Have soundboard sounds play through discord

[Scruffy90]

So, I know how to do this through a hardware solution, however, I do not want to invest in a hardware solution if at all possible.

I would like to do the following:

• Have a sound byte assignable to a macro or a button (like the buttons on my Elgato Stream Deck)
• when I press the button, that audio is routed to my discord call or in game voice chat either though my input or through another method
• and be as cost effective as possible

How could I achieve this?

[trag1c]

Virtual driver devices...specifically virtual microphones. You need an application like voicemod that routes your mic and soundboard mixes to a virtual mic. I think it costs like $30 or $40 USD and I think it has support for elgato products.

 

So essentially in whatever application you want to use it with you set the virtual mic as the input device and then play whatever sound effects or voice changers you want through it.

[WereCat]

22 minutes ago, trag1c said:

Virtual driver devices...specifically virtual microphones. You need an application like voicemod that routes your mic and soundboard mixes to a virtual mic. I think it costs like $30 or $40 USD and I think it has support for elgato products.

 

So essentially in whatever application you want to use it with you set the virtual mic as the input device and then play whatever sound effects or voice changers you want through it.

Voicemeeter and Virtual Audio Cable can do it for free. 

[Scruffy90]

4 hours ago, WereCat said:

Voicemeeter and Virtual Audio Cable can do it for free. 

Guesing I would need to route it like I would a mixer?

 

[WereCat]

Just now, Scruffy90 said:

Guesing I would need to route it like I would a mixer?

 

yes. There are plenty of tutorials also 

[Heldromeda]

I managed to solve this without running any external software through a multi action on the Stream Deck. It's a bit tedious, but you don't have to touch it afterward. You'll also need to download VB-Virtual Audio Cable.

It's 6 actions in total (could probably be 4, but I did both default and communications to be safe):

First action is to set your input audio device to cable output (I did both default and communications devices on two separate actions).

Second is to play the audio with the sound deck action through the virtual audio cable.

Third is "Stream Deck: Delay" for however many seconds the audio clip is.

Lastly, set the input audio device back to your microphone.

Like I said, a bit tedious, but it works. You could also do two play audios in order to set one to play through your headphones/speakers in order to hear it yourself. It's also worth mentioning that you would need to turn off any sound-altering settings in discord like noise cancellation in order for the sound to be heard clearly.