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In the verge of several available digital modes, digital voice etc., the audio routing can become a nightmare, like
- which interface should I choose for this audio stream? or
- How do I do FT-8 without listening to the whistles while listening to music? Or
- How do my Youtube or computer sounds does not end in my transmitted signals?
Needless to say different requirements for different software and different modes.
Things can get especially complicated if you are using Digital Voice, like FreeDV, with its multitude of inputs and outputs: Radio in, Radio out, Voice in, Voice out. See this typical diagram of every ham radio operator:
This is how you manage via the Windows Mixer:
VoiceMeeter Banana is a powerful and free (for personal use) software, which you could compare to a very powerful mixer - At the control of your hands in the computer.
It also provide a Macro Button program, that can easily be configured to send CAT commands to your PC, bind and unbind channels, increase volume, mute strips.
Now, that very same scenario managed with VoiceMeeter:
While it is not exactly dead simple, with VoiceMeeter you have the control of every input and output at your fingertip and visible at the single source of truth - without having to right click here, there, there and there and figure out where which audio stream is being routed to where, as via the Windows Mixer.
In this Wiki you will find detailed instructions on how to properly set up VoiceMeeter - In a way you can make sense of it. Spare yourself some 30 minutes to 1 hour to set this up.
A word of caution: Do not skip any steps - Read this fancy manual. These instructions are very important, in order to help you configure the Radio, the Computer and Windows audio - and make sense of the audio ports that your audio applications will use, and for not losing track of your VoiceMeeter Buses too.
