How to output audio to multiple devices in Windows 11?

Completely agree MS needs to fix this. People don't seem to understand that if you are using a USB gaming headset but want to also stream your audio from a game to a hardware recording device. You cant send the audio stream easily. I don't want my gaming machine running a bunch of extra streaming software. You have to use special software like voicemeter potato and it is a pain.

You can use software like Voicemeeter or similar.

Just select the 2 hardware out from the dropdown and it works fine. Works with USB DAC, Bluetooth and the onboard audio. I was able to get Stereomix to get audio out from my laptop stereo jack while connecting to my bluetooth speakers but was not able to do the same using Stereo Mix so installed Voicemeeter and it works and is just 2 clicks to set up.

Hi,

Thanks for your post in Microsoft Community.

If you have more than one sound card device, then you can activate the stereo mix.

Right click on the Volume Icon in the Taskbar - Sound Settings - More Sound Settings - Recording - right click on the blank area of the tab - Show Disabled Settings - if there is an option for Stereo Mix at this time, then you can Enable this option - Set stereo mix as Default - double click on stereo mix - go to "Listen" tab - tick "Listen to this device" - select default playback device - Save

Let us know if it works.

Kirk | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

I got it to work using Stereo Mix tho enabling it in Windows 11 is a bit jumbled. If you want it to output to Bluetooth and HDMI/USB devices as well then the solution was to use the Voicemeeter software which is meant for sound mixing or something but does the job easily. There was also a bit of a delay in the sync of the two outputs (DAC was faster than Bluetooth due to obvious reasons) which was also fixed by setting a delay in the program.

It is sad that even though all the capability is available in Windows natively Microsoft leaves out so many features/options for no reason at all, making us have to use 3rd party software to do it.

No he is right. No one wants to use 2 soundcards, because that is stupid. You are the outlier, the odd one out. Most people will never have a use for 2 sound cards. Just because you seem to think you need them, doesn't mean that anyone else ever would. This comment wasn't helpful at all, and really just made you sound like a douche bag.