Using Loopback to create a virtual audio device

Loopback is an app that allows you to have finer-grained control over how your system audio behaves. Mic Drop can mute virtual audio devices created with Loopback, which can allow you to use incompatible devices with Mic Drop.

This is a slightly hacky solution, but it's one that several of our users have mentioned working for them. We aren't able to guarantee that it will work for every device, but so far it’s worked for everyone who has tried!

Here's how to set up a virtual Loopback device that Mic Drop can mute:

1. Create a virtual device that supplies Loopback with audio from your incompatible microphone/audio device.
2. Set this virtual device as your input.
3. Mic Drop will then mute and unmute the virtual device.

If that doesn’t work, please let us know. Tell us the name of your device and we'll make a note of it here.