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Virtual Cables for Windows
Route playback from one Windows application into another with up to 32 virtual USB audio loopback cables. The free GitHub edition requires a USB/IP transport driver.
- Operating system
- Windows 10 or Windows 11
- Architecture
- x64
- Download package
- EXE installer
GitHub desktop edition. Requires usbip-win2 transport; administrator approval may be needed during transport setup. Fixed 48 kHz stereo, 16-bit PCM.
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What is Virtual Cables?
Virtual Cables connects the audio output of one Windows application to the recording input of another. Each numbered cable appears as a playback device and a matching recording device. Choose the same cable number in both applications to pass audio between them locally, for example when sending playback into a recording workflow.
The application creates USB Audio Class 1.0 devices through a local USB/IP server. Windows uses its built-in USB audio class driver, but the separate usbip-win2 transport is still required. The native interface lets you add or remove cables, with an independent audio buffer for each one.
This entry links to the free, open-source GitHub installer, not the separate paid Microsoft Store edition. The GitHub edition uses a fixed 48 kHz stereo, 16-bit PCM format. The publisher describes the project as experimental and recommends checking it on the intended system before production or live-performance use.
What it offers
- Create between 1 and 32 independent virtual audio cables.
- Send playback audio to the recording endpoint of the same numbered cable.
- Add or remove cables through a native Windows interface.
- Route samples locally through a separate in-memory buffer for each cable.
- Expose standard USB Audio Class 1.0 devices using Windows’ built-in USB audio class driver and the usbip-win2 transport.
Good to know
- The free GitHub edition uses a fixed 48 kHz, stereo, 16-bit PCM format; the paid Microsoft Store edition has different capabilities.
- Requires the separately installed USB/IP transport driver; configuring the transport can require administrator approval.
- Experimental project: the publisher says stability depends on the Windows system, transport, system load and number of active cables.
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