Complete Voicemeeter Banana Setup in Under 6 Minutes! (2025) 🎙️ (For Streamers & Gamers)

[00:00] Hey everyone, welcome to my channel. In

[00:02] today's video, we are going to walk

[00:04] through setting up a streaming ready

[00:05] audio setup using Voicem Banana, a

[00:08] powerful and free virtual audio mixer

[00:10] that gives you full control over your

[00:12] sound. Whether you stream games, record

[00:14] podcast, create content on YouTube, or

[00:16] just want to separate your audio

[00:18] sources. Voice meter will completely

[00:20] change how you manage audio on your PC.

[00:22] We'll cover connecting your microphone,

[00:24] routing system and game audio, isolating

[00:26] apps like Spotify and Discord, sending a

[00:29] clean audio mix into OBS Studio. I've

[00:32] added chapters to this video so you can

[00:33] skip ahead or revisit any section

[00:35] anytime. Check the video timeline or

[00:37] description below. So, let's jump in.

[00:40] First things first, let's download and

[00:43] install the software we need. Head over

[00:45] to the vbaudio.com link in the

[00:47] description. Navigate to banana and

[00:49] click on the download link. After

[00:51] downloading, run the Voice Meter Banana

[00:53] installer. Then restart your computer.

[00:56] This is very important to activate the

[00:57] drivers correctly.

[00:59] Let's launch Voice Met Banana. Yes, it

[01:03] looks like the cockpit of a spaceship.

[01:05] But once you understand the layout, it's

[01:07] very logical. On the left side, there

[01:10] are hardware inputs. These are physical

[01:13] input devices like your microphone,

[01:15] audio interface or instrument line. In

[01:18] you see three channels. hardware input

[01:21] one, two, and three. Now moving on in

[01:24] the middle section, you'll see virtual

[01:26] inputs. These represent audio coming

[01:28] from software on your PC. Now on the

[01:31] right side, there are outputs. This is

[01:34] where the audio gets sent. There are

[01:36] three sliders A1 to A3 physical output

[01:39] device like headphones or speaker which

[01:41] can be controlled here. And there is

[01:44] also B1 and B2. These are virtual

[01:46] outputs used to send mixed audio into

[01:49] OBS Studio or other recording software.

[01:51] Think of voice meter as your virtual

[01:53] mixing board. It lets you control what

[01:56] you hear, what your stream hears, and

[01:58] what gets recorded separately. Don't

[02:01] worry if this still feels a bit

[02:03] confusing. In the next few chapters, we

[02:06] are going to walk through a step-by-step

[02:08] example setup that will make everything

[02:11] much clearer from mic setup to isolating

[02:13] Spotify and sending clean audio to OBS.

[02:16] Once you see it in action, the layout

[02:18] will start making perfect sense. Before

[02:21] we dive into the actual setup, let's

[02:24] make sure window route all audio through

[02:26] voice meter. This means setting voice

[02:29] meter as the default system playback and

[02:31] recording device. Now first of all open

[02:34] sound settings. To do that right click

[02:37] the speaker icon in your taskbar select

[02:40] sound settings or you can go to the

[02:42] settings system and then sound. Now set

[02:46] default output device. To do that under

[02:49] output section you have to choose voice

[02:51] meter input. This sends all system audio

[02:54] game YouTube apps into voice meter for

[02:57] full control.

[02:59] Now choosing input device. Under input,

[03:02] choose voice meter output B1 or B2. You

[03:07] can choose either. They do the same

[03:09] thing. Before setting up your

[03:11] microphone, make sure you have selected

[03:13] your headphones or speaker in one of the

[03:15] hardware output slots that is A1, A2 or

[03:18] A3. To do this, go to the top right

[03:21] corner of voice meter. Click the A1

[03:23] button. Choose your preferred output

[03:24] device like headphone, earbuds or

[03:27] desktop speaker. Optionally, you can use

[03:29] A2 or A3. If you want a secondary output

[03:31] device like routing audio to a speaker

[03:34] and headset at the same time. This

[03:36] allows you to hear everything voice

[03:38] meter is processing. Especially

[03:40] important once we connect your mic.

[03:43] Next,

[03:45] let's begin our actual setup by

[03:47] connecting your microphone into voice

[03:49] meter. Under hardware input one, click

[03:52] the label. Choose your microphone from

[03:54] the list. This could be a USB mic, XLR

[03:57] mic via audio interface, or even a

[03:59] headset mic. Talk into it, you should

[04:02] see the input meter bounce when you

[04:04] speak. To hear yourself, enable the

[04:07] event button below the input. This sends

[04:09] your mic audio to your headphones. Now,

[04:12] let's make sure you're capturing desktop

[04:14] audio and system audio like games,

[04:16] YouTube, and app sounds. Since we

[04:18] already set voice meter input as your

[04:20] Windows default playback device earlier,

[04:23] any sound your system produces is now

[04:25] routed into voice meter first virtual

[04:27] input strip. You can control its volume,

[04:30] mute it or direct it to different

[04:32] outputs like headphones, stream etc. by

[04:35] using the A1, B1 and B2 buttons. This is

[04:39] the foundation of routing. You now have

[04:42] control over your desktop sound. Now

[04:45] let's take it one step further. What if

[04:47] you want to play Spotify for yourself

[04:50] during a stream but not let your viewers

[04:52] hear it? First of all, open Spotify in

[04:56] the background. Now, open sound settings

[04:59] like I showed you before. Find Spotify

[05:01] in the app list. Set its output to voice

[05:04] meter ox input. Be careful. Do not set

[05:08] it to voice meter input only. Set it to

[05:11] voice meter ox input which is mapping to

[05:15] the second slider in that output

[05:17] section. Back in voice meter, find the

[05:20] ox input strip. Turn a1 on so you can

[05:24] hear it. Go to OBS. Add a new audio

[05:28] output capture device. Name it Spotify

[05:32] or whatever you want. Then select voice

[05:35] meter aux input. Now you can vibe to

[05:38] music and your viewers won't hear a

[05:40] thing. This method works for any app

[05:43] including Chrome, Discord, or a second

[05:45] browser for alerts.

[05:48] That's it for the Voice Meter Banana

[05:50] full setup tutorial for streamers. If

[05:52] this helped you, give it a like and

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[05:57] watching and happy streaming.