

mp3 files of those sound clips, so those are a few to get started.Īnother option is to extract the audio from a Youtube video through a site like and download it as an. Where do I get sound files? If you go look up soundboards on google such as this MLG one or this EE one, they should mostly have links to the.

If you did things right, you'll see the little green/red bar light up and hear a second playback (though a little fuzzier sounding). Then, go play a sound through whatever hotkey. If you want to test it out and see how it'll actually sound like to everyone in-game, go to the Steam Settings Voice tab again and check "Test microphone". Again, I'd recommend setting this to something easy to reach on the left side of the keyboard, mine is set to F1, personally. Different sounds bound to different keys can play over each other, so if you accidentally screw up and play an inappropriate sound or just want to stop whatever music file you've set to play or whatever, you can stop it at any time. Now, when you hit that set of keys, a sound will play!Ī nifty setting in the options menu is the "Stop All" key, which does exactly what it says - stops all currently playing sounds. If you want to be snappy, I'd recommend setting it to either Alt, Ctrl, Shift, or any combination of those three, PLUS mostly any key on the left hand side of the keyboard. Go back to your EXP Soundboard window (which should be open the entire time you want to be able to play audio files) and start adding your sound files! Keep them all in one folder and individually add them into the list, setting up a hotkey for it as well. Now, as long as you have EXP Soundboard open, you should be able to play sound clips through voice chat! That should be it! Make to check whether your voice settings in the Dota client matches accordingly as well.

Change your device so that it's set to the VB Audio Cable (it should show up in the Windows device selection panel that pops up when you select Change Device), and make sure that "Automatically transmit my voice whenever I speak" is selected. Next, open up Steam and go to your Settings menu, and go into the Voice tab. The two checkboxes ("Use" and "Use Mic Injector") have to be checked as well.

Now, make sure your 1st input is set to "Primary Sound Driver", and your 2nd input is set to "CABLE Input (VB-Virtual Audio Cable)". EXP Soundboard is a standalone file you can just run, while VB-Cable Driver has an installer that adds a new virtual audio input device into your recording devices. wav files (Optional) Any audio editing software (Goldwave, Audacity, etc.)ĭownload EXP Soundboard and VB-Cable Driver from the links above. What you'll need EXP Soundboard: VB-CABLE Driver: Sound effect / music.
