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So most of you know, to capture audio from a Mac you need an extension like Soundflower. But what most of you don't know is that you can use another extension to capture audio. I present to you, iShowU Audio Capture! IShowU Audio Capture(duh): An extension used by iShowU Studio & iShowU Instant. That’s why we have built a signed version of Soundflower which will work on OS X 10.10, 10.11 and the new macOS 10.12 Sierra. Here is the direct download link: soundflower2.0b2.zip. Download the zip and run the contained installer.
But then, as the Mac audio archtecture started to change, Soundflower was left unchanged, and eventually began to fail when installed on OS X versions 10.10 and above. Users of newer macOS versions will find Blackhole a simple replacement, although those who've upgraded to Catalina can't be guaranteed an easy ride.
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Soundflower
Free Inter-application Audio Routing Utility for macOS
Record any sounds coming from your Mac -- for free
Your Mac is capable of producing sound as well as playing sound channeled from outside sources—devices plugged into the Mac’s USB- and sound input ports as well as audio streamed from the Internet. Wouldn’t it be great if you could captures some of those sounds for later listening? You can. And you can for free with Soundflower. Here’s how it works.
Step 1: Download Soundflower
Download: Soundflower 1.6.6 Installer (includes SoundflowerBed) -- Use this for OS 10.6 - OS 10.8 - 179.75KB
- Soundflower-1.6.6b.dmg
The first step involves finding a way to grab audio playing in one application—a Web browser, for example—and route it to an application that can capture that audio. Cycling ’74’s free Soundflower is that way. Soundflower is a system extension that lets you channel audio from one application to another. For example, you can take the audio playing from a movie in your Web browser and channel it into QuickTime Player’s audio input where you then record it.
Step 2: Configure Soundflower
After you’ve installed Soundflower launch the Sound system preference and you’ll see evidence of Soundflower in the Output and Input tabs. Select the Output tab and choose Soundflower (2ch). Do this and any sound that would normally come out of your Mac’s speakers is now routed through Soundflower. Any is the key word here. If your Mac makes any sound—not just the sound you’re trying to capture but also e-mail and Twitter alerts, for example—it will route that too.
Step 3: Configure your capture application
You have a couple of applications on your Mac that can capture Soundflower’s audio—QuickTime Player and GarageBand. To configure QuickTime Player choose File -> New Audio Recording. In the Audio Recording window that appears click on the downward-pointing triangle to the right of the Record button. From the menu that appears choose Soundflower (2ch). When you’re ready to begin your capture, just click Record.
You set up GarageBand by launching the application and in the New Project window that appears choosing Acoustic Instrument. This creates a GarageBand project that contains a single digital audio track. Use the default tempo and time- and key-signature settings that appear in the New Project Template window and click the Create button. Open GarageBand's preferences, select the Audio/MIDI tab and from the Audio Output and Audio Input pop-up menus choose Soundflower (2ch). Close the Preferences window. If the Info pane for the track doesn’t appear, choose Track -> Show Track Info. In the Browse tab of the Info pane choose Stereo 1/2 Soundflower (2ch) from the Input source pop-up menu. When your Mac makes sound you should see it register in the track’s meters. Click Record to capture the audio.
Step 4: Monitor the Mac’s sound
When you choose Soundflower as your Mac’s audio output you can no longer hear it through attached speakers or headphones. In order for you to monitor what’s happening, launch the Soundflowerbed application (found in /Applications/Soundflower). Click the Soundflowerbed menu bar item that appears and choose your speakers or headphones from the menu. 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. (You may want to do this before setting up QuickTime or GarageBand to capture your audio, but that's up to you.)
Again, 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. Additionally, if you change your Mac’s volume, that change will be captured by the application that’s recording Soundflower’s sound. So, lay off the volume and mute controls.
Special Thanks to: Christopher Breen (Macworld).
Soundflower is a Mac OS X system extension which permits applications to pass audio to other apps. The extension is quite easy to use as it simply presents itself as an audio device allowing other audio apps to send or receive audio without the need of any other support. It is free, open-source and runs on PPC and Mac Intel computers.
Soundflower Configuration Tutorial
In this tutorial we will show you how to capture audio with Soundflower system extension. First of all you need to download and install soundflower on your computer.
Launching System Sound Preference
After you have installed soundflower, you need to launch the sound system preference and you can see evidences of the extension in the output and input tab. Select output tab and choose soundflower(2ch). As soon as you select this, any sound coming out from the speakers of Mac will be routed through soundflower first. The sound can be anything ranging from music to e-mail and Twitter alerts.
Capture SoundFlower Audio With Quick Time Player/ GarageBand
After this you need to configure your capture application. There are a couple of apps namely Quick Time Player and GarageBand in Mac which captures Soundflower’s audio.
QuickTime Player
- In order to configure QuickTime Player with Soundflower, launch QuickTime Player, choose File and then New Audio Recording.
- In the new audio recording window, click on the arrow pointing downwards which will then pop up a menu from where you need to choose Soundflower(2ch).
- When you are all set to capture the audio, click Record to record audio from SoundFlower
GarageBand
Following are the steps in order to configure Soundflower with GarageBand:
- Launch GarageBand, in the new project window chose Acoustic instrument. It will create a GarageBand project which contains just a single digital audio track.
- In the new project template window use default tempo and time and key-signature settings and click create button.
- Open the preferences of GarageBand and select Audio/MIDI tab and select Soundflower (2ch) from the Audio Output and Audio Input pop-up-menus.
- If the info panel fails to appear, then go to Track and Show Tack Info. Choose Stereo 1/2 Soundflower (2ch) from the input source pop-up menu.
- Click on Record to capture audio from SoundFlower.
Monitoring Mac’s Sound Using SoundFlower Bed
As said earlier that when you choose Soundflower as the audio output of Mac, you can no longer hear it from speakers or headphones. In order to monitor what’s going you, launch Soundflower bed app and click the soundflower bed menu bar item which appears and then choose speakers or headphones from the menu. As soon as you do this, you can hear the source audio too.
SoundFlower with Audacity
Audacity and Soundflower both can be used to record Youtube and other streaming video.
Uninstall Soundflower
In order to remove soundflower, you need to perform the following steps:
First of all open the downloader DMG file and then run the script shown below. This will remove the existing driver.
You must make sure that the driver is uninstalled correctly and then reboot your machine. If you do not reboot, then there can be problems with new installations in that machine.
Soundflower SnowLeopard System Requirements And Download
The system requirements for Soundflower are:
- PPC/Intel computers
- Mac OS X 10.5 or higher version
Soundflower Download Mac Os X
Soundflower For Mac
Just click the link given below to download cycling 74 Soundflower.
Soundflower For Windows/PC
Soundflower Free Download
As of now Soundflower is not available for Windows but there are other Soundflower alternative programs for windows.
Soundflower OS X Alternatives
Here are some of the alternatives to Soundflower:
- Audio Hijack Pro
- WireTap Studio
- Total Recorder
- Wire Tap Pro
Download Soundflower Mac Os X Yosemite
We found Soundflower to be amazing audio routing software and it is quite useful in routing audio from apps such as iTunes and Spotify.