How to send listeners on air using Skype

Here we will show you a very simple way to bring listeners on air through the Skype program, as well as how to make joint broadcasts with two or more presenters.

For this you will need:

1. The Skype program which you can download on the official site Skype.com .

2. Any program for broadcasting (in our example, we will consider SAM Broadcaster).

3. The Virtual Audio Cables program can be downloaded from the official website .

Broadcast setting:

1. Run the Setup file from the archive you downloaded and fully install the program on your computer.

2. After installation, a shortcut should appear on the desktop (if it does not appear, find it yourself or check the installation status of the program) Control Panel - open it.

3. In the Driver Parameters field in "Cables", enter the value 3 and click on Set (highlighted in red in the screenshot) (Fig. 1)

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4. In the downloaded archive, find the X64 and X86 folders and, depending on your operating system, open the folder you need.

5. Run the audiorepeater.exe file, for this we need 4 open windows of this program (Fig. 2).

6. After running this program, we need to set the values for each window

→ In the first window: Wave in set to your microphone, and Wave out set to Line 1 (Virtual Audio Cable)

→ In the second window: Wave in set to Line 1(Virtual Audio Cable) , and Wave out set to Line 3(Virtual Audio Cable)

→ In the third window: Wave in set to Line 2(Virtual Audio Cable) , and Wave out set to Line 3(Virtual Audio Cable)

→ In the fourth window: Wave in set to Line 2(Virtual Audio Cable), and Wave out set to your speakers.

In all four windows, press the "Start" button

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7. We go into the Skype program - tools - settings - sound settings (Fig. 3). For speakers, select the value Line 2 (Virtual Audio Cable) and then save the settings.

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8. Next, go to the SAM Broadcster program and find the Voice FX window, press the Config button in this window (Fig. 4).

→ In the Voice FX destination (Recording mode) field, select the Encoders value.

→ In the Recording settings field, select Recorder driver - DirectSound recorder, Record soundcard device - Virtual Cable 3.

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