Virtual Audio Cable AlternativesTop Audio Routers & Audio Recorders like Virtual Audio Cable
Virtual Audio Cable is described as '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' and is a Audio Router in the audio & music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Virtual Audio Cable for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and BSD apps. The best Virtual Audio Cable alternative is JACK Audio Connection Kit, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Virtual Audio Cable are VB-Audio VoiceMeeter, VB-Audio Virtual Cable, Soundflower and BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver.
Virtual Audio Cable alternatives are mainly Audio Routers but may also be Audio Recorders. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Virtual Audio Cable.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 Virtual Audio Cable.
- - JACK Audio Connection Kit is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Virtual Audio Cable.
JACK Audio Connection Kit Features
Comments about JACK Audio Connection Kit as a Alternative to Virtual Audio Cable
DavidWhile JACK Audio involves a more complex setup and needs the server to be started to work, it's functionally the same as it allows audio routing between applications. Routing can be done between any app providing an option to select the JACK Audio driver.
1It does only support jack compatible applications, not virtual audio applications.
12- 24 VB-Audio VoiceMeeter alternatives
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Audio Router
- Audio Recorder
- Windows
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.
VB-Audio VoiceMeeter Features
- 21 VB-Audio Virtual Cable alternatives
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Audio Recorder
- Mac
- Windows
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.
VB-Audio Virtual Cable Features
Opinions about VB-Audio Virtual Cable as a Alternative to Virtual Audio Cable
- 20 Soundflower alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Audio Recorder
- Audio Router
- Mac
Soundflower 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.
Soundflower Features
DiscontinuedThe project seems no longer developed. Last version, 2.0b2, released in December 2014, can be still downloaded from GitHub.
Opinions about Soundflower as a Alternative to Virtual Audio Cable
- 16 BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Audio Router
- Audio Recorder
- Mac
BlackHole is a modern macOS virtual audio driver that allows applications to pass audio to other applications with zero additional latency.
BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver Features
Comments about BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver as a Alternative to Virtual Audio Cable
DavidBlackhole is essentially a souped up and modernized macOS version of Virtual Audio Cable, available freely as an open-source app.
0 - 19 Loopback alternatives
- Paid • Proprietary
- Audio Recorder
- Audio Router
- Mac
Create virtual audio devices to take the sound from applications and audio input devices, then send it to audio processing applications. Loopback is a software solution that provides the power of a high-end studio mixing board.
- - Loopback is the most popular commercial alternative to Virtual Audio Cable.
Loopback Features
Comments about Loopback as a Alternative to Virtual Audio Cable
its amazing, even better than Virtual Audio Cable
-1It's a an excellent virtual audio device solution - however it only works on the Mac platform.
1 GTK-based patchbay for pipewire, inspired by the JACK tool catia.
- 14 Synchronous Audio Router alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Audio Router
- Audio Recorder
- Windows
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.
Synchronous Audio Router Features
DiscontinuedThe last version (0.13.1) was released in April 2018. Many issues in the repository going unanswered.
- 19 AudioBus alternatives
- Paid • Proprietary
- Audio Router
- iPhone
- iPad
With Audiobus, the revolutionary new inter-app audio routing system, you can connect your Audiobus-compatible music apps together, just like virtual cables.
- - AudioBus is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Virtual Audio Cable.
AudioBus Features
- 3 win-capture-audio alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Open Broadcaster Software
An OBS plugin that allows capture of independent application audio streams on Windows, in a similar fashion to OBS's game capture and Discord's application streaming. This eliminates the need for third-party software or hardware audio mixing tools that introduce...