I have got both methods working eventually.
It helps to understand what is being done so that it makes sense.
When using VB-Cable :-
- Configure ASIO4ALL correctly first, as described. Then the required connections will be available in Amplitube. If you try to set the connections and the options aren't available, check the ASIO configuration.
- The output of the default windows audio such as youtube or media player will go into the start of VB-Cable, not your speaker out.
- Amplitube will then access the end of that virtual cable as VB-Audio Point 1.
- Chanel 1 is set to input one, which is your guitar input. Chanel 2 is set to input 1 is set to input two, which is the audio cable.
- Since both inputs are mono you will hear them in both ears. I was worried I would hear Windows in one ear and the guitar in the other ear.
- Using ASIO Routing the audio out of the combined input from your guitar and the Windows sounds is then set directly to your speaker out.
- If you can't hear the Windows sounds, restart the application that is sending them, Youtube or whatever. Amplitube has level meters for the imputs to both channels. Check that they are showing input first before moving on to checking that the output connections are working.
There is no documentation or help in Voicemeeter itself so read the manual.
https://www.vb-audio.com/Voicemeeter/Vo ... Manual.pdfVoicemeeter comes with it's own ASIO drive so it is much easier to use that instead of ASIO4ALL. Then ASIO configuration on connecting is all managed inside Voicemeeter itself.
Voicemeeter is far more flexible that VB-Cable but you need to understand that the buses A and B are dedicated to different outputs. A is going to the real output, B is going to the virtual output. The virtual output is what you are going to be accessing in your applications such as Amplitube. So you will normally be sending inputs such as your guitar to B.
The cheaper Voicemeeter will do the job instead of going for the more complex/bigger donation versions.
I was getting very distorted sounds out my guitar at first. I discovered it was due to bit rate not being consistent. There was a mix of 44.1 and 48khz. I set everything to 48khz and that fixed it.
Channel 1 - Guitar In using IRig DUO Pro, Mono button pressed on input, Send to Bus B only.
Channel 2 - Not used.
Amplitube VAIO 1 and 2 for left and right channels on both input and output.