Free Virtual Audio Cable Alternatives

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

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.

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Audio Recorder

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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 Virtual Audio Cable.
- - JACK Audio Connection Kit is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Virtual Audio Cable.
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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 Virtual Audio Cable
Most users think JACK Audio Connection Kit is a great Virtual Audio Cable alternative.
It does only support jack compatible applications, not virtual audio applications.
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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.
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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
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 Virtual Audio Cable
Most users think VB-Audio Virtual Cable is a great Virtual Audio Cable alternative.
BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver
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Free • Open Source
Audio Router
Audio Recorder
Mac
16 BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver alternatives
BlackHole is a modern macOS virtual audio driver that allows applications to pass audio to other applications with zero additional latency.
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BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver Features
1. Music LooperBlackHole Audio Loopback Driver supports a grid of musical loops and phrases that you can trigger and manipulate in real time.
Sound drivers
Virtual Audio Cable
Low Latency
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Blackhole is essentially a souped up and modernized macOS version of Virtual Audio Cable, available freely as an open-source app.
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Soundflower
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Free • Open Source
Audio Recorder
Audio Router
Mac
20 Soundflower alternatives
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.
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Soundflower Features
Connecting audio streams
Sound drivers
Simple installation
Virtual Audio Cable
Discontinued
The 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
Most users think Soundflower is a great Virtual Audio Cable alternative.
Helvum
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Free • Open Source
Linux
11 Helvum alternatives
GTK-based patchbay for pipewire, inspired by the JACK tool catia.
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Helvum Features
Virtual Mixer
Connecting audio streams
Virtual Audio Cable
Customizable
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.
win-capture-audio
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Open Broadcaster Software
3 win-capture-audio alternatives
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...
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SoundDesk Virtual Devices
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Freemium • Proprietary
Audio Recorder
Audio Router
Mac
14 SoundDesk Virtual Devices alternatives
The SoundDesk Virtual Devices are connectors that you can use to route audio across apps.
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SoundDesk Virtual Devices Features
Virtual Audio Cable
Connecting audio streams
Sound drivers