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Trying to run a virtual sound card inside a computer program

Trying to run a virtual sound card inside a computer program

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Torch15
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04-14-2026, 03:53 PM
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Hi everyone, first time here - do you know how to help me out? I need to connect my virtual soundcard inside Hyper-V to our network using Cat5 cables. We tried Dante and Neutrik boxes, but the Virtual Machine version needs a lot of power for 200 channels or so. Any suggestions on what works better for this setup? Thanks so much!
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Torch15
04-14-2026, 03:53 PM #1

Hi everyone, first time here - do you know how to help me out? I need to connect my virtual soundcard inside Hyper-V to our network using Cat5 cables. We tried Dante and Neutrik boxes, but the Virtual Machine version needs a lot of power for 200 channels or so. Any suggestions on what works better for this setup? Thanks so much!

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04-15-2026, 10:20 PM
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You ought to explain clearly what you actually need to do. QEMU and DOSBox can handle various sound cards, but they may not work for exactly what you're trying to achieve. Do you still have a genuine sound card as an option?
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04-15-2026, 10:20 PM #2

You ought to explain clearly what you actually need to do. QEMU and DOSBox can handle various sound cards, but they may not work for exactly what you're trying to achieve. Do you still have a genuine sound card as an option?

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04-16-2026, 01:43 AM
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Hyper-V isn't able to handle audio by itself. Even a fake virtual sound card might not work. But VirtualBox handles audio all the way through.
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04-16-2026, 01:43 AM #3

Hyper-V isn't able to handle audio by itself. Even a fake virtual sound card might not work. But VirtualBox handles audio all the way through.

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04-20-2026, 03:45 AM
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Thanks so much for your replies! No, it is not on a VM. We have an incoming audio stream coming through a 3.5mm jack into our equipment, then we connect that whole box to our network. The Virtual Soundcard software running on Server2016 needs to grab this from the network, compress whatever they do with it there, and then send it out to a streaming site. I understand why the explanation was clear: I just wanted to make sure everything makes sense for us. QEMU or DOSbox might be what we need for virtualization, but I'm not sure how they would talk to our current hardware setup. I am hoping for something like Dante VS, which works well with a Neutrik box, but that is out of reach right now because of their licensing rules. It might actually work with HyperV if we just buy some software and connect a physical box to the network.
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04-20-2026, 03:45 AM #4

Thanks so much for your replies! No, it is not on a VM. We have an incoming audio stream coming through a 3.5mm jack into our equipment, then we connect that whole box to our network. The Virtual Soundcard software running on Server2016 needs to grab this from the network, compress whatever they do with it there, and then send it out to a streaming site. I understand why the explanation was clear: I just wanted to make sure everything makes sense for us. QEMU or DOSbox might be what we need for virtualization, but I'm not sure how they would talk to our current hardware setup. I am hoping for something like Dante VS, which works well with a Neutrik box, but that is out of reach right now because of their licensing rules. It might actually work with HyperV if we just buy some software and connect a physical box to the network.

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04-20-2026, 04:11 AM
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Do you have an actual sound card sitting in your real hardware? Or even just a regular motherboard audio port? You can use OBS or something like that to grab the audio and send it over any network to anyone anywhere. I'm pretty sure there are boxes on the market that will turn a standard 3.5mm jack into a live stream, so lots of podcasts probably have these special standalone gadgets for it.
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04-20-2026, 04:11 AM #5

Do you have an actual sound card sitting in your real hardware? Or even just a regular motherboard audio port? You can use OBS or something like that to grab the audio and send it over any network to anyone anywhere. I'm pretty sure there are boxes on the market that will turn a standard 3.5mm jack into a live stream, so lots of podcasts probably have these special standalone gadgets for it.

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04-20-2026, 05:38 AM
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No, actually. The server is running an online machine that stays away from my computer. Getting a device ready for this change isn't hard; the tricky part is figuring out how to match it with Virtual Sound Card software that I will be installing later.
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04-20-2026, 05:38 AM #6

No, actually. The server is running an online machine that stays away from my computer. Getting a device ready for this change isn't hard; the tricky part is figuring out how to match it with Virtual Sound Card software that I will be installing later.

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04-20-2026, 07:25 PM
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So the 3.5 jack lives in a different place and the VM has to pick up the signal as an audio signal?! Why is that? Do I need that special editing on that source? Does the audio tool you want to use only take input from a sound card? Why can't you just take the stream of the audio and edit that instead of the real audio input?!
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04-20-2026, 07:25 PM #7

So the 3.5 jack lives in a different place and the VM has to pick up the signal as an audio signal?! Why is that? Do I need that special editing on that source? Does the audio tool you want to use only take input from a sound card? Why can't you just take the stream of the audio and edit that instead of the real audio input?!

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