Why not? You can create multi-output audio devices in macos, say blackhole and your speakers and use that multi-output device as the input in the recorder.
Not throwing shade on Blackhole. You can accomplish a lot with it. And yes, technically, it can do most if not all of what Loopback does. I just like the experience of using Loopback more than having to use the built-in MIDI setup in macOS, which I always find a bit confusing.
Oh, actually, now I remember why I bought Loopback in the first place. I couldn't figure out how to map a single stereo input channel to both left and right channels with Blackhole, but Loopback makes that very easy. Maybe it's possible to do with Blackhole, but I'll happily pay to not feel like a confused old man when all I want to do is record audio the way I expect.
In the case of Audio Hijack, one might as well save the money and go with Blackhole instead of Loopback.
And in any case, as much as I normally embrace FOSS, Rogue Amoeba makes high quality software that's worth paying for, so I'm not champing at the bit to replace them.
> And in any case, as much as I normally embrace FOSS, Rogue Amoeba makes high quality software that's worth paying for, so I'm not champing at the bit to replace them.
I tried really hard to get my desired audio setup to work with stock Mac OS features, but it was just... not good.
I have two Apple Monitors flanking both sides of a larger display with terrible speakers. I wanted to split left/right between the two Apple monitors. With Audio Midi Setup, I got it to work, but then I couldn't adjust the volume with the soft keys.
I installed Loopback and Soundsource. Everything just worked, and it was very easy to configure. The price was a little high, but I'm not really the target customer. Was worth it to not have to put bulky speakers on my desk.
ravenstine|1 year ago
Oh, actually, now I remember why I bought Loopback in the first place. I couldn't figure out how to map a single stereo input channel to both left and right channels with Blackhole, but Loopback makes that very easy. Maybe it's possible to do with Blackhole, but I'll happily pay to not feel like a confused old man when all I want to do is record audio the way I expect.
In the case of Audio Hijack, one might as well save the money and go with Blackhole instead of Loopback.
And in any case, as much as I normally embrace FOSS, Rogue Amoeba makes high quality software that's worth paying for, so I'm not champing at the bit to replace them.
RulerOf|1 year ago
I tried really hard to get my desired audio setup to work with stock Mac OS features, but it was just... not good.
I have two Apple Monitors flanking both sides of a larger display with terrible speakers. I wanted to split left/right between the two Apple monitors. With Audio Midi Setup, I got it to work, but then I couldn't adjust the volume with the soft keys.
I installed Loopback and Soundsource. Everything just worked, and it was very easy to configure. The price was a little high, but I'm not really the target customer. Was worth it to not have to put bulky speakers on my desk.
cpuguy83|1 year ago
It's also a pain to set things up this way (compared to loopback or hijack).