Is Loopback for Windows Right for You? (Find Out Now in This Quick Guide)

Okay, so, I wanted to mess around with audio routing on my Windows machine, kind of like what I do with Loopback on my Mac. You know, directing audio to different apps and stuff, like playing something specific on Discord or whatever. I did some digging ’cause I couldn’t find anything exactly like Loopback for Windows.

So, I learned that it’s a bit tricky to find an exact match, but I found a workaround using a virtual audio cable thing. The one I tried out is this thing called “VB-Cable Virtual Audio Device” which a lot of folks online were saying works well. So, I downloaded and installed it from their website.

My Experience

Once that was in, I went to my system’s sound settings. You can get there by right-clicking the speaker icon in the taskbar, then you choose “Sounds”. In that dialog box, I made “CABLE Input” my default output device. That’s how you tell your computer to send all audio through this virtual cable thing.

After that, whatever app I wanted to route audio from, I just needed to make sure it was sending its output to the “CABLE Input.” I found that I could get a little complicated when I tried to route into my audio output, but finally I found that I could achieve it by using a virtual cable.

• First, download the thing that you need.
• Then, install it, I tried to use this “VB-Cable”.
• Right-click the speaker icon and open the “Sounds” setting.
• Set the “CABLE Input” as the default device.
• Choose “CABLE Input” as the output in the app I want to use.

Then it worked! The audio from those apps would go through the virtual cable, and then I could direct it wherever I wanted using another software or my audio interface settings. It’s a bit of a roundabout way to do it, but it gets the job done. I also found some VSTs which is called Supertone Clear that helped reduce noise. On my Mac, I set it up that way. So, this is my experience with Loopback on Windows, hope that helps!