative, some don't.
David
Virtual Audio Cable is the original and definitive audio routing app. It's for Windows only but Soundflower is the perfect Mac counterpart.
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VB-Audio Virtual Cable
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Freemium • Proprietary
Audio Recorder
Mac
Windows
21 VB-Audio Virtual Cable alternatives
VB-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.
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VB-Audio Virtual Cable Features
1. Music LooperVB-Audio Virtual Cable supports a grid of musical loops and phrases that you can trigger and manipulate in real time.
Virtual Audio Cable
Connecting audio streams
Opinions about VB-Audio Virtual Cable as a Alternative to Soundflower
Most users think VB-Audio Virtual Cable is a great Soundflower alternative.
Synchronous Audio Router
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Free • Open Source
Audio Router
Audio Recorder
Windows
14 Synchronous Audio Router alternatives
Synchronous 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.
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Synchronous Audio Router Features
Low Latency
Virtual Audio Cable
Discontinued
The last version (0.13.1) was released in April 2018. Many issues in the repository going unanswered.

Opinions about Synchronous Audio Router as a Alternative to Soundflower
Most users think Synchronous Audio Router is a great Soundflower alternative.
Dante Via
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Paid • Proprietary
Audio Router
Mac
Windows
13 Dante Via alternatives
Dante Via is easy-to-use software that routes audio, allowing applications and devices to be networked and interconnected using the Dante audio over IP solution.
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Dante Via Features
Virtual Audio Cable
Stream audio
Add a screenshot
Dante Virtual Soundcard
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Paid • Proprietary
Audio Router
Music Production App
Mac
Windows
5 Dante Virtual Soundcard alternatives
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.
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Dante Virtual Soundcard Features
Stream audio
Virtual Audio Cable
Youtube Gaming Integration
Virtual Audio Stream
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
10 Virtual Audio Stream alternatives
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.
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Virtual Audio Stream Features
Connecting audio streams
Sound drivers
Virtual Audio Cable
Wave Link
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Free • Proprietary
Audio Recorder
Mac
Windows
3 Wave Link alternatives
Multi-channel digital soundboard application for Windows. Note: Elgato Wave hardware required to use software.
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Wave Link Features
Mix Music
Stream audio