<s>
Voicemeeter	B-Application
is	O
a	O
virtual	O
mixing	O
console	O
and	O
sound	B-Device
card	I-Device
running	O
on	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
the	O
processing	O
of	O
any	O
audio	O
signal	O
–	O
whether	O
its	O
source	O
is	O
physical	O
(	O
microphone	O
)	O
or	O
virtual	O
(	O
application	O
)	O
–	O
and	O
its	O
transmission	O
to	O
physical	O
audio	O
devices	O
and/or	O
applications	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voicemeeter	B-Application
offers	O
many	O
useful	O
features	O
for	O
audio	O
activities	O
:	O
VoIP	B-Application
users	O
,	O
video	O
gamers	O
,	O
users	O
of	O
audio	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
VLC	B-Application
media	I-Application
player	I-Application
,	O
Audacity	B-Language
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
are	O
available	O
:	O
Voicemeeter	B-Application
(	O
or	O
"	O
Voicemeeter	B-Application
Standard	O
"	O
)	O
which	O
offers	O
two	O
physical	O
and	O
one	O
virtual	O
inputs/outputs	O
,	O
Voicemeeter	B-Application
Pro	O
(	O
called	O
"	O
Banana	O
"	O
)	O
with	O
three	O
physical	O
and	O
two	O
virtual	O
inputs/outputs	O
,	O
an	O
integrated	O
recorder	O
and	O
additional	O
audio	O
processing	O
,	O
and	O
Voicemeeter	B-Application
"	O
Potato	O
"	O
offering	O
five	O
physical	O
and	O
three	O
virtual	O
inputs/outputs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Distributed	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
donationware	B-License
model	O
,	O
the	O
application	O
can	O
be	O
downloaded	O
for	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
virtual	O
mixing	O
console	O
,	O
Voicemeeter	B-Application
makes	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
interconnect	B-General_Concept
and	O
mix	O
audio	O
streams	O
from	O
many	O
audio	O
devices	O
and	O
applications	B-Application
thanks	O
to	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
physical	O
inputs/outputs	O
(	O
for	O
audio	O
devices	O
)	O
and	O
virtual	O
inputs/outputs	O
(	O
for	O
applications	B-Application
)	O
:	O
USB	B-Protocol
microphone	O
,	O
DVD	O
players	O
,	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
iTunes	B-Operating_System
,	O
VoIP	B-Application
applications	B-Application
,	O
Digital	B-General_Concept
Audio	I-General_Concept
Workstation	I-General_Concept
(	O
DAW	O
)	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voicemeeter	B-Application
makes	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
mix	O
multiple	O
audio	O
sources	O
from	O
different	O
devices	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
USB	B-Protocol
microphone	O
or	O
line	O
input	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
sound	O
of	O
PC	B-Device
applications	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
video	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voicemeeter	B-Application
Standard	O
offers	O
two	O
physical	O
inputs	O
and	O
one	O
virtual	O
input	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voicemeeter	B-Application
Banana	O
offers	O
three	O
physical	O
inputs	O
and	O
two	O
virtual	O
ones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voicemeeter	B-Application
Potato	O
offers	O
five	O
physical	O
inputs	O
and	O
three	O
virtual	O
ones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Just	O
like	O
a	O
physical	O
mixing	O
console	O
,	O
Voicemeeter	B-Application
allows	O
you	O
to	O
mix	O
and	O
process	O
the	O
different	O
signals	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
with	O
,	O
in	O
particular	O
,	O
equalizers	O
,	O
compressors	B-Operating_System
and	O
noise	O
gates	O
(	O
"	O
Audibility	O
"	O
button	O
for	O
Voicemeeter	B-Application
Standard	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
gain	O
controls	O
materialized	O
by	O
vertical	O
sliders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Voicemeeter	B-Application
Banana	O
has	O
an	O
advanced	O
independent	O
equalizer	O
on	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
bus	B-General_Concept
outputs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
generated	O
audio	O
signals	O
can	O
then	O
be	O
sent	O
separately	O
to	O
several	O
physical	O
(	O
speakers	O
,	O
television	O
,	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
...	O
)	O
or	O
virtual	O
(	O
Skype	B-Application
,	O
Audacity	B-Language
,	O
OBS	B-Language
,	O
Twitch	O
...	O
)	O
playback	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voicemeeter	B-Application
Standard	O
has	O
one	O
physical	O
output	O
and	O
one	O
virtual	O
output	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voicemeeter	B-Application
Banana	O
has	O
three	O
physical	O
outputs	O
and	O
two	O
virtual	O
outputs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voicemeeter	B-Application
Potato	O
has	O
five	O
physical	O
outputs	O
and	O
three	O
virtual	O
outputs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voicemeeter	B-Application
thus	O
makes	O
it	O
easy	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
to	O
change	O
your	O
voice	O
,	O
add	O
music	O
and	O
send	O
all	O
in	O
a	O
conversation	O
via	O
Skype	B-Application
or	O
play	O
5.1	O
video	O
games	O
while	O
conversing	O
with	O
your	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voicemeeter	B-Application
Banana	O
integrates	O
an	O
audio	O
recorder	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
cassette	O
tape	O
recorder	O
from	O
the	O
1980s	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
recording	O
bus	B-General_Concept
inputs	O
or	O
outputs	O
in	O
WAV	O
,	O
AIFF	O
,	O
BWF	O
and	O
MP3	B-Application
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
an	O
audio	O
player	O
supporting	O
audio	O
files	O
in	O
WAV	O
,	O
AIFF	O
,	O
MP3	B-Application
,	O
M4A	O
,	O
MP4	O
,	O
MOV	B-Application
,	O
AVI	O
,	O
WMA	B-Application
,	O
WMV	B-Device
format	O
,	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voicemeeter	B-Application
can	O
use	O
Windows	B-Application
audio	O
devices	O
with	O
WASAPI	O
(	O
WDM	B-Application
)	O
,	O
Kernel	O
streaming	O
or	O
Multimedia	O
Extensions	O
interfaces	O
and	O
it	O
can	O
also	O
manage	O
an	O
ASIO	B-Library
audio	O
device	O
(	O
on	O
output	O
A1	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
one	O
to	O
three	O
virtual	O
inputs/outputs	O
with	O
all	O
interfaces	O
:	O
WASAPI	O
,	O
KS	O
,	O
MME	O
,	O
WaveRT	O
,	O
DirectX	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
ASIO	B-Library
(	O
to	O
connect	O
professional	O
audio	O
software	O
to	O
Voicemeeter	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voicemeeter	B-Application
Banana	O
also	O
offers	O
a	O
virtual	O
ASIO	B-Library
insert	O
driver	O
to	O
connect	O
a	O
VST	O
host	O
application	O
(	O
DAW	O
)	O
and	O
process	O
the	O
various	O
Voicemeeter	B-Application
inputs	O
with	O
software	O
plug-in	B-Application
or	O
any	O
professional	O
audio	O
applications	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voicemeeter	B-Application
also	O
comes	O
with	O
recording	O
and	O
playback	O
audio	O
drivers	B-Application
(	O
giving	O
the	O
virtual	O
inputs	O
/	O
outputs	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
VBAN	O
protocol	O
makes	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
send	O
/	O
receive	O
uncompressed	O
audio	O
streams	O
over	O
a	O
local	B-General_Concept
area	I-General_Concept
network	I-General_Concept
and	O
thus	O
to	O
interconnect	B-General_Concept
computers	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
use	O
audio	O
cables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voicemeeter	B-Application
is	O
installed	O
with	O
MacroButton	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
you	O
to	O
create	O
complex	O
functions	O
to	O
act	O
on	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
of	O
the	O
settings	O
of	O
Voicemeeter	B-Application
with	O
a	O
keyboard	O
key	O
(	O
keyboard	O
shortcut	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
MIDI	O
code	O
,	O
a	O
threshold	O
on	O
an	O
incoming	O
signal	O
(	O
trigger	B-Application
)	O
or	O
an	O
Xbox	B-Protocol
controller	O
button	O
(	O
XInput	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
thus	O
possible	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
Voicemeeter	B-Application
configuration	O
with	O
a	O
single	O
click	O
and	O
instantly	O
adapt	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
different	O
uses	O
that	O
one	O
makes	O
of	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voicemeeter	B-Application
can	O
be	O
considered	O
as	O
a	O
system	O
audio	O
component	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
any	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
API	B-General_Concept
called	O
VoicemeeterRemote	O
API	B-General_Concept
allows	O
read	O
and	O
write	O
actions	O
on	O
Voicemeeter	B-Application
parameters	O
and	O
thus	O
control	O
Voicemeeter	B-Application
from	O
a	O
program	O
to	O
use	O
it	O
as	O
an	O
audio	O
service	O
or	O
as	O
a	O
virtual	O
sound	B-Device
card	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
program	O
can	O
thus	O
set	O
up	O
signal	O
processing	O
callbacks	O
to	O
process	O
the	O
sound	O
in	O
Voicemeeter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voicemeeter	B-Application
has	O
a	O
dedicated	O
forum	B-Application
and	O
a	O
Discord	B-Application
server	O
,	O
managed	O
by	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
and	O
expert	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Video	O
tutorials	O
are	O
also	O
regularly	O
posted	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
by	O
Voicemeeter	B-Application
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voicemeeter	B-Application
is	O
distributed	O
under	O
the	O
donationware	B-License
model	O
.	O
</s>
