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Python Wrapper for Voicemeeter API

This package offers a Python interface for the Voicemeeter Remote C API.

For an outline of past/future changes refer to: CHANGELOG

Tested against

  • Basic 1.0.8.2
  • Banana 2.0.6.2
  • Potato 3.0.2.2

Requirements

Installation

Pip

Install voicemeeter-api package from your console

pip install voicemeeter-api

Use

Simplest use case, use a context manager to request a Remote class of a kind.

Login and logout are handled for you in this scenario.

__main__.py

import voicemeeterlib


class ManyThings:
    def __init__(self, vm):
        self.vm = vm

    def things(self):
        self.vm.strip[0].label = "podmic"
        self.vm.strip[0].mute = True
        print(
            f"strip 0 ({self.vm.strip[0].label}) has been set to {self.vm.strip[0].mute}"
        )

    def other_things(self):
        info = (
            f"bus 3 gain has been set to {self.vm.bus[3].gain}",
            f"bus 4 eq has been set to {self.vm.bus[4].eq}",
        )
        self.vm.bus[3].gain = -6.3
        self.vm.bus[4].eq = True
        print("\n".join(info))


def main():
    with voicemeeterlib.api(kind_id) as vm:
        do = ManyThings(vm)
        do.things()
        do.other_things()

        # set many parameters at once
        vm.apply(
            {
                "strip-2": {"A1": True, "B1": True, "gain": -6.0},
                "bus-2": {"mute": True},
                "button-0": {"state": True},
                "vban-in-0": {"on": True},
                "vban-out-1": {"name": "streamname"},
            }
        )


if __name__ == "__main__":
    kind_id = "banana"

    main()

Otherwise you must remember to call vm.login(), vm.logout() at the start/end of your code.

kind_id

Pass the kind of Voicemeeter as an argument. kind_id may be:

  • basic
  • banana
  • potato

Available commands

Strip

The following properties are available.

  • mono: boolean
  • solo: boolean
  • mute: boolean
  • gain: float, from -60.0 to 12.0
  • comp: float, from 0.0 to 10.0
  • gate: float, from 0.0 to 10.0
  • audibility: float, from 0.0 to 10.0
  • limit: int, from -40 to 12
  • A1 - A5, B1 - B3: boolean
  • label: string
  • device: string
  • sr: int
  • mc: boolean
  • k: int, from 0 to 4
  • bass: float, from -12.0 to 12.0
  • mid: float, from -12.0 to 12.0
  • treble: float, from -12.0 to 12.0
  • reverb: float, from 0.0 to 10.0
  • delay: float, from 0.0 to 10.0
  • fx1: float, from 0.0 to 10.0
  • fx2: float, from 0.0 to 10.0
  • pan_x: float, from -0.5 to 0.5
  • pan_y: float, from 0.0 to 1.0
  • color_x: float, from -0.5 to 0.5
  • color_y: float, from 0.0 to 1.0
  • fx_x: float, from -0.5 to 0.5
  • fx_y: float, from 0.0 to 1.0
  • postreverb: boolean
  • postdelay: boolean
  • postfx1: boolean
  • postfx2: boolean

example:

vm.strip[3].gain = 3.7
print(vm.strip[0].label)

The following methods are Available.

  • appgain(name, value): string, float, from 0.0 to 1.0

Set the gain in db by value for the app matching name.

  • appmute(name, value): string, bool

Set mute state as value for the app matching name.

example:

vm.strip[5].appmute("Spotify", True)
vm.strip[5].appgain("Spotify", 0.5)
Gainlayers
  • gain: float, from -60.0 to 12.0

example:

vm.strip[3].gainlayer[3].gain = 3.7

Gainlayers are defined for potato version only.

Levels

The following properties are available.

  • prefader
  • postfader
  • postmute

example:

print(vm.strip[3].levels.prefader)

Level properties will return -200.0 if no audio detected.

Bus

The following properties are available.

  • mono: boolean
  • eq: boolean
  • eq_ab: boolean
  • mute: boolean
  • sel: boolean
  • gain: float, from -60.0 to 12.0
  • label: string
  • device: string
  • sr: int
  • returnreverb: float, from 0.0 to 10.0
  • returndelay: float, from 0.0 to 10.0
  • returnfx1: float, from 0.0 to 10.0
  • returnfx2: float, from 0.0 to 10.0
  • monitor: boolean

example:

vm.bus[3].gain = 3.7
print(vm.bus[0].label)

vm.bus[4].mono = True
Modes

The following properties are available.

  • normal: boolean
  • amix: boolean
  • bmix: boolean
  • composite: boolean
  • tvmix: boolean
  • upmix21: boolean
  • upmix41: boolean
  • upmix61: boolean
  • centeronly: boolean
  • lfeonly: boolean
  • rearonly: boolean

The following methods are available.

  • get(): Returns the current bus mode

example:

vm.bus[4].mode.amix = True

print(vm.bus[2].mode.get())
Levels

The following properties are available.

  • all

example:

print(vm.bus[0].levels.all)

levels.all will return -200.0 if no audio detected.

Strip | Bus

The following methods are available.

  • fadeto(amount, time): float, int
  • fadeby(amount, time): float, int

Modify gain to or by the selected amount in db over a time interval in ms.

example:

vm.strip[0].fadeto(-10.3, 1000)
vm.bus[3].fadeby(-5.6, 500)

Macrobuttons

The following properties are available.

  • state: boolean
  • stateonly: boolean
  • trigger: boolean

example:

vm.button[37].state = True
vm.button[55].trigger = False

Recorder

The following methods are available

  • play()
  • stop()
  • pause()
  • record()
  • ff()
  • rew()
  • load(<filepath>): string

The following properties are available

  • loop: boolean
  • A1 - A5: boolean
  • B1 - A3: boolean

example:

vm.recorder.play()
vm.recorder.stop()

# Enable loop play
vm.recorder.loop = True

# Disable recorder out channel B2
vm.recorder.B2 = False

# filepath as raw string
vm.recorder.load(r'C:\music\mytune.mp3')

Recorder properties are defined as write only.

VBAN

  • vm.vban.enable() vm.vban.disable() Turn VBAN on or off
Instream | Outstream

The following properties are available.

  • on: boolean
  • name: string
  • ip: string
  • port: int, range from 1024 to 65535
  • sr: int, (11025, 16000, 22050, 24000, 32000, 44100, 48000, 64000, 88200, 96000)
  • channel: int, from 1 to 8
  • bit: int, 16 or 24
  • quality: int, from 0 to 4
  • route: int, from 0 to 8

SR, channel and bit are defined as:

  • readonly for instreams.
  • read and write for outstreams.

example:

# turn VBAN on
vm.vban.enable()

# turn on vban instream 0
vm.vban.instream[0].on = True

# set bit property for outstream 3 to 24
vm.vban.outstream[3].bit = 24

Command

Certain 'special' commands are defined by the API as performing actions rather than setting values.

The following methods are available:

  • show() : Bring Voiceemeter GUI to the front
  • shutdown() : Shuts down the GUI
  • restart() : Restart the audio engine
  • reset(): Applies the reset config. (phys strip B1, virt strip A1, gains, comp, gate 0.0, mute, mono, solo, eq false)

The following properties are available.

  • showvbanchat: boolean
  • lock: boolean

example:

vm.command.restart()
vm.command.showvbanchat = True

showvbanchat and lock are write only.

Device

  • ins outs : Returns the number of input/output devices
  • input(i) output(i) : Returns a dict of device properties for device[i]

example:

import voicemeeterlib
with voicemeeterlib.api(kind_id) as vm:
    for i in range(vm.device.ins):
        print(vm.device.input(i))

FX

The following methods are available:

  • reverb: boolean
  • reverb_ab: boolean
  • delay: boolean
  • delay_ab: boolean

Multiple parameters

  • apply Set many strip/bus/macrobutton/vban parameters at once, for example:
vm.apply(
    {
        "strip-2": {"A1": True, "B1": True, "gain": -6.0},
        "bus-2": {"mute": True},
        "button-0": {"state": True},
        "vban-in-0": {"on": True},
        "vban-out-1": {"name": "streamname"},
    }
)

Or for each class you may do:

vm.strip[0].apply(mute: True, gain: 3.2, A1: True)
vm.vban.outstream[0].apply(on: True, name: 'streamname', bit: 24)

Config Files

vm.apply_config(<configname>)

You may load config files in TOML format. Three example configs have been included with the package. Remember to save current settings before loading a user config. To set one you may do:

import voicemeeterlib
with voicemeeterlib.api('banana') as vm:
    vm.apply_config('example')

will load a user config file at configs/banana/example.toml for Voicemeeter Banana.

Base Module

Remote class

Access to lower level Getters and Setters are provided with these functions:

  • vm.get(param, is_string=False): For getting the value of any parameter. Set string to True if getting a property value expected to return a string.
  • vm.set(param, value): For setting the value of any parameter.

Access to lower level polling functions are provided with these functions:

  • vm.pdirty(): Returns True if a parameter has been updated.
  • vm.mdirty(): Returns True if a macrobutton has been updated.
  • vm.ldirty(): Returns True if a level has been updated.

example:

vm.get('Strip[2].Mute')
vm.set('Strip[4].Label', 'stripname')
vm.set('Strip[0].Gain', -3.6)

Run tests

To run all tests:

pytest -v

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