(If you go the Audio Hijack Pro route consider purchasing the $50 Audio Hijack Pro/Fission bundle, which includes the Fission sound editor. To build Soundflower, open a terminal window and cd to the Soundflower folder. Originally by ma++ ingalls for Cycling74 Revised by Tim Place, 16 October 2008, for version 1.4. You can adjust volume or fire off system alerts all you like and they won’t affect the audio the applications capture. ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS TO BUILD SOUNDFLOWER YOURSELF. Each of these applications allows you to capture sound from specific applications. If you are prompted to restart the machine, please do so (this step. Step 5: Stop recording and save the Mac audio file in MP3 format.
Step 4: Click Record and use Audacity to record computer audio on Mac for free. Go to the Audacity preferences and set soundflower (2ch) as your recording device. Open up the DMG for the installer (the one you just downloaded) Run the Soundflower package installer by double clicking it and following through the prompts. Here you can set soundflower (2ch) as the primary audio source.
You can avoid both of these issues by using an application such as Ambrosia Software’s $69 WireTap Studio or Rogue Amoeba’s $32 Audio Hijack Pro. The first step is to Download version Soundflower 1.6.6b. So, lay off the volume and mute controls. Additionally, if you change your Mac’s volume, that change will be captured by the application that’s recording Soundflower’s sound. (You may want to do this before setting up QuickTime or GarageBand to capture your audio, but that’s up to you.)Īgain, any sound your Mac makes will be channeled through Soundflower so you’ll want to disable alert sounds or quit those applications that make them. Now, not only will your audio application capture what your Mac plays, but you’ll be able to listen to the source audio as well. Click the Soundflowerbed menu bar item that appears and choose your speakers or headphones from the menu. In order for you to monitor what’s happening, launch the Soundflowerbed application (found in /Applications/Soundflower).
When you choose Soundflower as your Mac’s audio output you can no longer hear it through attached speakers or headphones. When your Mac makes sound you should see it register in the track’s meters. In the Browse tab of the Info pane choose Stereo 1/2 Soundflower (2ch) from the Input source pop-up menu.
If the Info pane for the track doesn’t appear, choose Track -> Show Track Info. Open GarageBand’s preferences, select the Audio/MIDI tab and from the Audio Output and Audio Input pop-up menus choose Soundflower (2ch). Use the default tempo and time- and key-signature settings that appear in the New Project Template window and click the Create button.
This creates a GarageBand project that contains a single digital audio track. How to capture audio with Soundflower for Mac In order to record sound from system audio, microphone and more others with the program, you can learn more details from the article. You set up GarageBand by launching the application and in the New Project window that appears choosing Acoustic Instrument.