Voicemeeter Standard / Banana / Potato
Download, Basics, Setup
Virtual audio mixer for Windows
Voicemeeter
Route hardware mics, Discord, games and OBS through one PC-core mixer. Mix buses A and B, process strips, then send clean feeds where you need them.
Latest: Standard · Banana · Potato · Donationware · Win 10 / 11
Community videos
Video tutorials
Setup walkthroughs from the Voicemeeter community. Open each clip on YouTube. For written steps, use the troubleshooting 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
Product family
Three mixers. One console line.
Pick capacity like channel strips on a desk. Banana and Potato packages include the lighter editions.
CH 1
Standard
All the basics. Easy to use.
- 3 ins / 3 outs
- 2 hardware + 1 software input
- Color panel EQ · Intellipan · Audibility
- Version 1.1.2.2 · ~21.9 MB
CH 2
Banana
All you need. And more. Standard included.
- 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
CH 3
Potato
For audio professionals. 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
Overview
What is Voicemeeter?
Voicemeeter is a virtual audio mixer for Windows. It presents hardware and software sources as strips, mixes them on buses, and exposes virtual devices so Discord, Skype, OBS, games and DAWs can share one coherent signal path.
Drivers speak WDM, KS, MME, DirectX, WaveRT and ASIO. Sample rates follow your main output A1 configuration, up to 192 kHz depending on edition and device.
Read the full feature tourSignal path
How audio moves through the desk
Physical inputs and app playback enter strips. You assign buses. Hardware outs and virtual outs leave toward speakers, headsets and capture apps.
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.
Capabilities
Mixer terms that matter
- Virtual audio I/O
- WDM, KS, MME, DirectX and WaveRT virtual devices so Windows apps pick Voicemeeter as playback or capture without extra cables.
- Hardware inputs and buses
- Physical strips plus mixbuses (A for hardware outs, B for virtual). Potato adds multilayer routing for denser desks.
- Intellipan, EQ and dynamics
- Color panel EQ, 3D binaural pan, Audibility, graphic EQ on virtual ins; Banana/Potato add compressor, gate, limiter and more.
- VBAN and ASIO
- Network audio streams over VBAN. Virtual ASIO I/O for DAWs and inserts, clocked from main output A1.
Comparison
Standard vs Banana vs Potato
Concrete I/O counts from the current product line. For setup help after you choose, open the troubleshooting guides.
| 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 service panel
01 Extract
Download the ZIP, extract all files, then run the setup program as administrator.
02 Reboot
Restart Windows after install (and after uninstall) so virtual devices register cleanly.
03 Connect
Assign A1 to your main interface, point apps at Voicemeeter VAIO, then follow step zero in the manual mindset: one change at a time.
Donationware · offline capable
No user data collection claimed by publisher
Trust and security details
Community
What users say in practice
Paraphrased from public reviews and tutorial culture around streaming desks. Hover the strip 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.”
“Separate game, Discord and music into OBS tracks without buying hardware. Buffer tweaks fixed my crackling after I stopped forcing WDM on every strip.”
“Works. Antivirus yelled once on install. Allowed it, rebooted, meters lit up.”
“Potato’s FX and VBAN cover our dual-PC stream. Macro Buttons as a cart machine is oddly perfect for live bits.”
“Intellipan and Audibility cleaned a cheap USB mic for Zoom better than another round of Windows enhancements.”
Quick FAQ
Voicemeeter is donationware. You can install and use the full mixer. After about 30 days the About box invites you to buy a license or keep evaluating. Potato uses an activation-code donation model.
Yes. Current builds support Windows 10 and Windows 11, including 32-bit, 64-bit and ARM64, with updates for Windows 24H2.
Voicemeeter installs virtual audio drivers. Some antivirus tools may flag new audio drivers as a false positive. Download from a trusted package, run setup as administrator, and reboot after install. See trust and security.
Standard offers 3 inputs and 3 outputs. Banana expands to 5x5 with advanced effects and an 8-channel recorder. Potato goes to 8x8 with multilayer buses, parametric EQ, denoiser, C5 multiband compressor and JustVerb 3.
Usually buffer size, mismatched sample rates or the wrong driver mode on A1. Follow the crackling fix steps before changing every setting at once.
Master output
Download Voicemeeter for Windows
December 2025 packages · Standard, Banana or Potato · install as admin, then reboot