Voicemeeter Banana - USB auto-detection

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Jose Hidalgo
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Voicemeeter Banana - USB auto-detection

Post by Jose Hidalgo »

Hi everybody,

Voicemeeter Banana works really well and I'm happy with it so far.
In my case it starts with Windows, minimized, so it basically stays on all the time.
My two USB DACs are only connected on demand to my laptop, not all the time.
So of course when Voicemeeter starts with Windows and no DACs are connected, it displays this :

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A1 is in red, which is normal. BTW A2 isn't in red, which is not normal since no DACs at all are connected. But anyway.

The real problem is that when I connect the USB DACs, Voicemeeter doesn't seem to detect them automatically (Windows does of course).
So every time I have to bring up Voicemeeter's GUI, click on A1 and re-select "MME: [name of the first DAC]", even though it's selected already. Then everything works again.

Is there a way that Voicemeeter can auto-detect DACs or check on them periodically, for example every 60 seconds ?

Thanks in advance.
Last edited by Jose Hidalgo on Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:06 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Vincent Burel
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Re: Voicemeeter Banana - USB auto-detection

Post by Vincent Burel »

you may restart audio ebngine (in menu)
or set the option "Auto restart audio engine" only working with A1 device.
Jose Hidalgo
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Re: Voicemeeter Banana - USB auto-detection

Post by Jose Hidalgo »

Thank you Vincent, that should do the trick :)
Any technical reason why the "Auto restart audio engine" option isn't enabled by default ?
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