The audio mixer
Windows deserved.
Per-app volume, parametric EQ, and spatial audio in one native tool. One app instead of a four-program stack — no subscription. Replaces VoiceMeeter, Equalizer APO, Peace, and HeSuVi.
How is this still normal?
The average competitive gamer runs four separate audio programs before they can hear footsteps properly. Each with its own quirks, config files, and failure modes. Every Windows update is a gamble.
The cable nightmare
VB-Audio Virtual Cable. VBAN. VoiceMeeter Banana input routing. Four phantom devices in Device Manager that you don't understand.
→ one cable breaks: silence.
Four programs for one job
VoiceMeeter running 24/7. Equalizer APO in the driver chain. Peace GUI on top. HeSuVi for spatial. Four programs doing what one should do.
→ 180 MB RAM. 4 tray icons.
The Windows update tax
VB-Audio driver conflicts. VoiceMeeter breaking after a KB patch. HeSuVi abandoned since 2020. Your audio stack dies right before a tournament.
→ not acceptable in 2026.
One tool. Everything you need.
Sub-5 ms WASAPI latency
Native Windows Audio Session API with Exclusive Mode support — a direct, low-latency WASAPI path from the engine to your ears. Per-app routing rides a virtual driver today, with a fully automated one on the way. Aura Mixer operates at 128-frame blocks — the same buffer size your game uses.
— 128-frame processing blocks
— direct WASAPI signal path
Per-app volume & 12-band EQ
Separate faders for Discord, your game, music, and mic. Each channel gets a full parametric EQ — bell, shelf, HP/LP, notch. Boost footstep frequencies at 2–4 kHz while you play. No config files. No restarts.
— per-app channel strips
— realtime, while in game
A Workshop of ready-made setups
A built-in library of community presets and multi-processor packs. Browse, download, and apply in one click — a single WARZONE pack folds 7.1 to headphones, shapes a footstep EQ and sets loudness all at once. Import and export .ngsp files whenever you want.
— packs — EQ, spatial & loudness in one
— apply to any channel or bus
Spatial audio built-in
HRTF-based 3D audio for headphones. Directional cues in Tarkov without HeSuVi or SteelSeries Sonar.
Native per-app capture
Capture apps directly via WASAPI — no cable for the common case. Advanced routing may need one optional cable, until our own signed driver ships.
Free in open beta
License verified offline. If we disappear tomorrow your copy still works. Anti-SaaS by design.
One DSP chain per channel — native, end to end
Every input flows through the same sample-accurate pipeline. Each stage is built in — no plugin host, no driver hops — and anything you switch off costs exactly zero CPU.
One audio mixer. Built for gamers and streamers.
Everything above runs the same DSP chain — the difference is where you route it: at your ears for the edge, or to OBS for the stream.
Built to hear one more footstep
Sub-5 ms WASAPI latency, a 12-band parametric EQ tuned to the 2–4 kHz footstep range on every channel, and built-in HRTF spatial audio — no HeSuVi, no plugin host. This is the mixer built around one question: can you hear them before they hear you?
— 12-band EQ, footstep-tuned
— HRTF spatial audio, built in
A stream mix and a listening mix — from the same channels
Add a second output bus, route your mic and game to it, and Aura Mixer hands OBS a completely different mix than the one in your headphones — captured directly with the built-in Application (capture) bus, no virtual cable. Keep music and Discord calls out of the stream automatically, trim levels per destination with independent per-bus sends, and flip the monitor to Stream before you go live to hear exactly what your viewers hear. A second bus is included on Free — bigger setups with separate Recording and Discord buses are what Premium is for.
— separate mic chain: gate → EQ → compressor
— per-bus sends — different levels for you vs. the stream
— full walkthrough: stream setup guide →
Why are you still using four programs to hear footsteps?
VoiceMeeter, Equalizer APO, Peace GUI, HeSuVi — a house of cards that collapses five minutes before a tournament.
"VoiceMeeter was revolutionary in 2013."
Today it requires a PhD in virtual audio routing. VB-Cable, VBAN, Banana variant, three reboots, one driver conflict, and a Reddit thread from 2019 that maybe solves your problem.
We built what VoiceMeeter should have become.
"Two programs. One job."
APO is a filter engine with no UI. Peace is a UI with no engine. Together: 45 minutes of setup, a config file deep in System32, zero per-app control. One bad Windows update — start over.
Aura Mixer ships with EQ built-in. Per channel.
"Your opponents optimized their audio. Did you?"
Hearing a footstep 50 ms earlier is the difference between a kill and a death screen. The players winning tournaments aren't running VoiceMeeter.
The legal audio edge. Free during the open beta.
| Feature | Aura Mixer | VoiceMeeter | EQ APO + Peace | HeSuVi |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Setup time from scratch | ● ~5 min | ● 1–2 hrs | ● 45+ min | ● 60+ min |
| Virtual cables required | ● optional | ● required | ● required | ● required |
| Per-app volume control | ● native | ● via routing | ● no | ● no |
| Audio latency | ● <5 ms | ● 20–50 ms | ● low, no mix | ● varies |
| Built-in parametric EQ | ● per-channel | ● basic | ● full | ● profiles |
| Streamer preset import | ● 1 click | ● manual | ● manual | ● manual |
| Spatial / 3D audio | ● built-in | ● plugin | ● via HeSuVi | ● yes |
| Survives Windows updates | ● yes | ● often breaks | ● sometimes | ● abandoned |
| Actively maintained, 2026 | ● yes | ● barely | ● community | ● dead |
| Pricing | ● free in beta · $39 later | donationware | free | free |
Play like the pros.
Top players export their audio profiles. You import with one click — same EQ curves, same mix balance, same spatial settings. Applied in under ten seconds.
A complete competitive setup for Call of Duty: Warzone — folds 7.1 game audio to Immersive binaural (Reference B) with footstep-forward speaker gains, a footstep-shaping channel EQ, and a tuned Loudness EQ ahead of it; the channel gate + compressor are switched off (the Loudness EQ does its own dynamics). The EQ is headphone-agnostic — add your own headphone-correction EQ on top. Apply to your 7.1 game channel.
Simple. Honest. Forever.
Free is for everyday per-app control. Premium is the full studio. Two options, no tricks — we don't do subscriptions; you buy software, you own software.
+ 4 channels · 2 buses
+ gate · 12-band EQ · compressor
+ Generic HRTF + stereo tools
+ 6 scenes · Workshop presets & packs
− FX rack · VCA · LUFS
− advanced spatial
+ 32 channels · 15 buses + Main L+R · 8 VCA
+ 15-effect FX insert rack
+ advanced spatial — Enhanced · Immersive · Custom HRIR · surround
+ LUFS metering + normalization
+ cloud sync — scenes & presets (coming soon)
★ no subscription. no rug-pull. ever.
full license comparison →
Join the free beta.
Aura Mixer is in open beta. Grab the free version now, or register for a free beta key that unlocks the full studio.
Windows 10/11 · x64 · free premium key while the beta runs.
Frequently asked
Yes — for 95% of gaming use cases. The only edge case VoiceMeeter still covers is ultra-complex broadcast setups with multiple hardware interfaces and VBAN network audio. For competitive gaming, Aura Mixer is strictly better in every measurable way.
Your license key is verified cryptographically offline — it doesn't call home. Even if our servers disappear tomorrow, your copy of Aura Mixer works forever. This is by design, not a promise.
Aura Mixer uses standard Windows Audio Session API (WASAPI) — the same API Windows itself uses. Zero kernel-level code, zero process injection, zero driver installation. EAC, BattlEye, Ricochet, and FACEIT have no issue with it. It's as invasive as the Windows Volume Mixer.
EQ-boosting footstep frequencies (2–4 kHz) while cutting bass gives a measurable advantage in directional audio identification. It's 100% legal — it's just EQ, the same thing audio engineers have done for decades. We make it accessible in 2 minutes instead of 2 hours of YouTube tutorials.
Yes — every update within your major version is free. Buy v1.x and all 1.x updates are included at no extra cost. A future major version (e.g. v2.0) may be a separate purchase, offered to existing owners at a loyalty discount. Your license is perpetual and verified offline, so the version you own keeps working no matter what.
14 days, no questions asked. If Premium isn't for you, email us within 14 days of buying and we'll refund you — no forms, no interrogation. We'd rather you be sure. The Free tier keeps working either way.