Sound device being used by another application

#Sound device being used by another application driver

In the new window UNCHECK option 'Allow ASIO host application to take exclusive. Next click in the right panel on Control Panel button (2).

#Sound device being used by another application driver

Then in the devices list choose the driver you are using (On my computer it is Generic Low Latency ASIO Driver) (1). Otherwise, it's very likely that something was set incorrectly (carefully re-check the tutorial), or the computer wasn't restarted at the end. There is also another option (I am using Cubase LE AI 10). Restart your computer if nothing's changed right away. Do the same for Cable Output, but use 2 channel, 24 bit, 44100 Hz instead. If you or the clients are unable to hear anything at all, you should double-click the original device and Cable Input, and set both to use 24 bit, 44100 Hz on Advanced > Default Format.

Lastly, make sure to restart your computer right now for programs to switch to the correct audio devices.

For Discord, change 'Output device' in the Voice & Video settings to your original device Share Music or Computer Audio Only Sharing Both Screen and Audio.

Modify the settings of the app you use to communicate with friends. In order to use this feature, you must use the Zoom Client on a Mac or Windows PC the share computer sound during screen share feature is not accessible through the Zoom web client.

Set Playback through this device to your original device.

Click CABLE Input and click Set Default.

Note down your original device which has a green checkmark (in my case it's 'Speakers').

Press Windows + R, type mmsys.cpl and press Enter to open the sound settings.

Choose the correct 32 or 64-bit version for your PC.

Download VB-Cable, unzip and run the setup as administrator.

The following steps should be done by the host: You might however notice a bit of added latency. This is a consistent fix that uses a separate program, and doesn't lower the volume of the stream.