Easy Streaming audio routing BUILT INTO WINDOWS

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-Many other channels such as EposVox and HarrisHeller aka Alpha Gaming have covered more in depth single and two pc audio setups/management. Creatively using OBS, line-in, analog xlr interfaces, digital xlr interfaces including many USB audio interfaces, and even luxury items such as the TC Helicon Gaming GoXLR and GoXLR mini. There are many ways to handle streaming audio management and setup but something not many people talk about was something introduced in the Windows 10 April 2018 update that revamped the built in/integrated windows audio mixer and sound controls. What this did was give you the ability to have any running/open application or program be routed to any installed audio device output in your computer! You can send all audio from google Chrome to speakers, for example, or all OBS Studio alerts audio to monitor speakers, a tv, a different headset, or ANYTHING the computer is capable of outputting audio too. You can micromanage which audio gets sent where, all in windows! So in this video, i show you how to access the advanced audio mixer settings and play with the settings a little bit to show you all. Tutorial time! No voicemeeter or voicemeeter banana required!
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[@CoalitionGaming]

Got any questions? Come ask me live on stream every Friday at 8pm pacific! www.twitch.tv/CoalitionChris

[@kendallguier1378]

HOW THE F DOES THIS HAVE SO LOW LIKES THNX SO MUCH BEEN LOOKING FOR A SIMPLE LIGHTWEIGHT OPTION FOR THIS sorry all caps cuz its that epic

[@ASMRwithSeref]

While I've just googled that how can i route audio outputs in the forums, I clicked the video by chance. and then easily, the issue is solved with the video. Tnx a lot

[@alanmiller2537]

thank you so much tried using a third party audio router and was losing my mind i love you

[@ggandthemix]

Thanks for taking the time to make this video! I had no idea this feature existed. Cheers!

[@Clic-ac]

This is a phantastic advice, even for routing browser sound (e.g. youtube) to a DAW without installing a virtual audio cable application!

[@TannerEasley]

Dude, you are amazing! I don't know how you figured this out but after 4 hours of trouble shooting audio for my livestream I came across this video and it fixed it! Thank you!

[@InsaneBroslovski]

BEST AUDIO ROUTING VIDEO I HAVE EVER SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN... U'VE SAVED MY LIFE BROTHER!

[@KrakenWasSlayed]

I have been looking for a day and a half to find this video to help with my problem thank you You are a god send

[@themrtechne]

Why have I never known of this..... This make routing to a goxlr or even a razer mixer more advance with line out/ or headphone jack!

[@angletech852]

I had no idea this was a thing! Thank you so much!

[@calebbright8289]

You’re a life-saver. Thank you x1000!

[@krymsynrayne]

Thanks for another great, easy to follow tutorial! It should be noted that updating Windows might not fix the issue of a device not appearing in Sound Settings. If you're having this issue, continue reading for a possible solution. You'll only be able to see devices that have been enabled in the Sound Control Panel. This panel (which is separate from the Sound Settings window discussed in the great explainer video you're watching) can be found by *Control Panel > Hardware & Sound > Sound* You'll see a window pop up with four tabs labeled *Playback, Recording, Sounds, Communications.* Make sure your desired device is listed in the Playback tab. If you see it, but it is disabled, *right click it and select enable.* You can also control additional things in the device properties menu by right clicking the device and selecting properties. If you're ever having trouble getting a device to be recognized properly, this is a good place to look. This is also a good place to check if you're having quality issues on things like your microphone. I've run into an issue where Windows will reset the recording quality on my Corsair mic to telephone, which makes it sound like, well, an old landline phone. I fix it by *Right Click device > Properties > Advanced > then change the quality on the drop down menu.* Since it's such a pain in the ass to find now, you can set a shortcut for it on your desktop so you can access it with one click. *Control Panel > Hardware & Sound > right click Sound > Create Shortcut.* Idk why they made it such a chore to access this panel or why it's a separate thing from Sound Settings, but they did, so... Thanks Windows..?

[@CoalitionGaming]

That's my preferred way to handle setting audio devices as default and adjusting volumes, but yeah it got buried in windows 10.

[@krymsynrayne]

@@CoalitionGaming same. I have run into so many people who couldn't figure out why Windows wasn't detecting their mic or headphones only to find that was the issue. I heard that they're trying to merge everything and that maybe the average used might not need to access that control panel often, but it still shouldn't be so hard to find.

[@ProductionProduct]

love ya man been looking around for hours, this is the first this that worked for me

[@DarthAzog]

Great tutorial. Almost complicated myself with some third party programs. God bless you

[@american3467]

underrated video

[@jessygotgame]

Spent days trying to find a solution and this was it! Thanks

[@DragonLAM3]

I think this is what i needed 😩

[@GoldenMusashi]

this is insane, didnt know it existed, works even better than some 3rd party programs, thanks a lot

[@Cipher_8]

Thank you for making this video. I use to use Audio Router program to duplicate audio sources and get them to where I wanted them but this is so much easier and I was unaware i could even do this straight through Windows 10. Now when I want to hear music through headset but not through my stream audio (default device) i can just set my music application to output to headset and my game to default device speakers and route it to headset if need be. Getting audio to go where I want to hear it can be confusing but this makes it a lot easier.

[@Cipher_8]

Subbed for informational content. Keep it up man! Good shit.

[@SPHINX369]

you king. Y O U K I N G YOU KING ?! OH NOOOO YOU "THE" KING YOU KNOW YOU THE KING ? NOW YOU KNOW SO... THANX KING

[@ShaggyMummy]

cool, had no idea windows had this build in, Now if only we could Split the audio and have it sent to 2 different outputs at the same time....

[@CoalitionGaming]

I've got just the thing! Sort of lol kzbin.infoB9LtGHbdkVY

[@SawManga]

Oh just what i needed... now i need more sources than literally speakers and realtek digital output....

[@CoalitionGaming]

Check out video on Steel Series Sonar. You'll be happy.

[@SawManga]

@@CoalitionGaming Yea i just posted my solution. but man. a RPC problem.

[@catalensio1127]

Man, you're the savior, thank you so much

[@Maddreck]

Awesome man thanks I knew i didn't need some weird program lol

[@redwilliams8240]

Should throw this on reddit, every post i go through has recommended third-party software.

[@CoalitionGaming]

Reddit can be really toxic toward self promotion, even it's helpful content. Go for it, get that karma

[@gate-1378]

Great and Helpful Vid thanks

[@justakidinoki2096]

ty this helps so much

[@WoodyTrombone]

Thanks! For some reason I couldn't get Voicemeeter or Synchronous Audio Router to work for me, but I was able to pipe audio through Steam's created virtual audio outputs using this method.

[@CoalitionGaming]

nice!

[@mindofmannyy]

teach meee

[@g4m3rtube85]

good videos chris

[@CoalitionGaming]

Thanks!

[@BenjiDWJ]

An awesome tutorial. 😁 👌 Cheers! 🍻

[@matilubielego4210]

That helped me a lot!!!!

[@c48i3]

thanks man it helps a lot

[@tobyflockart-walker319]

Trouble is though you can't send 1 application to multiple devices, for example, to your headset and then to another output to go to a stream PC.

[@Gabifuertes]

I don't use a second pc to stream but I still need to both have multiple outputs as well as virtual audio devices, so I keep using voicemeeter. I'd like to move this to a hardware solution so I can control the mix without alt tabbing and get this to work on Linux as well.

[@Gabifuertes]

I just discovered you can set macros in voicemeeter. Half the problem solved.

[@CoalitionGaming]

@@Gabifuertes I believe there is a setting in the Realtek sound manager that lets you choose to treat front and rear audio jacks separately, or to send the main output out of both. That can help.

[@jackiea4621]

The problem is, everytime you close the application you will need to reset the output device and then back to what you selected in the first place, otherwise the audio just keeps outputing to default again. Ive been looking for weeks for a fix now...

[@CoalitionGaming]

I adjusted google chrome's volume for music i play thru that browser a long time ago. It never resets. I can close it, reboot my pc, shut it down, sleep it, wake it up later, and it remembers the volume level i put it at in the windows sound mixer. Maybe it depends on the app.

[@jackiea4621]

@@CoalitionGaming the problem isnt the volume. Its the output. Example i change chrome to output to b and games to a. When closing the application the audio goes back to standard output but still says a/b. Then i have to change the output to standard and then a/b again. Everytime...

[@kontoname]

@@jackiea4621 That sounds like an issue with your PC. It doesn't do this on mine ever and I have 5 different output devices + 3 inputs. Make sure you're not unplugging or disabling the device in question - that's the only way this can be caused "normally". Otherwise your setup is broken and needs repair.

[@dansidora]

Hello everybody. I face a problem of conection in OBS. I have a Mackie DL 16 S digital mixer conected by USB. The signal gets in the laptop (I have it in Zoom, by instance), but never get to obs. So I picked Mackie as my Audio Input capture, but the signal is not caming. If somebody can help me what setings I need to make to OBS audio so that I can get the signal in: please help!

[@OfficialChiller]

Dont work for Apple Music Beta

[@SawManga]

Literally started from problem "HEADSET/HEADPHONES" output device missing. So my LONG! journey began. So i make it real quick and give the tip. 1: MAKE SURE YOU HAVE MANAGER OR AUDIO CONSOLE! my very problem really was audio console cannot connect RPC services.

[@CoalitionGaming]

I actually talk about some of that stuff in this short kzbin.infoB9LtGHbdkVY

[@user-lv1it1cs7m]

thaaankzzzzzzz

[@ShesThe1yup]

How do I play it maybe from my ph thru to counterstrike

[@TzalmanTTV]

Great info for reals

[@chillyshotorbitus5152]

Yes thats simple...but how to stream sound at same time for example (same voice) on headphones and on hdmi Tv output

[@CoalitionGaming]

Should be a setting in the motherboard audio software to duplicate the sources instead of separate them

[@terrygriffin5201]

Great video. I have a question. Can you do loopback with this routing, or do you need a dedicated audio interface with that function?

[@CoalitionGaming]

Thanks! You can do loopback sorta with Stereo Mix

[@terrygriffin5201]

@@CoalitionGaming OK, Great topic suggestion for a new video. Maybe you can do a video showing how this works and the advantages or disadvantages or issues you find. I am sure many streamers and audio lite people are looking for was to do this without VB's voicemeeter or their plug-ins and without spending money on a new audio interface. Great content. Subscribed!

[@CoalitionGaming]

@@terrygriffin5201 I have various videos going over audio configs actually, including with 2 PC setup configs. Check out my "Your Stream Technician" playlist

[@terrygriffin5201]

@@CoalitionGaming Actually, I saw that one month ago,...I need to check again if it talks about the new routing from Windows PC. Thanks for the reply and much respect on your knowledge. I am an video, audio guy that just getting into streaming.

[@robertcollins2900]

this is not what i wanted ... but it is slightly helpful even though it doesnt work for me ...idk why my computer wont rout sounds to different tvs

[@fcaughli]

Anything like this for 7? I know there are other programs but some of those are about built for engineers with all they can do that makes it kind of complicated. I just need some simple routing so I can record with obs and still use my pc for other things.

[@CoalitionGaming]

Not sure. Maybe Eartrumpet will work for you, or this www.reddit.com/r/software/comments/7102q4/eartrumpet_for_windows_7/

[@allanlucas1385]

Like+Inscrito. Muito bom. Obrigado, aqui deu super certo. Estava passando sufoco com programas de terceiros, e vc resolve com o próprio windows. Não sabia que windows 10 tinha isto nativo. Muito bom. Me Salvou.

[@cmdrefstathiusplacidus9003]

what about when you get everything set the way you want it and you happen to not have one of those applications running at one point but then need it does it retain the device selection and level you previously set it at?

[@CoalitionGaming]

Yes it should

[@NickChan-ee5jr]

Is there something like this for Windows 11?

[@CoalitionGaming]

It's the same thing still, just looks a little different

[@cmdrefstathiusplacidus9003]

I have made multiple attempts to try to get virtual cables voice meter banana, I'm a musician and trying to do a lot of different things. at the end of the day it dawned on me that even if I get voice meter banana figured out I'm subject to the fickleness of doing all this through any kind of software, and let's face it it breaks. there's a reason voice meter banana has the audio reset feature and I don't want to have to deal with that. I have two external decks and old M-Audio c400 and a newer focusrite generation 3 2i2. I also have an external '90s era 1202 Mackie mixer with phantom power, and an even older crate mixer that's got many more channels, as well as a midi verb 3 effects processor and other various things... am I better off trying to solve my problems externally and having the final mix and routing things dealt with before it even gets to the computer? if I have the means?

[@CoalitionGaming]

Hard to say. If you are happy with the amount of control you have externally with the final mix coming to the PC, then yes do that. If you want more control via the computer, maybe something other than voicemeeter will help. I wonder if getting an elgato wave device or stream deck+ so you have access to the Wave Link software, maybe you can do what you need with that software. Other software that might be able to replicate that functionality is Steelseries Sonar (free), and the Beacn Mix software you get access to if you use a Beacn Mic or Beacn Mix Create device.

[@sbennettyt]

I'm confused about the "default" setting. Where does sound go if you choose "default"? Can "default" be changed to be a different default? Some applications' let you choose a stream destination within the application. So for example if I tell a wave recording app to get it's microphone input from my web browser but I tell Windows to send the web browser audio to head phone which one wins? Now add voicemeeter to the equation. I'm totally confused. if I tell windows I want voicemeeter bannana to use "default" for in and out what have I done?

[@CoalitionGaming]

default goes to the default playback/recording device that is selected in the Windows sound settings

[@Tattooniac]

how about using an hd60+?

[@CoalitionGaming]

Wouldn't change anything in the content of this video other than maybe add another output device in the sound mixer window

[@Milton7141]

You FUCKIIIIIIN GODDDDDDDDDDd

[@kingjer125]

is there a way to have it routed to two output devices? I have multi monitors and would like the audio to come out of both of my monitors

[@CoalitionGaming]

Thats a little harder to accomplish. If you utilize your front and rear audio jacks, you can go into the realtek sound manager software (or your motherboard's onboard audio software) and configure it there to send the same audio stream to both jacks. Outside of that, i'm not too sure. There has been software i've seen that can duplicate audio to selected sources but i don't remember the name.

[@kingjer125]

@@CoalitionGaming Thank you for replying! Iv been looking around a lot and not finding much. I do not have audio jacks on my monitors but worst case scenario I can figure something out using your information if my monitors have usb input or something similar. Now as far as the other program its called Audio router but its been dead since 2016, I attempted to use it but run into errors that most likely have to do with compatibility with windows, When I get the chance Ill look through the Github and see if anyones made their own program based off of it thats working but I doubt that. If you ever want to make a future video or look into this more, there is a solution someone posted on I believe stack overflow or whatever its called using VB audio program. I have yet to try that solution but will soon it just seems too tedious for the time I have currently.

[@CoalitionGaming]

I avoid VB audio stuff like the plague. People have alot of mixed results using their products. The VB Virtual Audio Cable is fine, but if you have to use Voicemeeter Banana or Potato, then id pass on that. OBS Studio can probably be configured to monitor audio of specific sources, but it would only work while its open. Might be worth a shot.

[@yahooshua]

I use 2 computers during the day and have my headset on one. Is there a way to stream the audio from one computer to another so I can hear all the sounds from both through the headset?

[@CoalitionGaming]

you might have some buzzing that would require a ferrite clip and ground loop noise isolator inline with the cable, but use the speaker out jack of the 2nd PC and plug it into the line in port of the main pc, and add that as an audio source to monitor in OBS

[@gamingwithjr9301]

i have a problem with the mic that when i go to record my voice it starts being static and a bunch of eco what should i do ?

[@CoalitionGaming]

try a different plug

[@007_Damo]

Can you split sound to go to the earphones and to another output at the same time (parallel). Application here would be input to Sound to speech tool but also to earphones to listen so that you can check the speech engine is working good etc?

[@CoalitionGaming]

To monitor the mic, you can go into the sound control panel and select the microphone, then click the "listen" tab, and check the box that says "listen to this device"

[@007_Damo]

@@CoalitionGaming Worked like a charm. You are a legend : )

[@skaterxlawokeculture3279]

So are you saying I can use my interface, mic, speakers, mixer, and route them anywhere without VB Audio?? This is crazy if this works!!! Im about to try right now....

[@CoalitionGaming]

Yeah pretty much. And if you watch one of our most recent videos (a short) there's a tidbit that expands on that even further.

[@skaterxlawokeculture3279]

@@CoalitionGaming sweet on it!! I have an Apollo Twin & a Mackie 10v3 and just wanna find out whats the best way to setup for streaming my DAW sessions ?

[@skaterxlawokeculture3279]

back to me as well

[@Cipher_8]

Coalition Gaming you might wanna share with your viewership how to make a direct shortcut to this page for ease of access. How to create a Settings shortcut in Windows 10 can kinda be tricky but my 1 minute tutorial below is easy enough to follow. Right click or press and hold on an empty area on your desktop, and click/tap on New and Shortcut. Copy and paste this; ms-settings:apps-volume put that into the location area, and click/tap on Next. Name it whatever you want. Now you can quickly access these settings with a helpful desktop shortcut you can put anywhere. I put this shortcut down near my bottom right audio device button on the task bar so when i need to make changes i don't forget where to go. www.tenforums.com/tutorials/46403-create-settings-shortcut-windows-10-a.html For more locations you can create shortcuts to here is a helpful list www.tenforums.com/tutorials/78214-settings-pages-list-uri-shortcuts-windows-10-a.html

[@CoalitionGaming]

thats a pretty great idea!

[@MaxPowers1245]

Yeah doesn’t work for me but thanks for the tutorial

[@CoalitionGaming]

How does it not work? Its built into windows. Or do you mean it doesn't do what you're hoping it was going to do for you?

[@MaxPowers1245]

@@CoalitionGaming too many links in the chain ..so I am trying to use a Rhodecaster Pro 2 into a gaming PC Laptop out to Oculus Rift 2 via link or Airlink-USB in VRChat. Could be the PC the Oculus me ..know idea it was just to play audio in game ..sound bites songs voice clean up etc, Ive tried everything..,dont even know how to test it easily without having someone waiting in VR Chat to see if they can here me ..I'll figure it out but it seems like a lot of work ..so many diffent audio links in the software chain etc..also I'm normally a Mac user been a while since I did much in Windows so that probably doesn't help..if you can think of anything though love to hear. Thanks Again

[@CoalitionGaming]

just want to play audio in-game? Easy. Do it thru the mic basically. $5 program called Soundpad can be configured to play sounds via hotkey (or streamdeck or touch portal, etc) and it will play them thru your microphone. You can hear them as well sure, but then this way anywhere your mic works will also be able to hear what you play.

[@MaxPowers1245]

@@CoalitionGaming that’s exactly what I want to do ..will it work with the rhodecaster I’m assuming I’ll need a control service and sound library rather trying to do things on the pc when I’m in the game ..I’ll check it out thanks.

[@CoalitionGaming]

@@MaxPowers1245 it'll work with anything the system sees as a microphone so yeah should work. Good luck!

[@CodySmiley]

Outdated.

[@CoalitionGaming]

Video is from 2019 ya goof lol. However, everything talked about in the video is still applicable to the current implementation of the advanced audio mixer in windows.

[@russellwilliams4317]

Yeah, silly goof.

[@michaellatsky]

slow

[@CoalitionGaming]

Detailed. Because people need that.

[@michaellatsky]

@@CoalitionGaming in all of us respect, i like what you do, but man your intro was 2 minutes and then some

[@CoalitionGaming]

Explanation and scenarios are necessary to inform so people can understand what this is for, what it can do, and how it can be used. It all goes together. Nowadays everybody seems to have ADHD and can't appreciate a video trying to convey a full explanation. And upon re-review of the first 2 minutes, yeah it was necessary information lol.. Sorry about your ADHD.

[@LucyB91]

Is this available in windows 11 ?, if so where cuz i can't find it

[@CoalitionGaming]

Yep. System -> Sound -> Volume Mixer. To change around the inputs and outputs like shown in this video, just click the dropdown arrows next to the volume slider and there you go.

[@LucyB91]

@@CoalitionGaming Ahh ok thanks