The Best Free Virtual Audio Cable AlternativesTop Audio Recorders & Audio Routers like Virtual Audio Cable

The best free alternative to Virtual Audio Cable is VB-Audio Virtual Cable. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Virtual Audio Cable and 11 is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Virtual Audio Cable are JACK Audio Connection Kit, VB-Audio VoiceMeeter, Soundflower and BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver.

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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...

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Virtual Audio Cable alternatives page was last updated Apr 11, 2024
  1. VB-Audio Virtual Cable icon
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    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.

    23 VB-Audio Virtual Cable alternatives
    Virtual cable device in Windows audio settings

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    VB-Audio Virtual Cable Features

    1.  Music Looper
    2.  Virtual Audio Cable
    3.  Connecting audio streams
    VB-Audio Virtual Cable iconVirtual Audio Cable Icon

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    • Most users think VB-Audio Virtual Cable is a great Virtual Audio Cable alternative.

    • VB-Audio Virtual Cable is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to Virtual Audio Cable.

    • VB-Audio Virtual Cable is the most popular free alternative to Virtual Audio Cable.

    • VB-Audio Virtual Cable is Freemium and ProprietaryVirtual Audio Cable is Paid and Proprietary
  2. JACK Audio Connection Kit icon
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    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.

    19 JACK Audio Connection Kit alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    JACK Audio Connection Kit Features

    1.  Virtual Audio Cable
    2.  Connecting audio streams
    3.  Support for MIDI
    4.  Multi Channel
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Low Latency
    7.  Sound drivers
    8.  Native application
    9.  Macro Recording
    JACK Audio Connection Kit iconVirtual Audio Cable Icon

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    Comments about JACK Audio Connection Kit as an Alternative to Virtual Audio Cable
     
    David

    While 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.

    Positive commentMar 23, 2020
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    Guest

    It does only support jack compatible applications, not virtual audio applications.

    Negative commentNov 8, 2017
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    • Most users think JACK Audio Connection Kit is a great Virtual Audio Cable alternative.

    • JACK Audio Connection Kit is the most popular Linux alternative to Virtual Audio Cable.

    • JACK Audio Connection Kit is the most popular Open Source alternative to Virtual Audio Cable.

    • JACK Audio Connection Kit is Free and Open SourceVirtual Audio Cable is Paid and Proprietary
  3. VB-Audio VoiceMeeter icon
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    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.

    26 VB-Audio VoiceMeeter alternatives
    VoiceMeeter (Basic)

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    VB-Audio VoiceMeeter Features

    1.  Virtual Mixer
    2.  Multi Channel
    3.  Live Streaming
    4.  Music Looper
    5.  Virtual Audio Cable
    6.  Autostart
    7.  Mix Music
    8.  Advanced volume mixing
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  4. Soundflower icon
     43 likes

    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.

    20 Soundflower alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Soundflower Features

    1.  Connecting audio streams
    2.  Sound drivers
    3.  Simple installation
    4.  Virtual Audio Cable
    Discontinued

    The project seems no longer developed. Last version, 2.0b2, released in December 2014, can be still downloaded from GitHub.

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  5. BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver icon
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    BlackHole is a modern macOS virtual audio driver that allows applications to pass audio to other applications with zero additional latency.

    18 BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver alternatives
    BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac

    BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Music Looper
    4.  Virtual Audio Cable
    5.  Sound drivers
    6.  Low Latency
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    David

    Blackhole is essentially a souped up and modernized macOS version of Virtual Audio Cable, available freely as an open-source app.

    Positive commentMar 20, 2020
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    • BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver is Free and Open SourceVirtual Audio Cable is Paid and Proprietary
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    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...

    5 win-capture-audio alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Open Broadcaster Software
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  7. Helvum icon
     3 likes

    GTK-based patchbay for pipewire, inspired by the JACK tool catia.

    11 Helvum alternatives
    Helvum screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Helvum Features

    1.  Virtual Mixer
    2.  Connecting audio streams
    3.  Virtual Audio Cable
    Helvum iconVirtual Audio Cable Icon

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  8. Synchronous Audio Router icon
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    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.

    16 Synchronous Audio Router alternatives
    Synchronous Audio Router screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Synchronous Audio Router Features

    1.  Low Latency
    2.  Virtual Audio Cable
    Discontinued

    The last version (0.13.1) was released in April 2018. Many issues in the repository going unanswered.

    Synchronous Audio Router iconVirtual Audio Cable Icon

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  9. SoundDesk Virtual Devices icon
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    The SoundDesk Virtual Devices are connectors that you can use to route audio across apps.

    17 SoundDesk Virtual Devices alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac

    SoundDesk Virtual Devices Features

    1.  Virtual Audio Cable
    2.  Connecting audio streams
    3.  Sound drivers
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  10. VB-Audio Matrix icon
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    The VB-Audio Matrix is an audio framework to connect everything together, channel by channel: Several ASIO devices, several Windows devices, several audio Applications and DAW, several Computers.

    12 VB-Audio Matrix alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Lossless Audio
    5.  Stream audio
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