Voicemeeter Remote

A Python API to Voicemeeter, a virtual audio mixer for Windows.

This work-in-progress package wraps the Voicemeeter Remote C API and provides a higher-level interface for developers.

Tested against Voicemeeter Potato, release from September 2019.

Prerequisites

• Voicemeeter 1 (Basic), 2 (Banana) or 3 (Potato)
• Python 3.6+

Installation

git clone https://github.com/Freemanium/voicemeeter-remote-python
cd voicemeeter-remote-python
pip install .

Usage

import voicemeeter

# Can be 'basic', 'banana' or 'potato'
kind = 'potato'

# Ensure that Voicemeeter is launched
voicemeeter.launch(kind)

with voicemeeter.remote(kind) as vmr:
  # Set the mapping of the second input strip
  vmr.inputs[1].A4 = True
  print(f'Output A4 of Strip {vmr.inputs[1].label}: {vmr.inputs[1].A4}')

  # Set the gain slider of the leftmost output bus
  vmr.outputs[0].gain = -6.0

  # Also supports assignment through a dict
  vmr.apply({
    'in-5': dict(A1=True, B1=True, gain=-6.0),
    'out-2': dict(mute=True)
  })

  # Resets all UI elements to a base profile
  vmr.reset()

Or if you want to use the API outside of a with statment

import voicemeeter

# Can be 'basic', 'banana' or 'potato'
kind = 'potato'

# Ensure that Voicemeeter is launched
voicemeeter.launch(kind)

vmr = voicemeeter.remote(kind)
vmr.login()
# Set the mapping of the second input strip
vmr.inputs[1].A4 = True
print(f'Output A4 of Strip {vmr.inputs[1].label}: {vmr.inputs[1].A4}')

# Set the gain slider of the leftmost output bus
vmr.outputs[0].gain = -6.0

# Also supports assignment through a dict
vmr.apply({
'in-5': dict(A1=True, B1=True, gain=-6.0),
'out-2': dict(mute=True)
})

# Resets all UI elements to a base profile
vmr.reset()
vmr.logout()

Profiles

Profiles through config files are supported.

mkdir profiles
mkdir profiles/potato
touch profiles/potato/mySetup.toml

A config can contain any key that remote.apply() would accept. Additionally, extends can be provided to inherit from another profile. Two profiles are available by default:

• blank, all inputs off and all sliders to 0.0
• base, all physical inputs to A1, all virtual inputs to B1, all sliders to 0.0

Sample mySetup.toml

extends = 'base'
[in-0]
mute = 1

[in-5]
A1 = 0
A2 = 1
A4 = 1
gain = 0.0

[in-6]
A1 = 0
A2 = 1
A4 = 1
gain = 0.0

API

Kinds

A kind specifies a major Voicemeeter version. Currently this encompasses

• basic: Voicemeeter
• banana: Voicemeeter Banana
• potato: Voicemeeter Potato

voicemeeter.launch(kind_id, delay=1)

Launches Voicemeeter. If Voicemeeter is already launched, it is brought to the front. Wait for delay seconds after a launch is dispatched.

voicemeeter.remote(kind_id, delay=0.015)

Factory function for remotes. delay specifies a cooldown time after every command in seconds. Returns a VMRemote based on the kind_id.
Use it with a context manager

with voicemeeter.remote('potato') as vmr:
  vmr.inputs[0].mute = True

VMRemote (higher level)

vmr.type

The kind of the Voicemeeter instance.

vmr.version

A tuple of the form (v1, v2, v3, v4).

vmr.inputs

An InputStrip tuple, containing both physical and virtual.

vmr.outputs

An OutputBus tuple, containing both physical and virtual.

vmr.show()

Shows Voicemeeter if it's minimized. No effect otherwise.

vmr.shutdown()

Closes Voicemeeter.

vmr.restart()

Restarts Voicemeeter's audio engine.

vmr.apply(mapping)

Updates values through a dict.
Example:

vmr.apply({
    'in-5': dict(A1=True, B1=True, gain=-6.0),
    'out-2': dict(mute=True)
  })

vmr.apply_profile(profile_name)

Loads a profile.

vmr.reset()

Resets everything to the base profile.

InputStrip

Any property is gettable and settable.

• label: string
• solo: boolean
• mute: boolean
• gain: float, from -60.0 to 12.0
• eqgain1: float, from -12.0 to 12.0
• eqgain2: float, from -12.0 to 12.0
• eqgain3: float, from -12.0 to 12.0
• comp: float, from 0.0 to 10.0
• gate: float, from 0.0 to 10.0
• Output mapping (e.g. A1, B3, etc.): boolean, depends on the Voicemeeter kind
• apply(): Works similar to vmr.apply()

OutputBus

Any property is gettable and settable.

• mute: boolean
• gain: float, from -60.0 to 12.0
• apply(): Works similar to vmr.apply()

VMRemote (lower level)

vmr.dirty

True iff UI parameters have been updated. Use this if to poll for UI updates.

vmr.get(param_name, string=False)

Calls the C API's parameter getters, GetParameterFloat or GetParameterStringW respectively. Tries to cache the value on the first call and updates the cached value if vmr.dirty is True.

vmr.set(param_name, value)

Calls the C API's parameter getters, SetParameterFloat or SetParameterStringW respectively.

Errors

• errors.VMRError: Base Voicemeeter Remote error class.
• errors.VMRDriverError: Raised when a C API function returns an unexpected value.

Resources

• Voicemeeter Remote C API