The best SoundID Reference alternatives

Krisp suits individuals and teams who want meeting recordings, transcripts, summaries, and action tracking across supported conferencing apps.

UNIFY suits Twitch streamers, YouTubers and other content creators who need to route and mix microphones with virtual audio sources.

It suits Windows users seeking spatial audio for games through headphones, or a DTS:X decoder for encoded content.

It suits people who need to route audio between applications, such as players and recorders.

It suits Windows users who want equalization, effects, routing, and other controls for music, games, calls, or general listening.

MicMixer suits Windows users combining voice and music for games, voice chat, streaming, or recording.

Patchd is aimed at producers, podcasters, streamers, gamers, and others working with audio on Windows.

JamesDSP suits Linux users who want audio effects processing through PipeWire or PulseAudio, including people who want to write custom EEL2 effects.

Wave Link is designed for streamers, podcasters, professionals, and other content creators who need to route audio and apply effects.

JACK suits people connecting audio or MIDI applications, including developers building software that communicates through its callback and port model.

It suits listeners looking for sound adjustment tools across desktop or listed mobile platforms, including virtual surround and per-app volume…

Splitwave suits users building software-based audio routes, effects chains, recordings, or network connections.

Wavelet suits Android listeners who want to adjust headphone sound across supported players.

EasyEffects suits Linux users who want to apply and arrange audio effects for PipeWire-managed applications, including recording or communication…

eqMac suits Mac users who want system-wide equalization or volume mixing.

It suits Android listeners who want per-app audio settings for supported players, including headphone presets and profiles for different outputs.