SoundSource 2.1

A quick way to change audio in and out pairs

(Ex. Speakers & Mic to Headphones and Headphone Mic)


For Windows Vista, 8, 8.1, 10, 11

Download: SoundSource.EXE or SoundSource.ZIP

How to use:

App Mode To install it, just place the executable (SoundSource.exe) in any folder
(Ex. Documents, Pictures, or a new folder of your own choice).
Then make a shortcut on your desktop to it.
When you run it the first time, it will come up in EDIT mode.

Explanation:

Type a descriptive name (ex. Headphones) in the box (2),
select the desired sound in/out pair (3), and click Save(4).
It will save the information in a file called SoundSource.ini in the same folder as the app.
  1. Menus
    • File: Exit to close the app
    • Compact/Edit: Switches to Edit mode to allow the adding and removing of buttons.
      Switches to Compact after you have defined a button.
    • About: Short desctiprion of the app.
  2. Descriptive Button Text: Where you type in a descriptive name for the button.
  3. Selection List
    • Audio Out: List of Output devices, like speakers.
    • Audio In: List of Input devices, like microphones.
  4. Command buttons
    • Save: Saves the button. Only enabled when the descriptive text (2) is filled in.
    • Delete: Deletes the selected button.
    • Exit: Closes the app
  5. Where the buttons will appear. (See Below)
  6. Statusbar: Shows the current default devices. Output on the left and input on the right.
You will get a confirmation dialog box asking if you want to save the button like this:

Click   Yes and the window will change to something like this:
Click on the button(s) (Ex. Headphones) to switch to the defined device(s). Up to 10 buttons can be added.
Click Edit to add another button by typing in a new description and Saving the button or to Delete an existing button.

Command Line options

You can create shortcuts with the number of the button (counting from left to right, top to bottom).
Just create a shortcut to SoundSource.exe, add the number of the button to the end of the Target
in the properties of the shortcut, then rename it to something descriptive of the button name.

In this example,
Headphones is the third button,
so the number to add in the shortcut will be 3.


Example:
Renamed Shortcut  
to Headphones                 Example:
                Shortcut Properties:
                Type a 3 at the end.

You can repeat this for as many device pairs you want. These shortcuts are fast and virtually invisible
- no window popping up, just the device pairs change as desired.

- - - - - Enjoy! - - - -