FYI, in tandem with Audio Hijack I also use Rogue Amoeba’s Loopback application to route audio sources and create custom submixes using virtual instruments, etc. And if you’d like to hear me interview the CEO of Rogue Amoeba, Paul Kafasis, check out this episode of my Podcast Engineering Show. Recently, Rogue Amoeba released a new version of its Audio Hijack Pro software. This latest version, Audio Hijack 3, has a very different interface from previous versions. Audio Hijack 3 Functionality and Accessibility. Audio Hijack 3 lets you record audio directly to your Mac, and save the recording as a file. Voice chat (VoIP) apps automatically supported by Audio Hijack Notes on Audio Hijack's Live Stream block Notes on Audio Hijack's Broadcast block Showing metadata when streaming with Audio Hijack How Audio Hijack sets sample rates Updates to the Declick, Dehum, and Denoise plugins in Audio Hijack 3.6 and higher What happened to Audio Hijack Pro?
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For capturing any audio on your Mac, recording, processing and routing it. Use it with Loopback (also Rogue Amoeba) or an app like Soundflower which is necessary for routing the audio, acting like a virtual microphone.
Rogue Amoeba Audio Hijack v3.7.0 macOS P2P 16 MB Audio Hijack 3 - Record any audio, with Audio Hijack! Save audio from applications like iTunes, Skype or Safari, or from hardware devices like. Rogue Amoeba’s apps updated for M1–with a catch. I love Rogue Amoeba’s audio apps and rely on them every day. Audio Hijack is the best. Loopback is a vital tool when I’m streaming video live.
'Record any application's audio, including VoIP calls from Skype, web streams from Safari, and much more. Save audio from hardware devices like microphones and mixers as well. You can even record all the audio heard on your Mac at once! If you can hear it, Audio Hijack can record it.'
Features
This is a really versatile app which allows you to choose any configuration of audio sources, to route them as you need, apply simple processing such as 10-band EQ, volume boosting, low pass filter and panning. It doesn't come with an onboard limiter or compressor, which seems like something Rogue Amobea could easily fix. However, you can use your any of you own downloaded audio effects including limiters/compressors.
It's pretty straightforward to use – when starting a new blank session you drag and drop your input and output sources from a menu on the right, adding in any effects you want to use in real-time as you record. You can clearly see the routing of each stage of the process as a line will appear between each element.
It's useful to drag in a Peak/RMS meter from the Meters tab on the right so you can check that your levels are good. Should you need to boost the overall volume of what you're recording there's also a handy Volume control you can slot in right after your source. This allows you to boost the recorded level by 2x,3x or 4x but you need to be careful of clipping if you boost too high.
I have Soundflower installed on my Mac so that just runs in the background and enables me to route the recorded audio; if I'm recording into OBS then I can choose Soundflower as the input to complete the routing. I believe that Loopback works in a similar way but has many more controls. For my purposes (recording video demos into OBS) Soundflower does the job fine in conjunction with Audio Hijack.
The app also allows you to broadcast and live stream as well as recording.
Once you have it all set up just hit the big record button at bottom left and away you go.
Value For Money
At USD71 this isn't a cheap option but if you are serious about wanting to record high quality audio with lots of options on processing and different applications this is a piece of kit you are going to use a lot.
Conclusion
- Pros
Loads of choice, easy to set up, suits lots of different applications - Cons
Slightly pricey
What Do You Think ?
Find all the details of Audio Hijack along with tips and tutorials over at https://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/.
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I love Rogue Amoeba’s audio apps and rely on them every day. Audio Hijack is the best. Loopback is a vital tool when I’m streaming video live.
This year, though, Apple made some major changes to how audio on macOS is handled, and that required major changes to ACE, the engine that enables most of Rogue Amoeba’s apps. The company managed to get versions supporting Big Sur out just before the official release of the operating system, and today it posted beta versions that work with M1 Macs.
There is one big caveat, however, and it’s all down to Apple’s increased focus on security. To install an app like ACE, which requires a system extension to function in Big Sur, you have to reboot. That’s not great—rebooting to install software feels very 1990s to me—but at least it’s palatable.
On M1 Macs, though, the situation intensifies. Before you can reboot to enable ACE, you first have to reboot into Recovery Mode in order to tell the system to allow extensions. Then you have to change a setting from “Full Security” to “Reduced Security,” and check a box allowing kernel extensions from identified developers. (ACE isn’t actually a kernel extension, but… the box must still be checked.)
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The good news for Rogue Amoeba’s customers is that their stuff works, and once you do the reboot two-step, you shouldn’t need to do it again. It’s a multi-step process, but it’s over fast and then you can get on with your work.
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But it really shouldn’t work this way, and that’s on Apple. One reboot is bad, but two is ridiculous. Surely there’s a way, at the very least, to pre-approve an extension before rebooting to adjust the security setting? I know that Apple is trying to protect users from bad actors, but when a list of instructions like these are required to install Mac software, something’s really gone wrong.
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But at least Rogue Amoeba’s apps are now available. They’re indispensible. If I had to choose between upgrading my Mac or continuing to use Audio Hijack, I would choose Audio Hijack every time1.
- I’ve been using a Mac mini running macOS Mojave to record all my podcasts since I started using the Big Sur beta this summer. It’s uncomfortable to have a Mac without Audio Hijack installed. ↩
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