I did end up finding a software solution, it's called Blackhole Audio routing for windows. You can route your DAWs master bus output however you want, effectively achieving what i hoped.
However, i think maybe I was too hopeful and forgot that latency would be too much of a problem to make this worth it. I think going the video route is probably better than the streaming route. I can stream with just a regular webcam that has a decent in-built mic and a guitar amp if i really want to do streaming, anything else seems too laggy and a chore to setup each time.
First thing, and maybe you're already aware of this, but you're not going to be able to play together with anybody in realtime. At least not with standard videoconferencing software. There are a few platforms that claim to have low enough latency for realtime jamming, but I did some experimenting during COVID lockdowns and didn't have great results.
What you'll need to accomplish what you want to do is a virtual audio cable app, something like [this](https://vb-audio.com/Cable/). In theory, it should do exactly what you want. In the real world, the answer is... maybe. Some software is quirky about how it accesses the audio driver, and can monopolize it so other apps won't work, even with the audio cable app in between. Videoconferencing software is also notoriously finicky and quirky about audio drivers and hardware.
My suggestion would be to either do your effects processing outside the PC and send in a wet signal (as you said), or if you're really attached to your amp sim sounds, do your audio processing on the PC and run the outputs of your audio interface into a phone, tablet or second PC to do the streaming.
What you want to do is technically possible, and might even be worth a try, but there's a good chance it'll be more hassle than its worth.
Almost all internal audio can be routed how ever you want. Use a DAW such as reaper you can mix it however you need and send the system audio to your streaming software.
True. I found a couple programs that did what I wanted. However I think it might be more trouble than it's worth, given that latency would still be an issue making realtime jamming much harder.
Probably planning to just go the video route, or at the least just using a regular video camera that has a decent in-built mic + a regular guitar/amp if i wanted to streaming.
I’m on a Mac using Rogue Amoeba’s Loopback and Audio Hijack. No idea if there are any Windows apps that can do what those apps do.
I did end up finding a software solution, it's called Blackhole Audio routing for windows. You can route your DAWs master bus output however you want, effectively achieving what i hoped. However, i think maybe I was too hopeful and forgot that latency would be too much of a problem to make this worth it. I think going the video route is probably better than the streaming route. I can stream with just a regular webcam that has a decent in-built mic and a guitar amp if i really want to do streaming, anything else seems too laggy and a chore to setup each time.
I use Loopback for this. I believe OBS can do this too, but Ive never tried.
First thing, and maybe you're already aware of this, but you're not going to be able to play together with anybody in realtime. At least not with standard videoconferencing software. There are a few platforms that claim to have low enough latency for realtime jamming, but I did some experimenting during COVID lockdowns and didn't have great results. What you'll need to accomplish what you want to do is a virtual audio cable app, something like [this](https://vb-audio.com/Cable/). In theory, it should do exactly what you want. In the real world, the answer is... maybe. Some software is quirky about how it accesses the audio driver, and can monopolize it so other apps won't work, even with the audio cable app in between. Videoconferencing software is also notoriously finicky and quirky about audio drivers and hardware. My suggestion would be to either do your effects processing outside the PC and send in a wet signal (as you said), or if you're really attached to your amp sim sounds, do your audio processing on the PC and run the outputs of your audio interface into a phone, tablet or second PC to do the streaming. What you want to do is technically possible, and might even be worth a try, but there's a good chance it'll be more hassle than its worth.
Almost all internal audio can be routed how ever you want. Use a DAW such as reaper you can mix it however you need and send the system audio to your streaming software.
True. I found a couple programs that did what I wanted. However I think it might be more trouble than it's worth, given that latency would still be an issue making realtime jamming much harder. Probably planning to just go the video route, or at the least just using a regular video camera that has a decent in-built mic + a regular guitar/amp if i wanted to streaming.
I stream using this very setup. Possible with a few methods, try googling WDM2VST.