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Audio setup for studio and online sessions.

From direct speaker output to Zoom routing with VB-Cable — the four common scenarios at a glance.

1 · Pick an audio output device

Open Settings → Audio. The "Output device" field shows all currently available Windows audio devices. Pick the device the music should play on:

  • Speakers / headphones — for in-person sessions in your own room
  • Audio interface (e.g. Focusrite Scarlett, SSL 2) — for studio-accurate playback
  • CABLE Input (virtual cable) — for online sessions via Zoom, Google Meet, MS Teams
  • VoiceMeeter Input — for parallel output to speakers + online call

After selection, the small VU meter to the right of the field shows the level in real time — so you can see immediately whether the right device is chosen. The "Test tone" button plays a short reference click.

Tip: don't change the Windows system default output. Hypnotika remembers the selected device independently of the Windows setting — so YouTube, Spotify etc. stay on your normal speakers.

2 · VB-Cable for Zoom and Google Meet

In online sessions, your client only hears the music if it runs through the call tool. The clean solution: a virtual audio cable that routes Hypnotika's output directly into the Zoom microphone channel.

Step-by-step guide with screenshots

The detailed VB-Cable installation guide walks you through every click — from download to running the setup as administrator to the required restart. About ten minutes, with pictures.

Short version

  1. Go to vb-audio.com/Cable/ and download the "VB-CABLE Driver" (Virtual Audio Device). Free, donationware.
  2. Unzip it, run VBCABLE_Setup_x64.exe as Administrator. Click "Install Driver".
  3. Restart Windows — mandatory, otherwise the driver won't load.
  4. In Hypnotika set Settings → Audio → Output device to CABLE Input (VB-Audio Virtual Cable).
  5. In Zoom (or Meet / Teams): Settings → Audio → Microphone to CABLE Output (VB-Audio Virtual Cable).
  6. In Zoom, also enable "Original Sound for Musicians" (Zoom → Settings → Audio → Advanced), otherwise noise suppression will kill your music.
Warning: if you use VB-Cable as the Zoom microphone, your client won't hear you speak any more. Solution: either enable the microphone inside Hypnotika (mixes voice into the CABLE channel), or use VoiceMeeter Banana for parallel routing (step 4).

3 · Alongside OBS Studio

If you use OBS Studio in parallel — e.g. for session recordings with video or live streaming — you don't need a special mode switch. You configure everything directly in the settings:

  • Music only to OBS: set the secondary output to CABLE Input (VB-Cable) and turn off the microphone in Hypnotika. Then only the music (with the anchor sounds) goes to OBS — you record your voice directly in OBS.
  • Avoid double-recording: if OBS handles the recording, turn off Hypnotika's own recording.

That way you decide what goes to OBS and what Hypnotika does locally — no mode switch needed.

4 · VoiceMeeter Banana for multi-output

For the scenario "music on studio speakers and Zoom call at the same time", you need a virtual mixer. Recommendation: VoiceMeeter Banana (from the same company as VB-Cable, free).

Basic setup:

  1. Install VoiceMeeter Banana, restart.
  2. Set Hypnotika's output device to VoiceMeeter Input.
  3. In VoiceMeeter: route "A1" to your physical speakers, "B1" to the virtual microphone (that Zoom will then use).
  4. In Zoom, set the microphone to VoiceMeeter Output.

Result: you hear the music on your studio monitors, the client hears the same music plus your voice via Zoom. You'll find detailed VoiceMeeter tutorials at vb-audio.com/Voicemeeter/.

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