Alternatives to VB-CABLE

Route audio between applications through a virtual audio cable. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as VB-CABLE.

  • Voicemeeter Banana

    Windows virtual mixer with five inputs and five outputs for routing audio.

    FreeProprietaryWindows

    Voicemeeter Banana is a free Windows-only virtual mixer with five inputs and five outputs, adding far more routing control than a single virtual cable.

  • BlackHole

    Pass audio between Mac applications through a virtual loopback driver.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOS

    BlackHole is an open-source GPL-3.0 virtual loopback driver for macOS only, configured through the participating apps or Audio MIDI Setup.

  • Loopback

    Create virtual audio devices that combine application and hardware audio on a Mac.

    PaidProprietarymacOS

    Loopback is a paid macOS app with a visual routing interface that combines application and hardware audio into virtual devices.

  • Voicemeeter Potato

    Top-tier virtual audio mixer with eight inputs, eight outputs and insert effects.

    FreeProprietaryWindows

    Voicemeeter Potato is a free Windows-only mixer with eight inputs, eight outputs and insert effects, which is more than needed for basic routing.

  • JACK Audio Connection Kit

    Connect audio and MIDI applications through an audio server.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxmacOSWindows

    JACK Audio Connection Kit is an open-source audio server for Linux, macOS and Windows that routes audio and MIDI with low latency but needs careful configuration.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.