Re: Missing Stereo Mix in Audacity on a Mac

#3 02-06-2010, 06:17 AM

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I need help with recording in audacity!!!
I'm trying to record something from another program using audacity, but when i hit record it doesn't record anything from my other program. How exactly do I get it record using Soundflower ? (downloaded it for my mac osx. )

How to use Soundflower to record with Audacity

Download Soundflower and install it.
You can find the Soundflowerbed application in the Apps folder. Launch it.

If you want to launch it regularly, then go to your user account and set Soundflowerbed as a start up item. Restart your computer.
Soundflowerbed will be shown in the Menu bar
Launch Audio MIDI Setup from the Application/Utilities folder. Under the Audio Devices tab, set the default output to Soundflower (2ch).

You can also set Soundflower to be both the default input and output. Then Soundflowerbed will let you monitor through the real speakers.
Go up to the Soundflowerapp menu and check the "Built-in Audio" (or whatever you normally use) under the 2ch section.
Toggle this between that and None, while any an application that makes sound (like a web-browser or streaming media player) is running, to verify that audio is being sent there.
Launch Audacity and select "Preferences". Under the Audio I/O tab, set the playback device to built-in audio and the recording device to Soundflower (2ch).
You're ready to record. Audacity will turn off Soundflower monitoring as soon as you hit the record button, and instead send its own monitoring out to the speakers (but since Soundflower is its input, it's all the same stream to your ears).
After you're done recording, you can re-enable direct Soundflower monitoring again from its menu.
When you're done capturing, you can put things back to normal back in Audio MIDI Setup.