Arvital Audio has updated AudioRoute to v1.1.0. The main change is support for Windows on ARM: the AudioRoute Input driver is now a native ARM64 build, so the virtual input device works on Snapdragon machines. It was tested on a Surface Laptop 7 running Windows 11 on ARM, where the app and its background service still run as x64 under Windows emulation. The driver is Microsoft attestation-signed for both ARM64 and x64, so it installs without security warnings.
AudioRoute captures system audio and delivers it where it is needed: as a plug-in (VST3, AU, AAX) onto a DAW track, as a virtual input device that any application can select, or as a menu-bar and tray recorder writing straight to a WAV file. No aggregate device is required and the audio interface stays in place, so a microphone on another track still records as usual.
Changes since the previous KVR news item (v0.5.0):
- Windows on ARM (v1.1.0) – native ARM64 driver, attestation-signed for ARM64 and x64.
- Windows virtual input device (v1.0) – Windows DAWs and applications can select AudioRoute as an input, as on macOS. AudioRoute had already run on Windows since v0.5.3 via the plug-in and direct-to-file recording.
- Silent takes are reported (v1.1.0) – if a recording captures no audio, AudioRoute says so as soon as recording stops and lists what to check, instead of writing a full-length file of silence.
- Coexistence with Rogue Amoeba tools (v0.5.2) – SoundSource, Audio Hijack, Loopback, Farrago and Piezo share one audio helper, and capturing it alongside system audio produced doubled or echoed recordings. That helper is now excluded from the capture, and both the app and the plug-in show when this is in effect.
- Settings and recording indicator (v0.5.3) – redesigned Settings in its own window with a sidebar, a recording indicator whose style and colour can be changed, and update notices shown inside the app rather than interrupting.
- Fixes (v1.0.1, v1.1.0) – a Windows driver timing problem that could mis-stamp or reorder captured audio during long sessions, a blank plug-in window in Logic Pro, and a macOS in-app uninstall that could fail without reporting anything.
Feedback Protection remains on by default: capturing system audio while a DAW monitors it would feed the DAW’s own output back into the capture, so the host is excluded from the tap and the app shows what was excluded. It applies to all three capture paths.
A one-minute walkthrough of the DAW-track workflow is on YouTube (below), and there are per-DAW setup guides for Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Cubase, Reaper, Ableton Live and Bitwig, plus Windows-specific notes, in the AudioRoute guides.
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Formats: VST3, AU and AAX on macOS, VST3 on Windows, in both instrument and effect variants. Requires macOS 14.2 or later, or Windows 10 or later. AudioRoute is a one-time EUR 29 purchase with a 14-day trial. v1.1.0 is a free update for existing users and is offered through the in-app updater.
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