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Explore setup, audio routing, calls, streaming and more through practical Voicemeeter guides. Each title opens on YouTube. Written steps live in the guides.

Voicemeeter Banana / Potato

Basics, Mixing, OBS, Discord, Spotify

Voicemeeter Standard

Beginners, Basics, Setup

Voicemeeter Standard

Basics, Setup, Intellipan, Mixing browser audio with media audio

Voicemeeter Banana

Beginners, Setup, Discord, OBS, Twitch, Streaming

Voicemeeter Banana

Basics, Setup, Tutorial

Voicemeeter Banana

Basics, Setup, Mixing, Two Microphones, Discord, OBS, Skype

Voicemeeter Banana

Setup, Basics, VB-Audio Cable, Connections

Console family

Standard.
Banana.
Potato.

Choose I/O the way you pick strips on a hardware desk. Banana ships with Standard. Potato ships with Standard and Banana.

CH 1

Standard

Core I/O. Straightforward first desk.

  • 3 ins / 3 outs
  • 2 hardware + 1 software input
  • Color panel EQ · Intellipan · Audibility
  • Version 1.1.2.2 · ~21.9 MB
Download Standard
CH 2

Banana

Streaming desk. Standard is in the package.

  • 5 ins / 5 outs · buses A1-A3, B1-B2
  • Compressor/gate · strip limiter · 8-ch recorder
  • VBAN 8 in + 8 out
  • Version 2.1.2.2 · ~42 MB
Download Banana
CH 3

Potato

Dense routing and FX. Standard and Banana included.

  • 8 ins / 8 outs · multilayer mixbus
  • Parametric EQ · Denoiser · C5 · JustVerb 3
  • Send/return for reverb and delay
  • Version 3.1.2.2 · ~71.6 MB
Download Potato

Overview

What is
Voicemeeter?

Voicemeeter is a Windows virtual mixer. Hardware and software sources appear as strips, mix on buses, and leave through virtual devices so Discord, Skype, OBS, games and DAWs share one path.

The driver stack speaks WDM, KS, MME, DirectX, WaveRT and ASIO. Clock follows main output A1, up to 192 kHz when the edition and device allow it.

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Patch bay

How a feed crosses the desk

Mics and app playback land on strips. You assign buses. Hardware and virtual outputs leave toward speakers, headsets and capture software.

STAGE 1

Physical + software sources

USB mic, headset, interface · game VAIO · Discord / Zoom VAIO

STAGE 2

Voicemeeter mixer

Strip gain · Intellipan · EQ · gate/comp · bus assign A1… / B1…

STAGE 3

Apps and outputs

Speakers / headphones · OBS capture · chat apps · VBAN network

Stuck on routing? See the routing troubleshooting guide.

Control board

Terms you will actually use

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Virtual audio I/O ●
WDM, KS, MME, DirectX and WaveRT endpoints so Windows apps select Voicemeeter for playback or capture without extra physical cables.
Hardware inputs and buses
Physical strips plus mixbuses — A toward hardware outs, B toward virtual outs. Potato adds multilayer routing for denser desks.
Intellipan, EQ and dynamics
Color Panel EQ, 3D binaural pan, Audibility, plus graphic EQ on virtual inputs. Banana and Potato add compressor, gate, limiter and further FX.
VBAN and ASIO
VBAN carries network audio streams. Virtual ASIO I/O feeds DAWs and inserts, clocked from main output A1.

Studio notes

Standard vs Banana vs Potato

I/O counts from the current line. After you pick an edition, use the troubleshooting path.

Criterion Standard Banana Potato
I/O count 3 / 3 5 / 5 8 / 8
Hardware inputs 2 3 5
Software / virtual ins 1 VAIO 2 VAIO 3 VAIO
VBAN streams 4 in + 4 out 8 in + 8 out 8 in + 8 out
Recorder Not included 8-ch MP3/WAV/BWF/AIFF 8-ch MP3/WAV/BWF/AIFF
Pro FX highlights Color EQ, Intellipan, Audibility + Comp/gate, limiter, chorus + PEQ, Denoiser, C5, JustVerb 3

Install checklist

01 Extract

Save the ZIP, extract every file, then launch setup as administrator.

02 Reboot

Reboot after install — and after uninstall — so virtual devices register cleanly.

03 Connect

Set A1 to your main interface, point apps at Voicemeeter VAIO, and change one setting at a time.

Donationware · offline capable No user data collection claimed by publisher Trust and security details

Operator notes

Desk logs from the field

Paraphrased from public reviews and streaming-desk tutorials. Hover the tape to pause.

“Banana is the piece I did not know I needed. Once the buses clicked, Discord and OBS finally stopped fighting. I still wish the first-hour learning curve were gentler.”
Streamer · Banana
“Separate game, Discord and music into OBS tracks without buying hardware. Buffer tweaks fixed my crackling after I stopped forcing WDM on every strip.”
Twitch desk · Banana
“Works. Antivirus yelled once on install. Allowed it, rebooted, meters lit up.”
Windows 11 user
“Potato’s FX and VBAN cover our dual-PC stream. Macro Buttons as a cart machine is oddly perfect for live bits.”
Producer · Potato
“Intellipan and Audibility cleaned a cheap USB mic for Zoom better than another round of Windows enhancements.”
Remote team · Standard

Settings panel

Voicemeeter is donationware. The full mixer installs and runs. After about 30 days the About box asks for a license or continued evaluation. Potato uses an activation-code donation model.
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December 2025

Download the mixer

December 2025 packages · Standard, Banana or Potato · run setup as admin, then reboot

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