Free Virtual Audio Cable Alternatives for Mac

Virtual Audio Cable is not available for Mac but there are some alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best free Mac alternative is VB-Audio Virtual Cable. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Virtual Audio Cable and five of them are free and available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Mac alternatives to Virtual Audio Cable are JACK Audio Connection Kit, Soundflower, BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver and SoundDesk Virtual Devices.

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    VB-Audio Virtual Cable

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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.

    25 VB-Audio Virtual Cable alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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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
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    JACK Audio Connection Kit

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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.

    20 JACK Audio Connection Kit alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Comments about JACK Audio Connection Kit as an Alternative to Virtual Audio Cable
    David
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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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    It does only support jack compatible applications, not virtual audio applications.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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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
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    Soundflower

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    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.

    21 Soundflower alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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    BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver

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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.

    19 BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    Comments about BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver as an Alternative to Virtual Audio Cable
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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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    • BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver is Free and Open SourceVirtual Audio Cable is Paid and Proprietary
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