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If you’re trying to send some sound from some apps or microphones to one location, and others to another, it can all fall apart rather spectacularly. OS X itself is pretty poor when it comes to this stuff-you can set a single input and output in the Sound preference pane, and some apps will let you override those settings to route audio elsewhere, but others won’t. And if I have an audio problem-say, one of the inputs is a bit too quiet-I can drop in an effect like the built-in Volume block in order to boost or reduce the sound before it reaches the recorder, speakers, or both.Īudio Hijack’s mastery of a Mac’s disparate audio inputs and outputs is amazing. And when I press the big red Record button, not only does it all work, but the lines connecting the individual blocks on the audio grid pulsate along with the audio, reinforcing that it’s all working properly. I know that sounds insanely complicated, and it did take me a few minutes to plot out, but in Audio Hijack 3 it actually looks simple.

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Then all I have to do is select Sound Siphon as my Skype audio input, and I’ve solved a problem that has vexed me since the update to OS X Lion killed WireTap Anywhere. The same session is also capturing the audio from my microphone and routing that audio to Sound Siphon. With Audio Hijack, I was able to create a session that captures Soundboard audio to an MP3, routes that sound into my headphones so that I can hear it, and then sends the sound to Static Z software’s Sound Siphon virtual input.

As a podcaster, I sometimes want people on the other end of the Skype connection to hear not only my voice, but sounds played by Ambrosia Software’s SoundBoard app. I’ve been looking for a simple tool to do that for years.) This session records three different hardware inputs to separate audio files and then routes their audio to a single hardware output. (For example, you could set up a session that takes all four inputs on a USB mixer and records them to separate audio files, all in sync. You can even have sets of blocks that don’t connect at all. But you can easily reorder the workflow, pulling blocks apart and rearranging them until you get just the effect you want.

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Then add in effects (there are 13 included in the app, plus you can add in any Audio Unit plugins), meters (which provide a visual cue that something’s being recorded), and finally Outputs, which can channel all your audio to a specific audio device or record it to a file.Īs you drag blocks into the grid, they’ll connect to one another, creating a workflow. Start with a Source, which could be a specific app, input device, or all the audio being played on your Mac. On the right side of the window is a catalog of the program’s features, in multiple categories. At the heart of Audio Hijack 3’s sessions editor is the audio grid, a flow-chart-style window that lets you determine everything that happens when you press the big red button and start recording audio. The third, Schedule, lets you set triggers so a specific schedule can be executed at a given time. The second, Recordings, provides a log of all the times you’ve used each session and gives you access to the resulting output files. The first, Sessions, is where you create new sessions or double-click to open and edit existing ones. The grid, an audio frontierĪudio Hijack 3’s home window features three tabs. And anyone who’s bought Audio Hijack since this blog post 11 months ago will get it for free.

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It will appeal to podcasters, audio pros, musicians, and just about anyone else who needs to push their Mac’s audio capabilities past the meager sound features offered by OS X itself.Īudio Hijack 3 costs $49 for new users, but owners of any past product with “Audio Hijack” on the label will be able to upgrade to Audio Hijack 3 for $25. This is a beautifully designed product that combines a clever and intuitive user interface with awesome power and versatility. I’ve been using Audio Hijack 3 in beta for six months now, for uses personal and professional, and I couldn’t be more impressed. This is a huge update-the first major one for Audio Hijack in ten years-and so comprehensive that this feels more like a successor to the old Audio Hijack rather than a continuation.

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Rogue Amoeba has announced the release of Audio Hijack 3, the successor to the venerable Mac sound utility Audio Hijack Pro. Meet Audio Hijack 3, my new favorite audio utility

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