Using the same source on two inputs

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• SMT800Nov 9, 2026#2

  Similarly, I need to route browser audio to the microphone input, but at a lower volume, without changing the volume level for myself.

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  • PatchdNov 9, 2026#4

    You can set how loud the browser is in the bus Discord uses, separately from what you hear. That level is shown in the Matrix layout:

    1. Go to Settings > Appearance > Layout and choose Matrix. Each input is a row, and each bus and hardware output is a column. 2. In your browser's row, find the cell under the bus Discord uses as its mic. If it shows +, click it to send the browser there. 3. Drag that cell's bar down until it's as quiet as you want. Double-click the bar to put it back to 0 dB.

    Your headphones' cell in the same row keeps its own level, so you hear the browser as before. The level stays when you switch back to the normal layout; it just isn't shown there.

    Don't use the bus fader for this. It lowers everything on that bus, your mic included.

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• PatchdNov 9, 2026#3

  Yes. In Patchd 1.0.0 you can put each input of your interface on its own input strip, so each one gets its own fader, mute, effects and routing.

  Open the device picker on an input strip. Your interface is listed as the whole pair, then each input on its own, for example "Analogue 1 + 2 Input 1" and "Analogue 1 + 2 Input 2". With an ASIO driver, the inputs show the driver's own names instead. Pick Input 1 on one strip and Input 2 on another. A single input plays in both ears.

  Two limits today. Patchd splits a device only when its Windows name has a numbered pair in it, like "Analogue 1 + 2" or "Mic 1/2". And it offers only the first two inputs, so inputs 3 and 4 of a bigger device aren't listed yet.

  Which interface do you have? That tells us what your other two inputs are and whether Patchd can reach them.

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