Start C:”Program Files””Virtual Audio Cable”audiorepeater.exe /ChanCfg:”stereo” /Input:”Line 2 (Virtual Audio Cable)” /Output:”Line 1 (Virtual Audio Cable)” /AutoStart Start C:”Program Files””Virtual Audio Cable”audiorepeater.exe /ChanCfg:”mono” /Input:”Digidesign Mbox2 Analog 1/2 (3-” /Output:”Line 1 (Virtual Audio Cable)” /AutoStart For my setup, the script looks like this: One more tip about the Audio Repeaters: they have a command line switch so it is easy to write a simple script to launch them all automatically. Here is a higher-level diagram of how the routing works. Remember we set Audacity to record on Line 1, so effectively we are recording the conversation. Now we have your mic and Skype piped into Line 1. Hit record in Audacity when you want to start recording.Be careful to make sure the VAC that Skype goes into is stereo. One last thing to note is that my mic is mono and Skype is stereo. This is the mix minus you have been looking for. Line 2, which is Skype, gets piped into my speakers or headphones so I can hear my co-hosts. This makes a mix of me and my co-hosts on Skype. Line 2 is the Skype in stereo which is also piped into Line 1. Your mic (in my case it is an mbox) gets piped into Line 1. This may seem like voodoo so let me explain. The screenshot shows the settings for all of the repeaters. Set one VAC to route in stereo from Line 2 to your speakers or headphones.Set one VAC to route in stereo from Line 2 to Line 1.Set one VAC to route in mono from your mic to Line 1.Open 3 audio repeaters as mentioned earlier. Here is where we use VAC to make them talk to each other. We now have Skype set to hear the microphone and output to VAC “Line 2,” and Audacity to record on VAC “Line 1” and output to your speakers or headphones for editing later. Click “Ok” to save and Audacity is set to record!.Under “recording,” set the Device to Line 1 and Channels to 1 (Mono).Under the “Devices” tab, set playback “Device” to your speakers or headphones.Open the Audacity preferences by clicking Edit>Preferences.It may look a little different with future updates. Uncheck “Automatically adjust speaker settings”.Set the output or Speakers as your second VAC “Line 2”.Set the input Microphone as your microphone – in my case, it is my Mbox.Open the Skype options by clicking Tools>Options, then click “Audio Settings” on the left.Let’s take a break from VAC for a second and set up our Skype, Audacity and Ustream. You can open as many of these as you like. As you can see below, you get an input and an output per Audio Repeater. To do so you open what VAC calls an “Audio Repeater.” It is also found in the start menu. Next you will have to set your audio cables to route the sound around for you. You will now notice that there are new audio devices in the Recording and Playback tab of the sound panel (right click on the speaker icon in the tray to get the Recording devices and the Playback devices). Close the Control Panel by clicking “Exit”.In the Control Panel set “Cables” in the upper left to 3 and click “Set”.Open up the VAC Control Panel as an Admin by right clicking on “Control Panel” and clicking “Run as Administrator”.Open the Start Menu and navigate to >All Programs>Virtual Audio Cable>Control Panel.I will refer to these as VAC’s from now on. We will only use 2, but a 3rd may come in handy. You will need to set up 3 virtual audio cables.
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Ustream website or the Ustream producer Appĭespite the setup being entirely virtual, you can think of this as a series of inputs and outputs that are connected via the virtual audio cables.