{"id":9805,"date":"2017-01-29T16:26:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-29T16:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?page_id=9805"},"modified":"2020-02-03T17:48:12","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T17:48:12","slug":"a-very-basic-guide-to-voicemeeter-soundmixing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?page_id=9805","title":{"rendered":"A very basic guide to Voicemeeter soundmixing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note: This guide has been superseded by a newer one in 2020 to account for Hangouts on Air no longer working.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Alright, this is a very (very) basic beginner’s guide to soundmixing using Voicemeeter so that you can add sound effects (and indeed play game audio) through things like Google Hangouts and Skype. If you want to get properly into it you can read the full instruction manual here<\/a>. We won’t be dealing with the whys and wherefores today, just the basic settings you want.<\/p>\n

Ideally you’ll be at least of\u00a0intermediate skill. You probably won’t be breaking your computer or anything, but you will be dealing with virtual drivers. We use Windows 10, make sure you’re familiar with the speaker settings bottom left hand corner, if you’ve been messing about and aren’t getting sound then clicking on the speaker icon and then selecting your usual speakers should do the trick, otherwise restarting the machine seems to do the trick normally. You can also uninstall but you shouldn’t need to if you can work your way around the settings.<\/p>\n

You will need to download VB-Audio Voicemeeter<\/strong><\/a>, go ahead and install that. You will need to reboot afterwards.<\/p>\n

Then you will need to download the VB-Virtual Audio Cable<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>which is doantionware but you can use one for free if you want, and\u00a0extra cables for a price. You’ll only need one.\u00a0Extract all files from the ZIP and run Setup Program in Administrator Mode (Reboot after installation or de-installation). As it’s a driver you won’t find it in your programs or applications list. This is fine.<\/p>\n

Hopefully you should be able to see something like this when you look at the Sound Control Panel – type ‘sound’ into the start menu, (click for larger):<\/p>\n

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You can see here I have two sets of speakers – Sennheisers and my monitor’s, the CABLE input (that’s the Virtual Audio Cable you’ve hopefully installed) and VoiceMeeter Input (that’s the mixing desk). You should click on VoiceMeeter Input and Set Default when you’re ready to start broadcasting, this is where your game audio comes from – this will usually default back to your speakers when you reboot.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

That’s the scary bit out of the way, it’s just settings from here on really.<\/p>\n

Boot up your VoiceMeeter.<\/p>\n

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You can click for larger. Set up the following:<\/p>\n