tmakuch / soundboard-setup

Software soundboard like Elgato Deck

Overview of my setup

Voicemeeter allows me to mix inputs and provide them to multiple outputs. I use 3 inputs (thus basic Voicemeeter is not enough):

• hardware - your phisical microphone,
• software aux - your pc sound,
• software input - your soundboard app. And two outputs:
• headphones - collecting sound from software input and aux (letting me hear soundboard and games),
• virtual cable - collecting sound from microphone and software input (letting other to hear me and soundboard).

For aux to work I need to change either each game or windows default output aux cable, for this reason powershell script was written. As a bonus is starts the applications.

Installation

1. Download and install Soundboard app.
2. Download and install Voicemeeter app, either banana or potato versions (you need to have at least two virtual inputs.)
3. Reboot pc according to voicemeeter instructions.
4. Download and install Virtual Audio Cable.
5. Reboot pc according to virtual cable instructions.

Configuration

Soundboard

THe only important setting is output - set it to `VoiceMeeter Input (not aux). Rest is all up to you.

VoiceMeeteer

• Hardware In 1
  • Physical microphone or Nvidia RTX Voice microphone
  • Outputs only to A2
• Hardware In 2 & 3 not set
• Virtual In 1 (VoiceMetter VAIO)
  • Outputs both to A1 & A2
• Virtual In 2 (VoiceMetter AUX)
  • Outputs only to A1
• Hardware Out 1
  • Set to your physical headphones/speakers
• Hardware Out 2
  • Set to Cable Input (VB-Audio Virtual Cable)
• In case of issues with bad and choppy audio from mixer go to Menu -> System Settings / Options and set Buffering WDM to 1024

Discord

• Set Audio Input to Cable Output (VB-Audio Virtual Cable)
• Set Audio Output to VoiceMeeter AUX Input (VB-Audio Virtual Cable)
• Disable automatically determining input sensitivity and set it relatively low - discord has a problem with quiet Soundboard app input.