Need two separate outputs on PC

[Brian Turner]

I play electronic drums. I am using Sonar with Steven Slate drums VST. I play along to songs on YouTube or other sources. I need to separate the sound from each program to an input on a mixer console so I can adjust the volume independently. Can I do this using two sound cards, one sending output from Sonar and one sending sound from YouTube on the same PC with Windows 11? Then, I could wire to a mixer channel from each sound card.

[reginaldStjohn]

Depends on the sound card (Audio Interface) that is used and the driver mode. If you have a dedicated audio interface many of them come with multiple outputs.

However, If you are playing from two different sound cards then I suppose that would work but you would have to set one as the default Windows Audio device and then have Cakewalk use the other.

[Bass Guitar]

It really depends on the capabilities of your audio interface or system.

My interface has loopback so I can hear anything my computer is playing. 

 

Edited yesterday at 02:00 AM by Bass Guitar

[57Gregy]

I'm pretty sure you can do it with 1 sound card.
The latency may be horrendous.

[GregoryKBreit]

On 11/19/2025 at 8:04 AM, Bass Guitar said:

It really depends on the capabilities of your audio interface or system.

My interface has loopback so I can hear anything my computer is playing. 

 

Thank you so much