JACK Audio Connection Kit AlternativesAudio Routers and other similar apps like JACK Audio Connection Kit

JACK Audio Connection Kit is described as 'JACK is a professional sound server daemon that provides real-time low latency connections for both audio and MIDI data between applications that implement its API. The API can be used through either JACK1 or JACK2' and is a popular Audio Router in the system & hardware category. There are more than 25 alternatives to JACK Audio Connection Kit for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and iPad apps. The best JACK Audio Connection Kit alternative is VB-Audio VoiceMeeter, which is free. Other great apps like JACK Audio Connection Kit are PipeWire, Soundflower, MixDesk X and BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver.

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  1. Voicemeeter is Audio Mixer Application endowed with Virtual Audio Device used as Virtual I/O to mix and manage any audio sources from or to any audio devices or applications.

    41 VB-Audio VoiceMeeter alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  2. PipeWire icon
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    PipeWire is a project that aims to greatly improve handling of audio and video under Linux. It provides a low-latency, graph based processing engine on top of audio and video devices that can be used to support the use cases currently handled by both PulseAudio and JACK.

    7 PipeWire alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
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  3. Soundflower icon
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    Soundflower is a Mac OS X system extension that allows applications to pass audio to other applications. Soundflower is easy to use, it simply presents itself as an audio device, allowing any audio application to send and receive audio with no other support needed.

    30 Soundflower alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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  4. MixDesk X icon
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    Multi-device audio mixing software for Mac and Windows captures system or application sound, routes up to 16 stereo outputs with per-channel EQ, real-time analyzer, Auto-EQ, CLAP plugin support, per-bus delay, safety limiter, and recallable routing presets.

    21 MixDesk X alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  5. BlackHole is a modern macOS virtual audio driver that allows applications to pass audio to other applications with zero additional latency.

    28 BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  6. Virtual Audio Cable is the definitive audio routing tool for Windows that lets you redirect audio streams between applications and devices on your computer. It enables you to do things like record your speaker output, send an audio stream from a DAW software to a video editor or...

    27 Virtual Audio Cable alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  7. VB-Audio CABLE is a Windows Audio Driver working as a Virtual Audio Cable. After installing the VB-CABLE driver, a new playback device appears in the audio device list and can be set as default device. VB-CABLE can be set as the default device, just like any regular audio device.

    32 VB-Audio Virtual Cable alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  8. Loopback icon
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    Configure advanced audio routing by creating virtual devices on macOS, supporting up to 64 input/output channels. Customize and mix audio from multiple sources, including hidden ones like Siri. It offers Pass-Thru for direct sound transfers and full accessibility via VoiceOver, ideal for audio processing.

    31 Loopback alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  9. Synchronous Audio Router is a software-based audio routing driver for Windows. You can create any number of Windows audio endpoints, either playback or recording, and route them using any digital audio workstation software which supports ASIO, all with low latency.

    17 Synchronous Audio Router alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  10. Helvum icon
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    GTK-based patchbay for pipewire, inspired by the JACK tool catia.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  11. Dante Via icon
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    Audio routing software seamlessly connects applications to the Dante network, transforming PC and Mac inputs and outputs into sharable network resources, enabling integration with professional Dante gear and inter-device audio sharing through Dante audio over IP solutions.

    15 Dante Via alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  12. Dante Virtual Soundcard turns your computer into a Dante-powered workstation, seamlessly integrating your PC or Mac with Dante audio devices on your network. Dante doesn't require a special ethernet interface, you probably aleready have all you need.

    9 Dante Virtual Soundcard alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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